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The Allusionist - US Election Lexicon — Words are powerful, especially during election season
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Additional Resources: Oxford Dictionaries have had enough of these political terms, and perhaps so have you. -->
http://blog.oxforddictionaries.c...
Lo, here's a short history of filibustering. -->
http://www.historynet.com/a-shor...
The linguistics of mass persuasion: how politicians make ‘fetch’ happen. -->
http://daily.jstor.org/the-lingu...
And in case you needed to know about the sex lives of politicians during primaries, the escorts they hire are here to tell you. -->
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-...
Here's the original Election Lexicon episode. -->
http://theallusionist.org/electi...
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