“A politician is someone who tackles every subject with his mouth open
,” said Oscar Wilde.
And from this mouth many are the often earthy terms, sometimes meaningless, to win our ears as citizens.
Whether it's neologisms that have come to integrate the current use of French (who has never heard of "bravitude"?) or formulas that have remained etched in history, no one is indifferent to the language of our representatives policies.
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As true as the word "referendum" is taken from the Latin expression "ad referendum", meaning "to give an account", this lexicon is rich in cultural, etymological and historical references, which are not without giving meaning to the speeches of those who handle the political palaver with ease.
What neologism, invented by Rimbaud to qualify an extravagant idea, has Jacques Chirac brought up to date?
According to Clemenceau, what is democracy?
Where does the word "anarchy" come from?
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