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Define: Dextrosphere

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by basso, Apr 16, 2008.

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  1. basso

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    ran across this term in a blog post- googled it, lots of hits, but no definition, no entries at wikipedia, urban dictionary, etc... any one heard it, or can use it in a sentence?
     
  2. Kimble14

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    Never heard of it, but I'd guess that it's the people and/or ideas associated with right-wing blogs (or the blogs themselves), derived from "dextro-" and "blogopshere". Not to be confused with "sinestrosphere" -- HuffPo, Kos, etc.
     
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    from http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0512c&L=worldwidewords&P=96

    SINISTROSPHERE This has started to appear online as a disparaging
    collective term for bloggers with left-wing political affiliations.
    Its opposite is the dextrosphere, a sweeter-sounding and much less
    sinister term. Both words are based on "blogosphere", a collective
    term for the whole blogging environment. [My thanks to Barry Popik
    and Ben Zimmer for these references.]

    Lemme keep looking though...
     
  4. Nuclear Yak

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    yeah its probably right wing blogs

    in the old days right handed people were considered dexterous and left handed people sinister no?
     
  5. Ottomaton

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    In Italian:

    destra = right
    sinistra = left

    I assume that is the source of the prefix. Some enterprising right-winger decided the Italian prefixes would make left-wingers sound evil.
     
  6. StupidMoniker

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    Balls of sugar. ;)
     

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