cdesign proponentsist
English
Etymology
From "cdesign proponentsists", a typographic splicing of design proponents into c[reation]ists, in a 1987 draft for the book Of Pandas and People when, after the US Supreme Court ruled that teaching creationism in US state schools was unconstitutional, the terms creationism and creationists were replaced by intelligent design and design proponents.
Pronunciation
Noun
cdesign proponentsist (plural cdesign proponentsists)
- (Internet, slang, humorous, derogatory) creationist
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- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:cdesign proponentsist.
Synonyms
- creationist
- creo
- creotard (derogatory)
- IDiot (derogatory)
References
- ^ “Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial”, in Nova, season 35 (Television), 2007 November 13, via PBS
Further reading
Of Pandas and People on Wikipedia.Wikipedia