English Explanatory Dictionary

scissor statement

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

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Word forms

scissor statement scissor statements

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.”

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