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scissor statement

noun

Etymology

Coined by American psychiatrist and blogger Scott Alexander Siskind (writing as "Scott Alexander") in his 2018 short story “Sort By Controversial”, where he wrote: “In some dead language, scissor shares a root with schism. A scissor is a schism-er, a schism-creator.”

Definitions

  1. A polarising and incendiary topic, opinion or phrase.

    • The Ground Zero mosque was a scissor statement that divided Americans.

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