Word: hijackedã
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...speech, Webster reported, was to be a re-exploration of the word holocaust, which has taken on such unfortunate semantic connotations since the horrible events of 1939-1945 in Europe. While unequivocally condemning the actions of the Germans in World War II—actions that “hijacked?? the meaning of his favorite word—Webster has pointed out that “holocaust” did not always have the stigma of being connected to arguably the greatest concentration of organized evil in human history. Originally, he says, holocaust was just a word...
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