g-word

• “An irony, says Mr. Richie is that it's hard to put more seats in play without resorting to the g-word, particularly in states with polarized populations.”

  The Wall Street Journal: When Incumbency Overpowers All Efforts

• “So when you hear, as last week, the g-word applied to a horse called Frankel, you're right to look sceptical.”

  The Guardian: Frankel has potential to justify claims of greatness | Lydia Hislop

• “Though they rarely use the g-word, I've noticed a trend in recent years of books with a genealogical bent, and you probably won't be surprised to hear that I wouldn't object if this pattern were to become even more pronounced.”

  The Huffington Post: Megan Smolenyak: Summer Genealogy Reads

• “Nor would Heather and Justin be the first people to receive such a check and convince themselves it was a "gift," even though the g-word was never actually uttered.”

  Forbes: Family Trouble: When Line Between A Gift And Loan Blur

• “So let me drop the passé g-word in favor of a nice, white bread phrase we can all swallow: clean energy jobs.”

  The Huffington Post: Clean Energy Jobs: Pass The American Power Act Now

• “Obama's use of Meds Yeghern "is an elegant dodge to avoid using the 'g-word' -- but the substance of what he states about what happened gives no comfort to those who cling to the Turkish official version," says Harvard University's Andras Riedlmayer.”

  The Huffington Post: Michael J.W. Stickings: Anything but Genocide: Obama, Turkey, and the Armenian Holocaust

• “He routinely used the “g-word” to describe his Vietnamese captors.”

  At Urban League, McCain Faces Skeptics - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com

• “Our linguist Geoff Nunberg has been looking at the history of the g-word and the changing rhetoric that surrounds it.”

  NPR: Of 'Public' Options And 'Government' Plans

• “He should never have used the g-word: it struck the electorate as excessive.”

  A big state means a spying state

• “My sister said the fatal g-word, in a public café, and our friends jumped all over her: “SSSSHHHHHH!!!!””

  STEP DOWN, SEN. COLLINS AND REP. HARMON!

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