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Podcast: A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over
Episode: PUMA (minicast) - 8 Dec. 2008
Description: We're continuing our look at some of the words of the year of 2008. Last week we talked about "ground game." Another political term that we crossed paths with was PUMA. PUMA is an acronym for Party Unity My Ass, which began as a Facebook group. Members of that group were Democrats who were disaffected after Hillary Clinton failed to secure a sufficient number of delegates to win the Democratic nomination. Some of these disaffected Democrats formed groups and committees in order to try to bring the matter to a head-to-head smackdown...