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UTUSN

(70,641 posts) Fri Feb 10, 2017, 11:35 PM Feb 2017

So fad-word is "so-called"? CNN dude called the Logan Act "so-called"

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So fad-word is "so-called"? CNN dude called the Logan Act "so-called" (Original Post) UTUSN Feb 2017 OP

It's the disdainful negifier du-jour. forgotmylogin Feb 2017 #1

forgotmylogin

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1. It's the disdainful negifier du-jour.

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Sat Feb 11, 2017, 12:12 AM

Feb 2017

Kind of like how Fox would stick a question mark at the end of salacious claims for deniability.

You can put "so-called" in front of anything to instantly delegitimize it.

Like Kellyanne's "so-called facts".

Spicer's "so-called press briefings".

45's "so-called hair".

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