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Chauvinism, cutting bait, and other changing expressions
Grant Barrett
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2009/06/14 - 8:51pm

Of patriots, bait, and other changing expressions. "Often, we don't even notice that a meaning is changing; older speakers use a word one way, younger ones a different way, but not so different that it sets off alarms."

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2009/06/15 - 5:25am

Great examples. "Chauvinist" is one I remember using in its original sense.

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