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longship

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9. Sorry, I was merely commenting on the etymology

Reply to Boojatta (Reply #8)

Mon Mar 19, 2012, 12:32 PM

Mar 2012

It should be obvious that both party and partisan (in the political sense) have the same etymological origin. The OED agrees.

But I won't quibble rhetoric here, your point is well taken as partisan may be interpreted in a less literally etymological sense.

I was merely making a play on words here.

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Non-Partisan Political Parties: Already Exist or Logically Impossible? [View all] Boojatta Mar 2012 OP

Political parties are partisan by definition. n/t backscatter712 Mar 2012 #1

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This sounds too rigid to me ... Boojatta Mar 2012 #7

By defn, it's oxymoronic longship Mar 2012 #3

What definition are you relying upon? Boojatta Mar 2012 #8

Sorry, I was merely commenting on the etymology longship Mar 2012 #9

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In the near future ... Boojatta Mar 2012 #10

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