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Word of the Day - aginer

Use this word in a positive way. I'm all for it.

aginer
(also agginer, ag'in'er, aginner)

/əˈɡɪnə/
noun
US
informal
A person who is against something; one who opposes a proposal, course of
action, point of view, etc. Also more generally: a person having a
habitually negative attitude; one who opposes any change as a matter of
principle.

Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Westminster (Philadelphia). From agin, regional and colloquial variant of again + -er.

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I'm an aginer when it comes to social justice. I want perks for me and mine. If a
program is designed to help "others", I am against it. My daddy and his
daddy before him showed me how things ought to work. That's good enough
for me.

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