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Who knew that the Republicans would undertake a process of self-destruction that includes truculent no-ism?
The Cojones Frame 2009
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The only thing left from the intellectual high bar of Buckley's musings is the no-ism.
Taylor Marsh Taylor Marsh 2010
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Who knew that the Republicans would undertake a process of self-destruction that includes truculent no-ism?
unknown title 2009
muamor commented on the word no-ism
A policy or lifestyle of avoiding all activities and substances (foods, drink, drugs, etc.) which might be harmful to one's mental or physical health; an extreme form of total abstention. - The Oxford Dictionary of New Words.
February 29, 2008