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[personal profile] calimac 2019-02-10 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Here's probably the strangest of all verbal shibboleths in American politics. While the noun form is Democrat(s), the adjective form used by the party and literally everyone in it is Democratic. Democratic Party, Democratic candidates. The only people who use "Democrat" as an adjective are Republicans, and they so consistently only use it when they're insulting or belittling that it's become an insult term. I would hate to see foreigners inadvertently picking it up.
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[personal profile] teaotter 2019-02-10 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I was just coming by to say this.