Timeline for Is the word 'diplomat' a negative word?
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| Jul 29, 2015 at 15:15 | answer | added | Chad | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 7, 2014 at 8:36 | vote | accept | Maulik V | ||
| Nov 19, 2013 at 14:42 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | It's only a "guesstimate", but Google thinks it's got about 625,000 results for "There's no need to be diplomatic" - which is certainly what I'm used to, rather than OP's version. | |
| Nov 19, 2013 at 13:22 | comment | added | StoneyB on hiatus | 1. It is possible to use any word negatively. That doesn't make it inherently negative. "Stop being a diplomat" means "Stop being tactful and say what you really mean" 2. "Often" is too strong-Google returns me just 24 hits, half of which are literal. 3. The noun is cunning, not cunningness. | |
| Nov 19, 2013 at 12:23 | history | edited | Maulik V | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 19, 2013 at 11:58 | answer | added | Matt | timeline score: 8 | |
| Nov 19, 2013 at 10:23 | history | asked | Maulik V | CC BY-SA 3.0 |