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Semantic Clarification No. 12 :  Studies in Elision

In an earlier post, I used the term “hempsters,” by which I meant members of that hypervisible group of advocacy whingers who tend to hate globalization, worry about the “CO2 blanket,” eat lots of lentils, and buy clothing woven from hemp.

I did not mean (as an emailer offered) “pot users who enjoy hampsters” — though the next time I need to describe some weedpuffin’ rodentaphile who owns a tiny exercise wheel, I’ll likely go that route…

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