I know, I was being facetious. :)

> I think that, colloquially, the word has become synonymous
> with Hitler.  Much like calling a photocopy a "xerox" or
> calling a tissue a "kleenex".  Personally, I've never
> heard of anyone referred to as "fuhrer" except Hitler.
> The first match on google refer to Hitler:

> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&c2coff=1&q
> =fuhrer&btnG=Search

> Howie

> --- On Wednesday, August 17, 2005 1:52 PM, S. Isaac Dealey
> scribed: ---
>>
>> No no ... fuhrer isn't even a title, much less a proper
>> name -- it's
>> just a noun... :)
>>
>> http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=fuhrer
>>
>> It could have equally been applied to any number of
>> historical
>> tyrants, so it doesn't count as a Hitlerism. :)
>>

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