Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 20:56:27 +1000
Subject: Re: a query


i did not invent this word. try altavista search for "cognitariat" and you
can see how many websites are actually using the word.

At 03:46  1999-08-17 EDT, you wrote:
>In a message dated 8/17/99 12:23:11 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
>Andrew_Spencer-AT-baylor.edu writes:
>
><< could anyone please inform me about the origins of the word "cognitariat"
> for meaning "the thinking proletariat" or something like the person who
> sells his mental labour instead of physical labour?
> 
> saeed urrehman
> australian national university >>
>
>I don't know about the word origin, but I find the implication offensive.  
>Doesn't the "proletariat" think?  
>
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