A list of 20 words by chained_bear.
- illegalwas added by chained_bear and appears on 26 lists
- nuclearwas added by chained_bear and appears on 42 lists
- pandemicwas added by chained_bear and appears on 65 lists
- cowboywas added by chained_bear and appears on 34 lists
- pioneerwas added by chained_bear and appears on 68 lists
- reservationwas added by chained_bear and appears on 31 lists
- emancipationwas added by chained_bear and appears on 27 lists
- catholicwas added by chained_bear and appears on 85 lists
- perestroikawas added by chained_bear and appears on 37 lists
- glasnostwas added by chained_bear and appears on 28 lists
- frontierwas added by chained_bear and appears on 39 lists
- secessionwas added by chained_bear and appears on 21 lists
- savagewas added by chained_bear and appears on 92 lists
- confederatewas added by chained_bear and appears on 22 lists
- transportationwas added by chained_bear and appears on 18 lists
- evolutionwas added by chained_bear and appears on 66 lists
- abolitionwas added by chained_bear and appears on 21 lists
- axiswas added by chained_bear and appears on 44 lists
- containmentwas added by chained_bear and appears on 11 lists
- appeasementwas added by chained_bear and appears on 14 lists
sionnach commented on the list loaded-words
Has maverick earned a place on this list?
November 8, 2008
chained_bear commented on the list loaded-words
Possibly. I have been avoiding solely politically loaded terms, because there are so many of them, and because it's hard to get any kind of perspective on such recent events. I was trying to gear it more towards terms that have some historical context, even if most people aren't aware of that context anymore. But you'll notice the more recent the terms on this list, the more politically oriented rather than historically oriented they are. Give me a few weeks or months to think about it, and maverick could well belong here. It certainly has a connotation much larger than what it used to mean.
Especially when Samuel Maverick's descendants are decrying the new definition of the term...
You could argue, for example, that flip-flop doesn't belong here. And I may actually remove it...
November 8, 2008