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How evangelicals in the US came up with their own language
Do you refer to deviled eggs as angel eggs? Do you know what a P31 woman is? If the answer to these is yes, you speak Christianese, a "religiolect" that reporter Alina Simone has been tracking.
(Image: A sign alerting drivers they’re approaching a church in Anderson, South Carolina. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)
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