fearmong

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English

Etymology

Back-formation from fearmonger.

Verb

fearmong (third-person singular simple present fearmongs, present participle fearmonging, simple past and past participle fearmonged)

  1. (intransitive) Misconstruction of fearmonger.
    • 1996 May 2, Laura J. Lewis, “There's Heat in the Kitchen”, in alt.adoption (Usenet), retrieved 18 May 2022:
      Has anyone ever noticed how Celeste and Co. (Pierce, Style and the other fearmongers hiding behind her) spew out crap about others not arguing intelligently about adoption issues as they frantically sidestep those issues, throw out red herrings, divert, distract, fearmong and muddy the waters in any way possible that lets them avoid honest discussion and debate? Including quoting people paid to lie about adoption.
    • 2004 January 5, nrf, “OT- What's wrong with Outsourcing”, in alt.certification.cisco (Usenet), retrieved 18 May 2022:
      Politicians who want to pander for votes do very well by engaging in fearmonging and appealing to the lowest common denominator.

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