steveinbsas
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Well, let me thank for this. I always thought that going pauper meant to go on a singing streak about anything using already famous tunes. But someone really has to help me with Potterarian.
The term Pottertarian was actually coined by Dr. A. J. Blauch, PhD as a likely substitute for Randian after "filters" were apparently applied to his baexpat forum posts to weed out any form of the word "Rand" (as in Ayn).
Pottertarian was obviously selected because of its similarity to the word Libertarian, ignoring the fact that Ayn Rand loathed Libertarians (at least the ones who identified themselves as anarchists).
The word "Potter" was incorporated in the term because it is Dr. Blauch's assertion that the novel Atlas Shrugged appeals to juvenile fantasies in similar fashion to Harry Potter stories and anyone who thinks that Atlas Shrugged has any relevance today (if ever) is living in a "juvenile fantasy world."
As the esteemed Dr Sleslie observed last August (after Dr. Blauch had made over 30 posts about soccer in the Expats bold world cup predictions thread):
Towards the end of the World Cup, I realized we are dealing with someone who is not playing with a full deck. I just hope he gets help.
And the reply was (in an offensive attempt to redirect the diagnosis to those who might have the defensive strain of Stenoblauch Symbiosis):
Agreed. The Pottertarians need to escape from their juvenile fantasy world.
I hope this helps explain the origin and use of the term "Potterarian."
PS: You can find additional examples of the use of the term "Potterarian" (many of which are examples of full blown OSS or Offensive Stenoblauch Symbiosis) here: http://baexpats.org/...ch&fromsearch=1