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To: the_second_moon
I submit, for example, my latest pet peeve..."refugee camp".
Numerous aticles calling Palestinian towns and cities "refugee camps".
refugee: one that flees; especially : a person who flees to a foreign country or power to escape danger or persecution

Flee Pallies! Flee! I'm sure the Israelis wouldn't mind if you actually did.

In light of that I've personally decided to start calling those towns and cities "tramp camps", since the Pallies want to tramp on the Israelis and drive them into the sea.
tramp: to tread on forcibly and repeatedly
I didn't want to call them squatter camps or hobo camps as it denigrates hobos and squatters.

Have I shown my bias? Oops!

4 posted on 06/05/2002 4:36:13 AM PDT by philman_36
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To: philman_36
They fled once at the behest of their "leadership"?, now they are back. Which hardly supports the "refugee" status, but tramp will do.
15 posted on 06/05/2002 5:15:07 AM PDT by wita
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