'demon' is a religious word - when and who used it first re: health reform

[ensho]

anyone know?

[CTyankee]

1. Peggy Noonan did a play on the words "deem and pass" and called it "demon pass" in Friday's

Wall St. Journal. That was the first I had heard of it...

[ashling]

2. I respectfully reject your liguistic analysis

:evilgrin:

[ensho]

3. how so?

nt

[ashling]

4. It gives me a chance to use the deamon smilie

additionally,I don't see it as a "religious" word

[ensho]

5. you might not see it but it is a religious word

nt

[ashling]

6. Let me restate that for you

It is not a purely religious word.

[ensho]

7. its purely a religious word

nt

[ashling]

8. uh, no

de·mon
   /ˈdimən/

–noun
1. an evil spirit; devil or fiend.
2. an evil passion or influence.
3. a person considered extremely wicked, evil, or cruel.
4. a person with great energy, drive, etc.: He's a demon for work.
5. a person, esp. a child, who is very mischievous: His younger son is a real little demon.
6. daemon.
7. Australian Slang. a policeman, esp. a detective.

-adjective
8. of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or noting a demon.
9. possessed or controlled by a demon.

[ensho]

9. and where did the word orginate? religions, that's where.

nt

[ashling]

10. this is true

so, in your world, the etymology of a word controls the use and/or meaning of the word for all time?