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The term was coined by Frank "Death Tax" Luntz back in 2003. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Luntz#cite_note-15 The best interests of the public and/or the scientific community were *not* factors in the original coinage. The intent was to spin up something "less frightening" than global warming.From a blogger to the Oregonian which also cited the Luntz story: