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over a year ago
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From the Oxford English Dictionary:
Polititian/Politician:
Either spelling is acceptable - long with:
politicien, polititien, polititian, politician, politisian, polititan (Sc., perh. transmission error), politition, pollitician.
1a. A schemer or plotter; a shrewd, sagacious, or crafty person. In later use also (esp. U.S. derogatory, influenced by sense A. 2b): a self-interested manipulator, whose behaviour is likened to that of a professional politician.
1b. U.S. Prison slang and Navy slang. A person who obtains preferential treatment, esp. an easy or desirable job, through manipulation.
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2a. An expert in the theory of politics, or in the governance and business of a State or polity; a person appointed to or inheriting a position in government, a statesman. Now chiefly hist. or as merged in A. 2b.
2b. A person who is keenly interested in practical politics, or who engages in party politics or political strife; now spec. one who is professionally involved in politics as the holder of or a candidate for an elected office.
Cannot for the life of me, believe anyone would want to have anything to do with any of the lying b'stards!
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