Loaded Words Part Deux: Two Words That Together Make One Load

reesetee commented on the list loaded-words-part-deux-two-words-that-together-make-one-load

Ooh, this is a great idea. Now, if I could only think of something to contribute....

September 26, 2008

chained_bear commented on the list loaded-words-part-deux-two-words-that-together-make-one-load

Well, it could be a good thing that there aren't that many of them. I could've put them on the Loaded Words list but it didn't seem fair to put double-barrelled words (phrases) there...

October 2, 2008

fbharjo commented on the list loaded-words-part-deux-two-words-that-together-make-one-load

how about "blue tooth"

October 2, 2008

fbharjo commented on the list loaded-words-part-deux-two-words-that-together-make-one-load

or "big top"

October 2, 2008

chained_bear commented on the list loaded-words-part-deux-two-words-that-together-make-one-load

Those are good suggestions for terms that have a different meaning in combination than either word does apart, but the resulting combination isn't particularly loaded in any way. But I like them! Thanks!

October 2, 2008

bilby commented on the list loaded-words-part-deux-two-words-that-together-make-one-load

How about chained bear?

November 7, 2008

chained_bear commented on the list loaded-words-part-deux-two-words-that-together-make-one-load

I'm not politically fraught, nor am I double-barrelled, but nice try.

November 7, 2008

sionnach commented on the list loaded-words-part-deux-two-words-that-together-make-one-load

fair and balanced

sleeper cell

crack house

gutter press

fat man

little boy

brown nose

electric chair

bear market

silent spring

friendly fire

November 8, 2008

Prolagus commented on the list loaded-words-part-deux-two-words-that-together-make-one-load

How about white collar (or white-collar)?

November 8, 2008

chained_bear commented on the list loaded-words-part-deux-two-words-that-together-make-one-load

Those are all excellent additions, thank you both! I'm declining the use of "fair and balanced," however, because it's more than two words.

Also it's hard to identify the specifically historical context for some of them--e.g. bear market, or bull market for that matter--they don't belong specifically to one period but recur. Electric chair has the same problem, though it does evoke the time period when it was invented.

And I'm not saying these terms aren't loaded--they all are--just that the additional meaning is not always a specific historical context.

November 8, 2008

sionnach commented on the list loaded-words-part-deux-two-words-that-together-make-one-load

acid rain

iron curtain

banana republic

iron maiden

yellow peril

nanny society

and of course, the long-established code phrases

pro-life

pro-choice

nuclear winter

November 8, 2008

dontcry commented on the list loaded-words-part-deux-two-words-that-together-make-one-load

golden handcuffs

gold parachute

soft market

trophy wife

November 8, 2008

chained_bear commented on the list loaded-words-part-deux-two-words-that-together-make-one-load

Thank you both for many great suggestions. I'll take the ones that have specific historical context! :)

November 8, 2008

chained_bear commented on the list loaded-words-part-deux-two-words-that-together-make-one-load

Concertina wire is an interesting phrase. It doesn't actually fit on my list, but I like it.

February 21, 2009

reesetee commented on the list loaded-words-part-deux-two-words-that-together-make-one-load

Oh, I don't know. I'd say it fits. The phrase does carry meaning beyond the two separate words--for me, it conjures up military and WWII images.

February 22, 2009

chained_bear commented on the list loaded-words-part-deux-two-words-that-together-make-one-load

Really? Well... that would be a fairly specific historical context. I'll take a poll: Does anyone else associate the phrase concertina wire with a specific time/place in history?

February 24, 2009

reesetee commented on the list loaded-words-part-deux-two-words-that-together-make-one-load

I do!

Wait...I already voted.

February 24, 2009

sionnach commented on the list loaded-words-part-deux-two-words-that-together-make-one-load

Concertina wire tapping.

Cotton gin rummy.

Sloe gin fizz.

Reese tee shirt.

Oops!

Wrong thread needle street.

February 24, 2009

sionnach commented on the list loaded-words-part-deux-two-words-that-together-make-one-load

Shovel ready

blue state

red menace

fireside chat

shuttle diplomacy

salt talks

domino theory

toxic debt

water boarding

February 24, 2009

chained_bear commented on the list loaded-words-part-deux-two-words-that-together-make-one-load

I'll decline blue state and shovel ready, because they seem more politically than historically oriented. But thanks!

February 24, 2009

rolig commented on the list loaded-words-part-deux-two-words-that-together-make-one-load

From the 60s and 70s:

protest movement

flower power

me generation

generation gap

moral majority

enemies list

saturday night massacre

october surprise

And from the Cold War:

star wars

red scare

February 24, 2009

sionnach commented on the list loaded-words-part-deux-two-words-that-together-make-one-load

So many near-misses for this list.

boss tweed. tippy canoe. spud nick. teapot dome. remember ptomaine. Hiya Watha. Dust bowl. grassy knoll. OK corral. SaintValentinesDay massacre. My lie. lost colony. radical chic. klondike bar. plausible deniability. lunar module. Must stop. Thatz enuf. No more. HelpI'm stuck... Cant goon. Must goon. Awaiting Godot. existential terror. jeez louise. nixon agonistes.

February 24, 2009

chained_bear commented on the list loaded-words-part-deux-two-words-that-together-make-one-load

Actually, Boss Tweed is particularly interesting, since it's a proper name in this case, but technically both are also common words... I'm adding it. And Dust Bowl is absolutely perfect. Thanks!

February 24, 2009

ruzuzu commented on the list loaded-words-part-deux-two-words-that-together-make-one-load

Wait. Doesn't moonlight and magnolias have three words?

January 16, 2013

bilby commented on the list loaded-words-part-deux-two-words-that-together-make-one-load

I came across explosive diarrhea when reading about the clinical presentation of dumping syndrome yesterday.

January 16, 2013

gulyasrobi commented on the list loaded-words-part-deux-two-words-that-together-make-one-load

Great list! My list Figuratively used compounds http://www.wordnik.com/lists/figuratively-used-compounds'>http://www.wordnik.com/lists/figuratively-used-compounds follows a very similar line, only the words are written together. Check it out if you like.

January 17, 2013

ry commented on the list loaded-words-part-deux-two-words-that-together-make-one-load

false flag

January 17, 2013

chained_bear commented on the list loaded-words-part-deux-two-words-that-together-make-one-load

Hm. I see how that means something, but the additional concept isn't particularly "loaded" with additional meaning. I did add a couple other suggestions, though.

January 17, 2013

ry commented on the list loaded-words-part-deux-two-words-that-together-make-one-load

As you will. I was thinking that for some people it is very loaded—terror, hate, betrayal...say it to a military history buff, political partisan, or 9/11 conspiracy theorist and you will definitely get a reaction.

January 17, 2013

chained_bear commented on the list loaded-words-part-deux-two-words-that-together-make-one-load

It's just as well I don't usually interact with those folks, then. :)

January 21, 2013