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News Flash: Member of academe does not share common social frame of
reference with most of the public. In other news: rain is wet and drinking too
much alcohol can make you inebriated.
11.05.2007
Things You Already Knew Because You Are Smarter Than Me
"Catspaw" is someone who serves as a tool for another. That most students, even at UCLA law, would not know this word struck Prof. Volokh as odd.
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I knew the term, but I have no clue about its etymology. I also don't know where I picked it up - perhaps Science Fiction novels?
Actually, I do. You likely saw it on the same Star Trek episode quoted by many of the other commenters.
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