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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Polite policy police? #109047 08/01/03 07:48 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick OP Carpal Tunnel OP maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 from "polity" as opposed to politiCal? No, I would not have guessed so (but am happy to be corrected!) Surely it refers to making political, or turning an issue of debate into a political point? Hmmm, got me wondering which are the oldest and youngest forms of this family of words - my WAG is policy is oldest and politicisation must be a green sprig, but. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Polite policy police? maverick 07/30/03 10:46 PM Re: Polite policy police? sjmaxq 07/30/03 10:51 PM Re: Polite policy police? wow 08/02/03 11:42 AM Re: Polite policy police? wwh 07/30/03 11:09 PM Re: Polite policy police? tsuwm 07/31/03 02:17 AM Re: Polite policy police? sjmaxq 07/31/03 02:25 AM Re: Polite policy police? maverick 07/31/03 03:04 AM Re: Polite policy police? sjmaxq 07/31/03 03:12 AM Re: Polite policy police? AnnaStrophic 07/31/03 12:03 PM Re: Polite policy police? Buffalo Shrdlu 08/01/03 12:14 PM Re: Polite policy police? maverick 08/01/03 07:48 PM Re: Polite policy police? maverick 08/01/03 07:58 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,440 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 427 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 25 A C Bowden 11 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,606 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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