Tag: politics
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Behind the name of the next US president: “Hillary” or “Donald”
…and then there were two: Hillary and Donald. A week after Donald Trump accepted his party’s nomination for president, Hillary accepted hers, the first woman to be nominated by a major political party in US history. Running up to the big day in November, we’ll be hearing a lot of these two names. So, what…
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The downs and ups of “bounce”
Last post, I looked into the history of keynote, a word getting a lot of airplay during the US party conventions. Another word basking in the lexical limelight right now is bounce, that post-convention boost in the polls each candidate historically enjoys. Where did this bounce etymologically spring from? Bounce’s bouncy past Outside of its polling sense today, bounce…
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The home of the “brave”
This presidential cycle, America seems more polarized than ever. But on the July Fourth holiday, we can all put aside our divisions and stand together in this home of the brave. As it turns out, the origin of the very word brave tells its own story of conflict – and in the end, perhaps a kind unity…
Mashed Radish 