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world.” I’m Dan Friedell. And I’m Gena Bennett.
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And now Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning
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English. The third Monday of February is known as Presidents’ Day in the United States.
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So, for today’s Words and Their Stories, we look at some of the famous and not-so-famous presidential words and their stories in history.
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From Teddy Roosevelt ’s lunatic fringe to Joe Biden ’s malarkey the words and phrases said by U.S.
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presidents are often as unique as the American experience. “We're really creating our own institutions through language,” said Paul Dickson.
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He is the writer of Words from the White House: Words and Phrases Coined or Popularized by America’s Presidents If you coin a word or phrase you create it.
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One of the words is authentication the act of proving or showing something to be true. Another word from Jefferson is Anglomania
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It means to have extreme affection for all things English. The ending -mania means to be crazy about something.
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Abraham Lincoln the country’s 16th president, is known for making powerful speeches during the Civil War.
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One of his best-known phrases, A house divided against itself cannot stand,” is drawn from the Bible.
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Historians note that Teddy Roosevelt, the 26th president, was the first president to use media to connect with the public.
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And he added several memorable words and phrases to American English.
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The words include pack rat loose cannon lunatic fringe and bully pulpit among many others.
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A pack rat is someone who collects things that they do not need. A loose cannon describes a dangerous and uncontrollable person.
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Lunatic fringe describes people whose opinions are extreme and different from many others.
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And a bully pulpit is an important position, such as the presidency, that provides a chance to instruct, lead, or inspire others.
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A slogan is a short phrase used in advertising or political campaigns to get attention.
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America First came from Woodrow Wilson the 28th president, in 1915, and not Donald Trump the 45th.
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The 29th president, Warren Harding gets credit for coming up with the term Founding Fathers This describes the creators of the U.S.
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Constitution. Before Calvin Coolidge the 30th president, no political campaigner had ever called himself a law-and-order candidate.
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This means they support police efforts and enforcement of laws. The 33rd president, Harry Truman came up with the phrase do-nothing Congress
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He is also famous for the saying, If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen Sometimes presidents changed names to better describe their purpose.
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Dickson says, “It was Franklin D. Roosevelt who changed the name of the ‘Report to Congress’ to the State of the Union
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Iffy is another way of saying something is uncertain or unknown. His critics felt that the American president should use proper English.
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