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Originally Posted by Clodfobble
or they're too stupid to know that Senators are Congressmen.
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This has bugged me for a long time but I have given in to it. It's one of those things where common incorrect usage is giving a word a new meaning.
Technically, both Senators and Representatives are Congressmen. But in common speech, a Senator is a Senator and a Representative is a Congressmen. My theory is that because a Senator is more powerful, the Representative wants to have some of that power rub off on them by lumping themselves in with the Senators and referring to themselves as Congressmen.
But the Senators want to keep the Representatives at arms length, so they don't refer to themselves as Congressmen. They are Senators, thank you very much.