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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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fearmonger

0Can I call, someone who calls "The sky is falling" without sufficient evidence a fearmonger?02br
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00I'm trying to understand the usage of fearmonger.02br
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0Yes, you can call him that 0-
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0We even commonly call those people "Chicken littles".0-
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0About "monger," I remember an old folk song, 01i00Molly Malone02i00. 02br
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01i00She was a fishmonger/ and sure 'twas no wonder/ for so were her father and sister before/ She drove her wheelbarrow/ through the streets broad and narrow/ crying "cockles and mussels/ alive, alive all!"02i00 (this may be two verses mixed together)0
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0 "Warmonger" is another popular monger term.0-
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0Yes. With fear, hate, and war, the implication is that the alarm is unjustified. But that doesn't seem to apply to fish.0-
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0Thank you, MH, Vorpar, Delmobile, and Avangi.02br
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00Avangi, I like your conclusion: With fear, hate, and war, the implication is that the alarm is unjustified. 0-
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