According to the centrist group Third Way, Democrats should scrub their vocabulary of 45 words and phrases spanning six pejoratively titled categories: therapy-speak, seminar-room language, organizer jargon, gender/orientation correctness, the shifting language of racial constructs, and explaining away crime. “Was it something I said?” Third Way asks of Democrats’ losing streak. No—winning is something you do.

This week, Katelyn and Christine cancel "Centrist Language Nannies,” debunking Third Way and the rest of the pundit class’s overhyped language policing. Our hosts make the case for concrete policies that help people and—spoiler alert—win elections.

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• Third Way (with our regrets for linking): Was It Something I Said?
• Adam Wren for Politico: The ‘woke’ words Democrats should cut from their vocabulary
• Dr. Alan Pelaez Lopez: The X in Latinx is a Wound, Not a Trend
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