academic scribblers. or how about "vulgar economists"?
On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 03:42:09PM -0800, Dan Scanlan wrote:
> Tome-ite?
>
> Tomer?
>
> Texticle?
>
>
> On Nov 1, 2006, at 3:18 PM, Jim Devine wrote:
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> > But here's a question for pen-pals. In the book I'm writing, I'm using
> > the term "texter" to refer to
> > economics textbook writers (to distinguish them from more
> > sophisticated economists).
> >
> > I'm not happy with the term. Can anyone think of a better one?
> > ("scum" and "SOBs" won't do, since I'm trying to be polite.)
> >
> > Thanks ahead of time.
> > --
> > Jim Devine / "War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, / The
> > lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade, / And, to those royal
> > murderers, whose mean thrones / Are bought by crimes of treachery and
> > gore, / The bread they eat, the staff on which they lean." -- Percy B.
> > Shelley
>
> Dan Scanlan
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