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Revision as of 01:38, January 11, 2009
Each year the English language develops about a thousand new words. Over the course of a century, that amounts to 100,000 new words. Since the King James Version of the Bible was published in 1611, perhaps a half a million new English words have been developed.
A small percentage of those new words are tremendously powerful. Here are some examples developed since the King James Version was published:
| New Term | Origin date | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| accountability | 1794 | |
| affirmative action | 1965 | |
| American Dream | 1931 | |
| bailout | 1951 | |
| bureaucracy | 1818 | |
| byzantine | 1794[1] | |
| competitive | 1829 | |
| conservative | 1831 | |
| deregulation | 1963 | Reagan won in 1980 by campaigning on this. |
| deterrence | 1861 | |
| dumb down | 1933 | |
| efficiency | 1633 | Ultimately from the Latin efficientem, meaning "working out, or accomplishing"[2] |
| elitism | 1947 | |
| entitlement | 1944 | |
| entropy | 1875 | |
| filibuster | 1851 | |
| free enterprise | 1890 | |
| go-getter | 1919 | |
| grassroots | 1901 | |
| homeschool | 1980 | |
| hysteria | 1801 | From the Latin hystericus, from Greek hystera meaning "womb"[3] (an old notion that hysteria was caused by the womb). |
| meritocracy | 1958 | |
| me-too | 1926 | |
| media | 1923 | |
| milquetoast | 1935 | |
| normalcy | 1920 | related to the election of Warren G. Harding by the largest margin yet in history |
| phonics | 1684 | |
| politically correct | 1983 | This term originated with liberals at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who meant it as a serious way to enforce their nutty ideas. It was so absurd that its usage quickly flipped to mockery of liberals. |
| productive | 1612 | |
| pro-life | 1961 | |
| radar | 1941 | Acronym of "Radio Detection and Ranging"; inclusion here being challenged on talk page. "Radar" is used in politics to mean a "sense of", and was a root of the term "gaydar", often used to refer to those who feel that they can sense participation in homosexual or otherwise sinful behaviors by talking to or seeing men. |
| responsibility | 1737 | |
| scientism | 1870 | fool-hardy and often undying faith in the methods of science over religion |
| self-defense | 1651 | |
| self-determination | ||
| self-discipline | 1838 | |
| self-indulgence | 1753 | |
| self-reliant | 1848 | |
| victimization | 1830 | |
| wannabee | 1981 | the second most recent entry; a word that criticizes liberal status worship Popularized in the United States by 1990's popular music group "The Spice Girls" |
Conservative Words Not Yet Developed
A thousand new words are developed in English each year. Here is a growing list of conservative concepts, each of which is not yet defined by a single word or two.
| Not Yet Developed Terms | Suggestions | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Unaffected by, or impervious to, the media | ||
| easily amused by deceit | ||
| the opposite of materialism | dualism |
New liberal words
New liberal words often have deceptive, or nonsensical, meanings. Here are some new words created by liberals to combat conservatism:
| New Term | Origin date | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| atheist | ~500 B.C. | |
| enlightenment | 1669 | |
| fundamentalism | 1922 | "a movement in 20th century Protestantism emphasizing the literally interpreted Bible as fundamental to Christian life and teaching"[4] From a series of pamphlets called "The Fundamentals" which outlined the movement. Perjorative usage started when the liberal Harry Emerson Fosdick began using the term in a straw man attack against Conservative Christianity. |
| undocumented immigrant | 2000 | a politically correct replacement for illegal alien. |
| pro-choice | 1975 | A term with a positive connotation in liberals' eyes meaning one who supports abortion and other forms of birth control |
| quote mining | non-existent | a term used by evolutionists without logical meaning |
| unfair | 1700 | |
| union shop | 1904 | |
| unitarian | 1687 |
Sources
References
- ↑ The usage here -- in sense of complex governmental rules -- probably developed later.
- ↑ Online Etymological Dictionary
- ↑ Meriam Webster Dictionary
- ↑ http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fundamentalism