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Keeping up with the “un” words

New words happen.

Back when I was a letter carrier I learned “unchurched” from the “Baptist Standard.”

Yep, I used to read the the back cover of the “Standard” when I was delivering the mail. Also, as I strode across two different lawns, I read a short readable piece that ran daily on the front page of “The Wall Street Journal.”

The postal higher-ups didn’t say we couldn’t read stuff. They just wante…