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Teach these to the kids.(Devil in the Details)(Brief Article)

American Prospect, The,  December, 2003  by Walton, Beth

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EVERY SO OFTEN, THE POLITICAL vocabulary needs updating. A decade ago, "spin" was created to mean PR that didn't pass the smell test. Now, in our age of right-wing screaming and deceit, the bloggers have updated the political discourse with The Definitive Wingnut Debate Dictionary.

Originally compiled by Ethel the Blow, the entries can be found on Atrios, a blow much-visited by political insiders. Reader D provided these gems: Acoulteration (n.)--The act of adding copious endnotes in an attempt to give the sham appearance that one's writings are scholarly, ...

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