U.S. colleges ranked by number of affiliated Congressmembers

Re:U.S. colleges ranked by number of affiliated Congressmembers by wildmusings on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @12:05PM (#11815537)

Congressmen. Congressmen! Members of Congress, if you must. "Congressmembers" is an abomination. I suspect that most female members of Congress would agree.

Edit: I agree with Michael. If we're going to use a neologism, let's use "congresscritter", because it correctly implies that they are slimy and disgusting creatures.

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Re:U.S. colleges ranked by number of affiliated Congressmembers by MichaelBurge on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @01:48PM (#11816555)

I think the standard gender-neutral term is "congresscritters".

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Re:U.S. colleges ranked by number of affiliated Congressmembers by blt on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @12:50PM (#11815974)

Why do you care so much? Why not err on the side of making non-males feel welcome? Isn't that more important than nice-sounding words?

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Re:U.S. colleges ranked by number of affiliated Congressmembers by jlarocco on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @01:49PM (#11816571)

"Why not err on the side of making non-males feel welcome? Isn't that more important than nice-sounding words?"

That's a false dichotomy. "Members of congress" is also gender neutral and doesn't require making a ridiculous new word.

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Re:U.S. colleges ranked by number of affiliated Congressmembers by plouis on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @02:09PM (#11816755)

Those female members of Congress have mastered politics.

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