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A lexicon of post-9/11 American English

Friday, June 1, 2007

Review – The month of May

Our first month saw the definition of 41 terms. Here they are in alphabetical order...

activist - noun, adjective

benchmark – noun

caging – noun
carbon sequestration – noun
clean coal - noun
collateral damage – noun
compassionate – adjective

earmark – noun
extraordinary rendition – noun

fear – noun
foia – verb
freedom – noun

Gitmoize – verb
globalization – noun
green – adjective

habeas corpus - noun
homicide bomber - noun

intelligent design – noun

leak – noun
levee – noun
lobbyist – noun
loyal – adjective

oversight – noun

neoconservative – adjective, noun
neoconservatism – noun
neoliberalism – noun

P.R. – noun
privacy – noun
private security contractor – noun
privatize – verb

resign – verb

shock and awe – noun
snowflake - noun
sound – adjective
stem cell – noun
stop-loss – adjective
stress position – noun

testify – verb

war czar – noun
waterboard – verb
whistleblower – noun

Which ones are your favorites? Which ones need work?
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      • Announcement
      • political capital – noun
      • profiteer – noun
      • mandate – noun
      • humane – adjective
      • tort reform – noun
      • conflict of interest – noun
      • black site – noun
      • column – noun
      • populist – adjective, noun
      • transparency – noun
      • spokesperson – noun
      • martyr – noun
      • abstinence – noun
      • abstinence-only – adjective
      • Opinion: Sicko
      • protest – noun
      • prayer – noun
      • Reading: Psyops fool Blackwater families
      • coalition – noun
      • rebrand – verb
      • audit – noun
      • talking point – noun
      • regime change – noun
      • patience – noun
      • (al) Qaeda – noun
      • moral clarity – noun
      • theocon – noun
      • constitutional – adjective
      • News: Congress passes resolution against Ahmadinejad
      • News: Cheney creates fourth branch of government
      • faith-based – adjective
      • gambling – noun
      • investigate – verb
      • psyops – noun
      • unitary executive – noun
      • rule of law – noun
      • sustainable development – noun
      • News: McClatchy gives Bush some West Coast love.
      • free trade – noun
      • torture – noun (reprise)
      • security mom – noun
      • authentic – adjective
      • anchor – noun
      • journalist – noun
      • Announcement
      • News: The Arab is "reluctant to accept responsibil...
      • progress – noun
      • no-bid contract – noun
      • interventionism – noun
      • ownership society – noun
      • wartime supplemental – noun
      • illegal combatant – noun (reprise)
      • global posture – noun
      • enduring – adjective
      • duct tape – noun
      • democracy – noun
      • News: New York facing valet crisis
      • News: USA Today runs Tony Snow op-ed
      • News: Chuck Norris unveils presidential campaign p...
      • name – verb
      • bipartisan – adjective
      • legal counsel – noun
      • diplomacy – noun
      • accounting – noun
      • centrist – adjective
      • op-ed – noun
      • signing statement – noun
      • News: Paris Hilton and O.J. Simpson become media c...
      • Analysis: Authenticity
      • News: Scooter committed "perjury"
      • occupation – noun
      • liberate – verb
      • blowback – noun
      • campaign contribution – noun
      • press conference – noun
      • high value target – noun
      • redact – verb
      • News: Padilla juror to martyr self
      • pundit – noun
      • News: Paris Hilton implicated in JFK terror plot
      • proxy detention – noun
      • ghost detainee – noun
      • illegal combatant – noun (reprise)
      • Notable quotable: "the American homeland"
      • WMD – noun
      • IED – noun
      • asymmetric – adjective
      • surge – noun
      • ethanol – noun
      • News: Staffing crisis at State Department
      • plan B – noun
      • News: Sen. Whitehouse (D – RI) wonders what "impro...
      • vet – verb
      • intelligence – noun
      • News: Scooter Libby sentenced.
      • patriotic – adjective
      • realism – noun
      • History: the original atheists
      • nonfiction – noun
    • ►  May (49)

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