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The vulgar equivalent for petitio principii is begging the question.
One can hardly blame hoi polloi for misinterpreting such a nice point when the only use of this aberrant definition is in the phrase in question.
It's certainly not the only instance of a "proper" definition changing in the common speech from what it meant originally.
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