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You have no idea what this phrase means. Although you are most probably a hit at slumber parties, we find your diction sorely lacking.
Please discontinue the use of tricky phrases and/or big words. You may also wish to rethink metaphors. Analogies are out of the question.
Thank you.
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From Wikipedia (
here)
"More recently, to beg the question has been used as a synonym for "to raise the question", or to indicate that "the question really ought to be addressed". For example, "This year's budget deficit is half a trillion dollars. This begs the question: how are we ever going to balance the budget?" This usage is often sharply criticized by proponents of the traditional meaning, but has nonetheless come into sufficiently widespread use that it is now the most common use of the term."
HAHAHAH
NOW GTFO!!!
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Prescriptivism vs. descriptivism.
Edit: I followed the link to the Wikipedia article. The passage you quoted falls under the heading
Modern usage controversy and is followed by the sentence "Arguments over whether such usage should be considered incorrect are an example of debate over linguistic
prescription and description."
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According to
www.dictionary.com under the lookup "beg the question" the usage that CallMeIshmael invoked didn't arise in our language until the 1990s.