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- noun A
civil discussion , especially one in whichparticipants avoidinsults ,hostility , andnegative characterizations of those with whom theydisagree .
Etymologies
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Blend of civil and dialogue. Coined by Jeffrey Weiss of the American political news website Politics Daily.
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a "civilogue," to use the term coined by PD's Jeffrey Weiss - we are requiring commenters to use their AOL or AIM screen names to submit a comment, and we are reading all comments before publishing them.
Politics Daily 2010
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