| Splitters accent what separates historical processes, personalities, and positions, while lumpers congeal them. |
| One sometimes sees the difference between splitters and lumpers presented as one of taste and personality. |
| Gym was a bit of an ordeal because those blue, elasticated shorts they made you wear were simply not made for lumpers like me. |
| I don't profess to know a lot about what goes on at the scrum, but there are six very happy lumpers in our changing room. |
| This preliminary work, which is far from complete, makes me want to join the lumpers of child maltreatment research, rather than the splitters. |
| Nonetheless I notice some hardcore lumpers are already expressing doubts. |
