Aug. 12th, 2008

nosism

Aug. 12th, 2008 07:29 am
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nosism - n., using "we" to refer to oneself.


Both as a royal-we thing and speaking for a group. The latter could be a neutral usage, but all the definers seem to think it's a presumptive sort of thing -- presuming to speak for a group. Coined from Latin nos, we.

---L.

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