In class tonight, I explained what a "bench slap" is, and noted that the word is now in Black’s Law Dictionary. @DavidLat @BryanAGarner
@Tingwall @BryanAGarner @atlblog @JoshMBlackman Personally I lean towards the descriptive model for dictionaries; inclusion ≠ endorsement.
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@Tingwall@DavidLat@atlblog@JoshMBlackman But the etymological association with the offensive term "bitchslap" must be noted. -
@BryanAGarner@Tingwall@DavidLat@atlblog@JoshMBlackman Is the etymology a problem? Same for "grandfathered"?
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