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Thread #57436   Message #1047314
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
03-Nov-03 - 10:02 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: US terms
Subject: RE: Folklore: US terms
If you have a decent dictionary (e. g. Webster's Collegiate), a lot of them will be in there. Backsliding- moral lapse, or reverting to a worse position (usually when referring to religion) has been around since the 16th century.
But Most will be in Google, as Amos pointed out. I learned something too- I had never heard of a blue dog democrat.