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Podcast: A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over
Episode: Ground Game (minicast) - 1 Dec. 2008
Description: We're continuing our look at some of the words of the year of 2008. Â Being an election year, it generated a huge amount of political language. One expression that was not new, but which certainly seems to have exploded in use, was 'ground game.' Ground game is a political term that refers to the door-to-door, one-on-one tactics used in the presidential campaigns. The victory of the Obama campaign, in particular, has been widely credited to its voter registration drives, its organized efforts to sway undecided or independent voters, its email lists, a...