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  • Some guy speculated that people who believed in Paris Hiltonism might be offended if an anorexic slut wasn't displayed next holiday season next to the tree, the menorah, the crescent, the boddhisattva, and the baha'i hot-cross bun.

    Sound Politics: "Christmas trees are going back up at Sea-Tac airport." 2006

  • *but i am a buddhist baha'i hindu zoroastrian scientologist quaker who meditates*

    Religion 2009

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  • Could this definition be accepted? I am a Baha'i and can vouch for its correctness:

    noun (plural Baha'is)

    a monotheistic religion founded in the 19th century as a development of Babism, emphasizing the essential oneness of humankind and of all religions and seeking world peace. The Baha'i faith was founded by the Persian Baha'ullah (1817–92) and his son Abdul Baha (1844–1921).

    • an adherent of the Baha'i faith.

    March 31, 2018

  • Wordnik is case sensitive in the word search, so you will find it at . Baha'i

    March 31, 2018

  • I've always disliked the apostrophe in this word so I am a bad person.

    April 9, 2018

  • How about passive-aggressively rhyming it with hawai'i?

    April 11, 2018

  • Oh lordy how I loathe thee Baha'i:

    More than shark jump by Fonz in Hawai'i :-/

    So with no backward stride

    I hereby declare with much pride:

    Sue me mother*ckers, yippee-kye-a'i!

    April 11, 2018