Lexibigotry

lexibigotry, n., lecks-ih-BIGG-uh-tree: A tendency to reject an entire concept because its proponent misuses language, particularly a single word or phrase, in promoting it. Hence lexibigot. e.g. – “For all I know, I might be interested in what Reblg is...

Annie! Annie! Are you… oh, never mind.

I believed everything I was told in my first CPR class, about 20 years ago — including the poignant story of the practice dummy, Annie. She was designed by a doctor and modelled on his daughter, who drowned and who might have been saved had onlookers only known...
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