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jwhouk:
No, I think Mr. Kawasaki was more of the Church of Woz.
Akima:
My hair is long, straight, black, and staying that way. I like Shiseido's Tsubaki ranges of shampoos and conditioners. I like their skin-care products and make-up too.
I would only understand the rather ugly usage of "evangelical" as a noun as referring specifically to "a specific subset of conservative Christians", as in "Fred is an Evangelical". Otherwise I'd simply understand evangelical as an adjective meaning "zealous in advocating something", and an evangelist as someone who displayed such zeal. Fellow Chinese-Australian cyclist Lynette Chiang was for some years the official "Customer Evangelist" for Bike Friday for example. I don't really understand the more technical Christian implications though.
Barmymoo:
I think that may be the nub of what I'm objecting to. Evangelical is not a noun. It is in adjective, and people simply miss off the noun part - the noun part being "conservative Christian" (yes, ok, conservative is ALSO an adjective, even when talking about a member of the political party by that name).
Carl-E:
One doesn't need to be a conservative christian to be to be an evangelical christian. It's just the most common flavour. However, it's also common enough that it's been shortened to "evangelical". People will noun-ify verbs and adjectives whether it makes sense or not!
LTK:
Whose bright idea was it to use the same word for 'visible electromagnetic radiation' and 'low in weight'?
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