That amendment – nicknamed the "Lame Duck Amendment," according to the National Archives –was ratified in 1933 and moved up the inauguration and start of a new Congress.īefore the 20th Amendment, the presidential inauguration was held in early March, the archives report. The gap between election and inauguration is much shorter now than it used to be, thanks to the 20th Amendment of the Constitution. A 2015 Atlantic report called it " offensive to both humans and, we can reasonably assume, the entire waterfowl community." Writing about President Barack Obama's final days, the magazine argued the term undersells how effective "lame duck" presidents can be when freed from concerns about reelection. Over time, it became more commonly used as the political term and is now so widely accepted that it has its own Merriam Webster entry. Hence, they are informally called 'lame duck' members participating in a 'lame duck' session." The Senate recognizes the term and defines a "'lame duck' session" as one that occurs after a November general election and before a new Congress takes power in January: "Some lawmakers who return for this session will not be in the next Congress. Other officeholders can also be called "lame ducks." Here are a few things to know about the term: Are only presidents called a 'lame duck'? However, lame-duck presidents have been known to use this period to exercise some of their powers – such as the presidential pardon – with less concern about public opinion. Typically, this decreases the power of the "lame duck" officeholder as attention shifts to the politician's incoming replacement. "Lame duck" refers to a politician who remains in power but will soon be replaced by a newly elected successor. Whoops, sorry - I only meant that the noun meaning "lame people" and the verb meaning "to limp" were more-or-less obsolete - not the "stop" senses.President Donald Trump has not conceded the 2020 election to Joe Biden, but he's heading into the lame-duck period of his presidency based on voting projections. So some might say they're not even the same word, just homphones/homographs. Etymonline shows that halt (to limp) comes from an Old English word from a Germanic root, while we re-adopted halt (to stop) from French or Italian at a later time. Even Victoria's haltingly can be taken as "with stops" rather than "limpingly". It is the meaning of lame or limping that is obsolete. : Yes, the "stop" meaning of halt is perfectly common. It's possible that for a younger generation, like that of Victoria, the word is as old-fashioned as sentinels saying, "Halt, who goes there?" : : I vote for "less obsolete." It may be my imagination that the word is part of the living tongue, even if only in specialized (military?) or literary uses ("The bus came to a halt," "he had to halt his monologue to drink some water"). : : : Although "halt" as a noun or a verb is more or less obsolete, we do still sometimes say "halting" and "haltingly". Luke xiii.21, "The poor and the maimed and the halt and the blind". I suspect it is a misremembering of the various occurrences of "halt" in this sense in the King James Bible, e.g. of an excuse or argument) weak and not deserving to be believed: Saying she’d lost her homework was a pretty lame excuse, if you ask me. : : : It's a tautology ("halt" in this phrase being a synonym of "lame"). lame adjective -er/-est only (UNABLE TO WALK) not able to walk correctly because of physical injury or weakness of the legs or feet lame adjective -er/-est only (NOT SATISFACTORY) ( esp.
informal : not strong, good, or effective : weak. The horse had gone lame, and it grew lamer. : having an injured leg or foot that makes walking difficult or painful. It seems to be the only real use of "halt" with this meaning in modern usage. Britannica Dictionary definition of LAME. : : : : I know the meaning, but have been unable to find the origin. In Reply to: The halt and the lame posted by RRC on Octoat 16:29: Posted by Victoria S Dennis on Octoat 17:12
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