commonly used words in the election - a FUN policital thread

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<p>What words have you heard more this year than ever before, just because it’s an election year?</p>

<p>I’ll start:</p>

<p>notion
folk
my friends
disingenuous</p>

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<p>elitist
uppity
Rovian tactics
Billary
3 a.m.
Day One</p>

3

<p>flip-flop
disenfranchise</p>

4

<p>undecideds
Operation Chaos
marginalized
trustworthy
entitled
Pastor
pulpit
outsourced
alienate
working class
faith</p>

5

<p>tested
yes we can
change
in it to win
experience
fired up
ready to lead</p>

<p>And my all-time favorite: willing suspension of disbelief :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>Xerox</p>

<p>haha</p>

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<p>fallout
traction
counter-punch
distancing
issue
Swift-boating
insiders
McBomb
Rust Belt
rural
machine
skeletons
baggage</p>

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<p>thank you, thank you very much</p>

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<p>“Xerox”</p>

<p>LOL! How about carbon copy or ditto machine hehe.</p>

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<p>radical
denounce
reject
inspired</p>

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<p>Celticclan07 - you have one I haven’t heard: willing suspension of belief - and it’s your favorite?</p>

<p>I hope I’m not showing my ignorance here.</p>

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<p>red state
blue state
patriotic
patriotism
flag lapel pin</p>

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<p>superdelegate.</p>

<p>I didn’t even know they existed</p>

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<p>sniper fire</p>

<p>battleground state</p>

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<p>Tone
(or as my father put it, "it’s not what you say, but how you say it)</p>

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<p>Re post #13, there’s some organization that meets annually to announce the Word of the Year (or some similar title). In recent years, there has been “hanging chad,” “WMD”… I forget the others.</p>

<p>This year I think I’ll put some money on “SuperDelegate.”</p>

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<p>last year it was W00T</p>

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<p>other terms used a lot !</p>

<p>CHANGE</p>

<p>divisive</p>

<p>polarizing</p>