Chimpy McHalliburton

From Chimpy (“George W. Bush”) + Mc- + Halliburton. Named after oil field service company Halliburton, stemming from accusations that Bush is beholden to Big Oil.

The President shouldn't aughta be running all over trying to police the world. Chimpy McHalliburton is just trying to line his Hitlerlike pockets. This is really all just Clinton's fault anyways.

2006 March 4, Charles Beauchamp, “Re: For Dinner This Week”, in rec.sport.football.college (Usenet):

As already noted, he should be embarrassed to be attempting to argue about these issues when he's so ignorant of them. Guess it's easier to hope that Chimpy McHalliburton chokes to death on a pretzel. That requires no thought, or knowledge at all.

2007 January 22, Rand Simberg, “Re: Did The Chinese Violate Any Treaties?”, in sci.space.history (Usenet):

The thought of President Chimpy McHalliburton having nukes raised my red flag for 8 years.

2009 September 21, Sharky, “GOP's Ahmadinejad”, in alt.politics.republicans (Usenet):

The notion that Tea Partiers are a bunch of Timothy McVeigh wannabes and big-money marionettes is almost gospel among the folks who think 9/11 was an inside job and consider calling George W. Bush “Chimpy McHalliburton” the height of political wit.

2010 October 8, A. Barton Hinkle, “Tea Partiers' Good Intentions Might Not Suffice”, in Richmond Times-Dispatch, volume 160, number 281, Richmond, Va., page A11:


Chimpy McHitlerburton

Blend of Chimpy McHalliburton (“George W. Bush”) + Hitler, comparing Bush to German dictator Adolf Hitler.

blend

I agree with you. I'm not sure why Jeff is trying to make it into one, other than his hate of Chimpy McHitlerburton.

2005 June 27, Matthew Hennig, “Bush League Private Property”, in rec.sport.football.college (Usenet):

No, no, no, can't you see? It was Chimpy McHitlerburton's fault! And global warming too!

2007 August 2, Fester, “Re: A bridge collapses in Minneapolis.”, in us.military.army (Usenet):

When George W. Bush suggested Iran’s acquisition of nuclear arms technology might be a catalyst for World War III, progressive-minded people took it as a sign that Chimpy W. McHitlerburton is off his neocon rocker.

2007 November 2, Jonathan Gurwitz, “Iran, the bomb and World War III”, in Times-News, volume 102, number 306, Twin Falls, ID, page A6:

The above tells me that you would rather have faith in the eeevilitude of Chimpy McHitlerBurton than deal with reality.

2008 December 29, Fred Stone, “Re: OT: Dan Rather $70M Suit To Hit Bush 'Legacy' Hard”, in alt.atheism (Usenet):

(US politics, derogatory) George W. Bush (born 1946), the 43rd president of the United States (2001–2009).


paytriot

Nothing illegal about any of this to my knowledge. Indeed, this is the very above-board racket of running an independent political committee. Everyone does it. Left, right, center and none of the above. And anyway, why shouldn't a true pay-triot get paid?

2013 May 15, Stephen Lemons, “Joe Arpaio's Fave Pay-triot John Philip Sousa IV Fires Back, Makes Bank Off Peddling Joe”, in Phoenix New Times, archived from the original on 2019-03-11:

He has been called out as a supposed “secret government agent,” labeled a parasitic “pay-triot,” and even laughed at for his “botched” suicide attempt (where one commentator suggested that if a Green Beret wanted to kill himself, he would certainly know how to do it).

2018, Jeanne M. Haskin, ‘When All Roads Lead to the Standoff: How Corporate Governance Fuels White Supremacy, Algora Publishing, page 110:

Many of them turned to Neon Revolt, one of the most popular Q bloggers and a "paytriot" (i.e. someone who's trying to make a living off of Q Anon). Neon Revolt is widely read and respected among qultists. He directed Redditors to go to Voat's new Q sub, v/TheAwakening, the one started by former Reddit GA admins. This of course angered Voaters, but had nothing on what was going to happen next.

2018 September 15, Plexipus (username), “‘The famous Q blogger and "paytriot," Neon Revolt, accuses v/GreatAwakening of being compromised in a poorly researched post. Huge drama BOOM on Voat. But could there be more to his story than he realizes?”, in Reddit, archived from the original on 2018-09-15:

(derogatory, rare) A right-wing activist (especially a supporter of the QAnon movement) who uses the movement to make money for themselves rather than to advance its goals.


The Storm

From Donald Trump's mention of "the calm before the storm" in an October 2017 interview.

Like Pizzagate, the Storm conspiracy features secret cabals, a child sex-trafficking ring led (in part) by the satanic Democratic Party, and of course, countless logical leaps and paranoid assumptions that fail to hold up under the slightest fact-based scrutiny. However, unlike Pizzagate, the Storm isn’t focused on a single block of shops in D.C., or John Podesta’s emails. It’s much, much bigger than that.

2017 December 19, Paris Martineau, “The Storm Is the New Pizzagate — Only Worse”, in New York, archived from the original on 2018-12-26:

In an online universe where conspiracy theories not only sprout like kudzu but attract bigger audiences the more outrageous and strange they grow, it was probably inevitable that an uber-theory like “The Storm” would become an overnight sensation.

2018 January 17, David Neiwert, “Conspiracy meta-theory 'The Storm' pushes the 'alternative' envelope yet again”, in Southern Poverty Law Center:

There are many extreme political conspiracy theories, with varying degrees of plausibility, things like “Pizzagate,” “The Storm,” “QAnon,” and “Russiagate.”

2018, West Mick, Escaping the Rabbit Hole: How to Debunk Conspiracy Theories Using Facts, Logic, and Respect:

QAnon, whose supporters also call it “The Storm” or “Great Awakening,” is a wide-ranging conspiracy theory that burst into greater visibility this summer, after supporters at a Trump rally wearing Q shirts prompted a rush of national media coverage about it.

2018 September 12, Abby Ohlheiser, “Reddit bans r/greatawakening, the main subreddit for QAnon conspiracy theorists”, in The Washington Post:

conspiracy theory
conspiracy theory#English


Shrillary

Blend of shrill + Hillary, likely to invoke the connotation of being loud, overbearing, and irrational that the word shrill may have when applied to women.

Given recent reporting on Shrillary’s alleged anti-Semitic comments a couple of decades ago, it’s quite notable that a Jew can be on the national ticket.

2000 August 9, James Young, “The ‘conscience’ of the Senate”, in Potomac News, volume 41, number 320, Woodbridge, Va., page A6:

When Shrillary wins in November, she will appoint the most left wing loony to the Supreme Court in modern history. Shrillary will then have some flunky sue some city government over a gun ordinance and that case will go to the Supreme Court.

2016 April 12, Rick Lamming, “Letters to the Editor: No Rights from Constitution”, in Belleville News-Democrat, volume 159, number 103, Belleville, Ill., page 2C:

“I’m not a Republican,” the driver says. “But I’m not a Democrat, either, that’s for sure. You wouldn’t never catch me voting for Shrillary.” He shudders, or mock-shudders. “If I was Bill, I’d cheat on her, too.”

2018, Curtis Sittenfeld, “Gender Studies”, in You Think It, I'll Say It: Stories, New York, NY: Random House, →ISBN, page 4:

(US politics, derogatory) Hillary Clinton (born 1947), American politician and diplomat, former first lady (1993–2001) and secretary of state (2009–2013) of the United States.


Bushinator

Therefore, I’ve developed my own Presidential Candidate Rating System. The PCRS is based on the four candidates – Bigoted Buchanan, the Bushinator, Garish Gore and Nincompoop Nader – ranking them on an uncurved 100 point scale, based on the Florida Public School Grading Scale.

2000 September 17, Ronald Hsu, “Bush is best – or at least, lesser of 4 evils”, in Florida Today, volume 39, number 181, Melbourne, FL: Cape Publications Inc., →ISSN, The Verge, page 12D:

And this is why we should all be preparing to move to some oil free European, Asian or African nation. Let’s face it living in Fort McMurray can’t be safe with the Bushinator back in office for another four years.

2004 November 6, Jennifer Mills, “Election results depression”, in Fort McMurray Today, volume 8, number 44, Fort McMurray, Alta., page 6:

Maybe Labour will promise to have Howard tried for war crimes, but I think the US would invade us if that happened. It would nt^([sic]) do for the Bushinator's mates to get shipped off to the^([sic]) Hague.

2006 April 23, Roger, “Re: About all this ANZAC day stuff”, in aus.politics (Usenet):

(US politics, often derogatory) George W. Bush (born 1946), the 43rd president of the United States (2001–2009).


trust, but verify

Calque of Russian доверя́й, но проверя́й (doverjáj, no proverjáj). Often attributed to Vladimir Lenin, although no written evidence exists. Popularized in English by Ronald Reagan in the context of nuclear disarmament.

calque

доверя́й, но проверя́й

Before affixing his signature, Reagan also told the Soviet leader — and reassured congressional conservatives worried about Kremlin compliance — that he would follow the Russian adage to "trust, but verify."

1987 December 9, Thom Shanker, “Battle turns gentle with proverbs galore”, in Chicago Tribune:

If I had blindly fulfilled her first request, it would have inconvenienced many other users and wouldn't have solved the problem. Never forget this phrase - “trust, but verify.”

2013, Kelly C Bourne, Application Administrators Handbook: Installing, Updating and Troubleshooting Software, Newnes, →ISBN, page 351:

Trust but verify—plain and simple. Well, mostly just verify, as the objective record removes the vulnerability of getting cheated.

2014, David DeSteno, The Truth About Trust: How It Determines Success in Life, Love, Learning, and More, Penguin, →ISBN, page 97:

One should have general faith in the benevolent intentions of others, but ultimately one can only rely on things that have been verified.


orange-American

From orange + American, by analogy with other racial categories such as African-American or white American. Popularized in the 2010s in reference to Donald Trump's allegedly excessive use of tan makeup.

Now one of Ohio's libtard groups is using the poll results to their own ends, pointing out that [John] Boehner's push to extend the Bush tax cuts would benefit his own elitist subculture of Orange-Americans - including the kids from "The Jersey Shore."

2010 September 7, White Crime Wave, “Boner Hates Fellow Orange-Americans”, in alt.fan.rush-limbaugh (Usenet):

Famous orange-American Donald Trump has had a busy few months, feuding with State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, pretending to be friends with recently deceased civil rights icon Nelson Mandela, and fulminating on Twitter about how climate change isn’t real because it’s cold outside during winter.

2014 February 18, Anna Merlan, “Donald Trump's Fake Gubernatorial Campaign Will Soon Have a Fake Exploratory Committee”, in The Village Voice:

According to the Trump supporters, their main takeaways are that he's a lot like a rapper, he won't make them slaves, and they're tired of all the jokes, like one of Wilmore's questions: "Are you voting for Trump because, as an orange-American, he's the only remaining candidate of color?"

2016 March 22, Megh Wright, “Larry Wilmore Attempts to Understand a Group of Black Donald Trump Supporters”, in Vulture:

Well, I've been known to call Trump "Cheetolini" which is racist toward Orange-Americans.

2017 December 31, Teresita, “Re: Posting religious beliefs”, in alt.atheism (Usenet):

(humorous, derogatory) A white American who has orange-colored skin, used primarily in reference to Donald J. Trump.


Killary

Blend of kill + Hillary, inspired by conspiracy theories that allege Hillary Clinton was responsible for murders, especially in relation to Benghazi.

Just what do LIBs see in Killary?

2007 February 17, MANFRED the heat seeking OBOE, “Re:Is War A Drug For Delusional Bush?”, in alt.politics.republicans (Usenet), archived from the original on 2024-10-17:

President Obama is a foreign-born Muslim who wants to “steal everybody’s guns”; “Killary” Clinton is a murderer.

2016 November 4, anonymous author, “GOP: Can the party survive trump?”, in The Week, →ISSN, page 16:

Bringing up an old conspiracy theory, Joe accused “Killary” and her husband of eliminating threats to their political dynasty[.]

2020 December 6 [2020 July 16], Kristen Erichsen, Douglas Schrock, Benjamin Dowd-Arrow, Pierce Dignam, “Bitchifying Hillary: Trump Supporters’ Vilification of Clinton during the 2016 Presidential Election”, in Social Currents, volume 7, number 6, Southern Sociological Society, →DOI, →ISSN, page 536:

(derogatory, US politics) Nickname for Hillary Clinton, chiefly used by American conservatives.


川粉

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


床破

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/

Corruption of 川普 (Chuānpǔ, “Trump”) or English Trump.


Jebya

Jebya caves to his ultra-rightwing do-gooders without a clue yet fails to meet the needs of the vulnerable children of his state.

2003 October 22, Tom Jefferson, “GOP supports right to live without hope, but fights healthcare for those who can use it.”, in alt.politics.bush (Usenet):

Obviously the religious nuts have already decided that Dubya's God anointed one. They were screaming for Dubya and Jebya to throw out the rule of law and use their divinely ordained power to raise Terri Schiavo from the dead.

2005 April 4, Pete, “Re: Bush fooled by Hussein”, in soc.politics (Usenet):

Bush would've told Murkins they were traitors for not wanting his bailouts, CEO Bonuses, Wars, Cheney and Jebya's conflicts of interests and exposing spies who refused to lie for Chimpy.

2010 January 12, Palin On Beaver News, “Nobody Voted For it. Nobody Wants it. He campaigned AGAINST it.”, in talk.politics.misc (Usenet):

(US politics, often derogatory) Jeb Bush (born 1953), the 43rd governor of Florida (1999–2007) and brother of former US president George W. Bush.


Trump derangement syndrome

en-noun

Trump derangement syndrome (uncountable)

"Some people HATE the fact that I got along well with President Putin of Russia," he tweeted. "They would rather go to war than see this. It's called Trump Derangement Syndrome!"

2018 July 20, Chris Cillizza, quoting Donald Trump, “What is 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' -- and do you have it?”, in CNN Politics:

Like many others, I have for some time been trying to understand Trump Derangement Syndrome, the phenomenon of otherwise reasonable people reacting irrationally to some peculiar quality of the president, a quality especially in evidence when he is in the presence of his supporters.

2019 July 24, Conrad Black, “Trump Derangement Syndrome and Presidential Egocentricity”, in National Review:

Letter writers who criticize the president have long been responding dismissively to claims they suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome […] and the May 6 example drew particularly pointed replies.

2020 May 9, Paul Thornton, “Opinion: Who really has 'Trump Derangement Syndrome'? Not his critics, readers say”, in The Los Angeles Times:

Some people have never gotten over it. Trump Derangement Syndrome is real. There is no vaccine and no booster for it.

2023 January 13, Kellyanne Conway, “The Cases for and Against Trump”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(colloquial, derogatory) Irrationally negative reactions to the actions and policies of US President Donald Trump.

If you can view it and not be appalled by his conduct, embarrassed by his neediness, concerned for his health, and worried about our nation under his care, I’m going to suggest that you’re enabling his neurosis and indulging his narcissism to the point of endangering all of us. If Trump Derangement Syndrome is a thing at all, it’s something Donald Trump is hopelessly afflicted with. If you’re still defending him, you’re not helping him—or America.

John, Pavlovitz (2019 June 17) “Trump Derangement Syndrome Is Real. Trump and His Supporters Have It.”, in JohnPavlovitz.com, archived from the original on 2022-05-20

“This is what Trump Derangement Syndrome really is,” Maher explained. “Pretending that all of this is perfectly acceptable behavior for an American president.”

Yee, Lawrence (2019 September 20) “Bill Maher Offers New Definition of ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’”, in TheWrap, archived from the original on 2022-04-22

Trump Derangement Syndrome really describes the Republicans who just three years ago would deny they’d ever support the behavior and decisions they defend today.

Mills, Thomas (2019 October 14) “The real Trump Derangement Syndrome”, in PoliticsNC.com, archived from the original on 2020-11-25

Trump Derangement Syndrome is real. Its major symptom is blind trust and willingness to shill for a President who calls The Emoluments Clause (Article 1, Section 9, Paragraph 8 of the US Constitution) “phony” among other 11,000-plus documented untruths President Trump has uttered and tweeted since he was inaugurated.

Mandaville, Lynn, Young, David (2019) “One Small Voice: It’s GOP that has Trump Derangement Syndrome”, in TownBroadcast.com, archived from the original on 2022-06-22

2020 April 26, Trump Derangement Syndrome Works Both Ways, TimeForTruth.org
I’ve recently diagnosed, much to the chagrin of Trump supporters, that Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) works both ways. It’s not just a mental malady afflicting liberals and Democrats, but one that also afflicts, unbeknownst them, conservatives and Republicans. In both cases, it strips those suffering from it of their objectivity and obscures reality, which opens them up to unprecedented end-time deception.

Recent days have raised an arresting possibility: Trump himself appears to be suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome. Trump Derangement Syndrome is a satirical phrase. But there is a nonhumorous reality that Trump’s fraught brand of politics coaxes many people to the psychological edge.

Harris, John (2020 October 15) “Trump Is Suffering From Trump Derangement Syndrome”, in Politico, archived from the original on 2022-08-21

2020 December 16, John Avalon, "Trump derangement syndrome" has taken on a new twist, CNN
The term "Trump derangement syndrome has taken on a new twist, because those who might really be afflicted now are folks who simply can't accept the fact he lost the election. Patient zero is, of course, Trump himself, as a steady stream of unhinged tweets attest. But this is contagious, folks.

In a “Reality Check” segment on the network’s New Day morning show Wednesday, CNN’s John Avlon talked about “Trump derangement syndrome,” which he described as a “political diagnosis” of people who “simply can’t accept the fact that he lost the election.”

Joyella, Mark (2020 December 16) “CNN's John Avlon: Trump Supporters 'Can't Accept The Fact He Lost'”, in Forbes, archived from the original on 2022-06-16

What is ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’? It’s a condition that afflicts conservatives and liberals alike – and lawyers in particular. This week, Ken White and special guest David Lat discuss the attorneys that, uh, have gone astray defending Donald Trump.

Barro, Josh, White, Ken (2021 October 6) “Trump Derangement Syndrome with David Lat”, in KCRW.com, archived from the original on 2021-11-24

(colloquial, derogatory) Irrationally rabid support for former US President Donald Trump.


dirtbag left

Coined by Amber A'Lee Frost in 2016, now a co-host of the left-wing United States podcast Chapo Trap House.

The dirtbag left may be seen as a case of bourgeois pessimism moving from the more laid-back image of dinner party conversation to a direct engagement with right-wing activism and Democratic Party sell-outs.

2018, David Block, Post-Truth and Political Discourse, →ISBN, page 121:

Another attribute of the Dirtbag left is its abandonment of the fossilized ideal of balance. Many don’t believe that any news outlet or political talking head is bias-free. Therefore, clinging to this illusion is not only pointless but potentially harmful.

2022 August 6, Heather Hutchinson, “I'm Just a Rhetorical Dirtbag, Baby.”, in MacEwan University Student EJournal, volume 6, number 1, →DOI:

respectability politics
respectability politics

political correctness
political correctness

A left-wing political faction that eschews respectability politics to convey a more vulgar socialist message, emphasizing action over political correctness.


Sharpiegate

From Sharpie + -gate, after the brand of pen.

The US secretary of commerce, Wilbur Ross, is facing calls for his resignation after it was reported that he had threatened to fire senior staff at a federal agency unless they sided publicly with Donald Trump in the rumbling dispute dubbed “Sharpiegate”.

2019 September 10, Ed Pilkington, “Wilbur Ross faces calls to resign after report he threatened firings over 'Sharpiegate'”, in The Guardian:

The President then doubled down on his claim that Alabama was at risk. On Sept. 4, he gave an update on the storm while sitting in front of a map that appeared to have been altered with a black marker to make it seem like Alabama might be hit. Public backlash ensued, and the moment was swiftly deemed #sharpiegate on social media.

2020 February 1, Madeleine Carlisle, “Newly-Released NOAA Emails Show Anger and Confusion Around Trump’s ‘Doctored’ Hurricane Dorian Map”, in Time:

Emails obtained by The Hill and other news outlets through a Freedom of Information Act request show some scientists were flabbergasted at the president's actions in the so-called Sharpiegate controversy, and that they worried about other steps that might be taken.

2020 February 3, Rachel Frazin, “Emails show weather service employees were frustrated by Trump, 'Sharpiegate'”, in The Hill:

Ingraham could have admitted that Trump made himself look ridiculous during the "Sharpiegate" fiasco. Instead, she was angry that Goodstein even brought it up.

2020 February 28, Alex Henderson, “Fox News host Laura Ingraham loses it when guest mentions "Sharpiegate" during coronavirus segment”, in Salon:

But Maue has dinged Trump administration officials as well—notably those who were involved in a mini-scandal known as "Sharpiegate."

2020 September 22, Scott Waldman, “Climate science critic to be chief scientist at key U.S. climate research agency”, in Science:

(informal) A 2019 controversy around US president Donald Trump presenting a modified weather map indicating that Alabama would be hit by Hurricane Dorian, in opposition to official forecasts.


Hildabeast

(Oxford University slang, humorous, self-referent) A member or alumnus of St Hilda's College, Oxford.

Oxford University slang; self-referent; Oxford University slang; self-referent


Hildabeast

(derogatory, US politics) Alternative spelling of Hildebeast.


Hildebeast

Hildebeast (canonical)
the Hildebeast (canonical)

Blend of Hillary + wildebeest, beast, coined or popularized by conservative radio host Neal Boortz.

And, naturally, it was the one politician who “has never showed [sic] anything but contempt for our military” who refused to meet with the delegation. Who? Who else: “the Queen herself, the Hildebeast—Hillary Clinton.”

2002 July 21, Carol Muske-Dukes, “The Electronic Pillory”, in Los Angeles Times, page M6:

Trouble for some is, the Hildebeast is ahead.

2007 November 23, Marie Cocco, “Having it both ways with Hillary”, in The Palm Beach Post, volume 99, number 213, page 15A:

It’s not too soon for Republicans to marshal our forces for a little shock and awe when the Hildebeast finally announces.

2013 November 2, “Republicans will need more than attacks on Hillary”, in Calgary Herald, page A11:

It is just another chance for libs to showcase their ignorance and express faux outrage just like the hypocrisy they display when comparing Sarah Palin and the Hildebeast.

2015 April 14, R Craig Bolander, “The daily STEW”, in Star-Telegram, 109th year, number 354, Fort Worth, Tex., page 15A:

Lesser people have gone to prison or had their careers destroyed for far less than what this criminal has done. But, hey, there’s nothing to see here, let’s move on. After all, she is the Hildebeast.

2015 September 6, Roddy D. Riggs, “What difference?”, in Belleville News-Democrat, page C2:

First Amendment will be reduced to rubble if Hildebeast is elected so maybe you can petition her to outlaw anti-Lobo speak.

2016 October 28, Jim, “Sports Speak Up!”, in Albuquerque Journal, page D4:

GHS are you guys smoking pot or doing coke to invite Hildebeast to speak.

2017 October 14, Tom Ambrosia, “30 Seconds”, in Press Enterprise, page 26:

(derogatory, US politics) Hillary Clinton


New Dealer

FDR and the New Dealers unleashed the power of the central state in ways rarely done during peacetime.

2022, Gary Gerstle, chapter 1, in The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order […] , New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, Part I. The New Deal Order, 1930–1980:

(US politics, historical) A proponent of the New Deal.


Trumpublican

That would be a Trumpublican then.

2016 August 27, trotsky, “CNN: What does Obama get for paying $1.3 billion ransom to Iranians? Harrassment by their navy. Cluck, cluck, cluck”, in rec.arts.tv (Usenet):

That is the most ridiculous thing any trumpublican could say.

2018 August 28, Bob F, “Fox News analyst criticizes Trump over condolences tweet that avoided praising McCain”, in alt.home.repair (Usenet):

That is a non responsive post Bob. How many Trumpublicans run big cities up in the mobbed up union states?

2018 August 30, <gfre...@aol.com>, “Survey: 1-in-3 Gov Workers Could Leave Union”, in alt.home.repair (Usenet):

(US, politics, slang) A Republican who supports Donald Trump.


Johnsonite

(US politics) A Marxist supporting the ideas of the Johnson–Forest Tendency.


Martling Man

(US politics, historical) A member of the Tammany Hall society.


Trumpster fire

Blend of Trump + dumpster fire, an analogy to the way a dumpster fire causes everybody to focus on the flames and to the destructive qualities of a fire.

How you feel about Donald Trump and this “news”letter is how I feel about the raging Trumpster fire raging through my party and my country: Would that we could spare time to talk about something else.

2016 March 12, Jonah Goldberg, “In a Slow-Motion Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Media Figures Embrace Trump One by One”, in National Review:

And considering how thoroughly the Trumpster fire has humiliated political soothsayers this cycle, it seems unwise to offer a single, definitive answer.

2016 May 25, Eric Levitz, “Why Is Hillary Clinton Suddenly Tied in the Polls With a Widely Reviled Demagogue?”, in New York Magazine:

The book store's co-owner, Dakota Bracciale, who identifies as a witch, told Metro that the ritual is a gathering for people who want to challenge the “Trumpster fire” and Kavanaugh's SCOTUS confirmation.

2018 October 15, Anna Harstedt, “Witches will gather in Brooklyn to hex Brett Kavanaugh”, in Metro US:

Part of the problem with the constant flow of news out of the White House — from offensive tweets to potentially disastrous policies — is that acts that would have seemed outrageous in previous administrations slip past, hidden by the smoke of the Trumpster fire.

2019 August 19, “Editorial: Trump’s plan to move BLM jobs west is a shallow pretext to gut the agency’s mission”, in Los Angeles Times:

(see title)

2019, Clay Jones, Tales from the Trumpster Fire: A Cartoon Anthology:

With regard to the Trumpster fire, voting him out of office would remove the fuel.

2020 January 24, Hardy Haberman, “Putting out the Trumpster fire”, in Dallas Voice:

(US, politics, informal, derogatory) Donald Trump's use of controversy to distract the public from the perceived disastrous state of the government


firehouse primary

firehouse primary (plural firehouse primaries)

In reference to firehouses as a common place where voting is conducted.

(US politics) A state primary election run by a political party rather than by the government.


battleground state

battleground state (plural battleground states)

(US politics) A winner-take-all state which is roughly as likely to vote Republican as Democrat in a given election.


BOMFOG

And when reporters covering Mr. Rockefeller discovered that his stenographer was so used to hearing him speak of “the brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of God” that she coded the cliché into BOMFOG, Mr. Rockefeller dropped the phrase.

1970 November 4, Albin Krebs, “…and Still Governor”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(US politics, dated, slang) Acronym of the brotherhood of man under the fatherhood of God, a political catchphrase of Nelson Rockefeller (1908–1979).


Trumpocrat

From Trump + -o- + -crat; when referring to (former) Democrats, conceived of as a blend of Trump + Democrat.

If you have historically been a working class, middle class person in areas of America that produced good paying, blue collar factory jobs, white collar factory related jobs, small business jobs in your towns around the plants and factories, it would be hard not to support a Trumpocrats effort in electing Donald Trump!

2016 August 23, Matthew Boyle, “Meet the 'Trumpocrats': Lifelong Democrats Breaking with Party Over Hillary Clinton to Support Donald Trump for President”, in Breitbart:

“I figure I was going to try to do something to help out,” he continued, adding that he wanted to give the pro-Trump Democrats “a place to organise.” On the group’s website, “Trumpocrats” are described as working-class “teachers, technicians, cops, and coal miners,” who are “disillusioned with the rigged political and economic system.”

2016 September 13, Allan Smith, “Meet the Bernie Sanders supporter who admires Tim Kaine, but is leading a pro-Trump PAC”, in Business Insider UK:

Closely watching the impeachment hearings in our area are so-called Trumpocrats, long-time Democrats who supported Donald Trump in 2016, helping him win Pennsylvania. The Trumpocrats helped flip Pennsylvania from blue to red in 2016.

2019 November 13, Andy Mehalshick, “Trumpocrats weigh in on impeachment hearings”, in PA Homepage:

It’s far too early to take any 2020 polls seriously, but this week’s New York Times poll made news because it shocked the Democrats. The poll found that many “Trumpocrats” — Rust Belt Democrats who supported Trump in 2016 and went back to voting Democratic in 2018 — are planning to vote for Trump again in 2020.

2019 November 30, Paul Bedard, “Weekly Trump Report Card: A Happy Thanksgiving for Trump”, in Washington Examiner:

"I'm a Trumpocrat," Blagojevich said to cheers from onlookers. "If I have the ability to vote, I'm gonna vote for him."

2020 February 20, Sophie Sherry, Stacy St. Clair, “Calling himself a ‘Trumpocrat,’ an unbowed Blagojevich thanks the president”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

(US, politics) A (formerly) Democratic voter who supports U.S. president Donald Trump.

A substantial percentage of those who voted for Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primaries switched to support Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, joining Republican Trumpocrats (Sides 2017).

2018, Michael Haas, Why Democracies Flounder and Fail, page 206:

Trump’s secretary of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar, says these and other omitted items would not have worked anyway, and that critics are missing the point of the proposals. Since then, Trumpocrats have been out in force to make their case that consumers will be getting relief from high drug prices.

2018 May 23, Philip Moeller, “Column: Not sure what to make of Trump’s drug prices plan? Here’s where to start”, in PBS:

Trumpocrats, however, don't see corruption and rule by special interests as problems.

2020, Paul Krugman, Arguing with Zombies:

(US, politics) A supporter of U.S. president Donald Trump.


feel the Bern

en-verb

feel the Bern (third-person singular simple present feels the Bern, present participle feeling the Bern, simple past and past participle felt the Bern)

feels the Bern (present singular third-person)
feeling the Bern (participle present)
felt the Bern (participle past)
felt the Bern (past)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-feel the burn.wav

A pun on feel the burn. Coined by People for Bernie organizer Winnie Wong.

It also helped that Mr. Sanders[…]was both decidedly uncool and new to presidential politics, affording his campaign a paradoxical edge that inspired millions of young supporters to “feel the bern” and vote for him over Hillary Clinton.

2019 September 20, Sydney Ember, “Young Voters Still ‘Feel the Bern,’ but Not Just for Bernie Sanders Anymore”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(US politics, slang, humorous) To support the American politician Bernie Sanders (born 1941), especially during his 2016 or 2020 campaigns for the Democratic presidential nomination.


Chinese virus

en-noun

Chinese virus (countable and uncountable, plural Chinese viruses)

中国病毒 (Zhōngguó bìngdú) (explanatory translation)

The Chinese virus seems to be more closely related to the marine type of Mexican virus than to the European virus.

1938, The Chinese Medical Journal, volume 53, page 86:

The Chinese virus has completely penetrated the fabric of the Hosaka.

1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer, page 231:

It said that the "No 1 Chinese virus," a new kind of computer virus made by a college student through modifying an imported foreign virus in South China's Guangdong Province had already spread to many of the province's important units.

1990, China Report: Science and Technology:

We had great difficulty with the Chinese virus at first.

2008, Ciba Foundation, Novel Diarrhoea Viruses, page 41:

for the Chinese virus to find its way into the ducks of the Red River delta or Mekong Delta or the central plains of Thailand, it helps a lot if, in between those places, you have lots of hugely susceptible chickens.

2009, Paul Roberts, The End of Food, page 198:

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Chinese, virus. A pathogen or malware originating, identified, or causing outbreaks in China.

Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa, said on Twitter that “I don’t understand why China gets upset bc we refer to the virus that originated there the ‘Chinese virus’ Spain never got upset when we referred to the Spanish flu in 1918&1919.”

2020 March 13, Katie Rogers et al., “Trump Defends Using ‘Chinese Virus’ Label, Ignoring Growing Criticism”, in New York Times:

First it was the Chinese virus, then we had the murder hornets, then we had to close the embassy in Houston because of espionage … Now we’ve got all these mystery seeds coming in in the mail.

2021 July 15, Chris Heath, quoting Sid Miller, “The Truth Behind the Amazon Mystery Seeds”, in The Atlantic:

(colloquial, sometimes offensive, dysphemistic) Synonym of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

There were supposed to be armies. Grand armies of contact tracers crisscrossing every county in the country on the hunt for the Chinese virus.

2020 June 16, David Marcus, “Contact Tracing Is A Fiasco Rejected By Most Americans”, in The Federalist:

Stocks mostly recover on hope for handling of Chinese virus.

2020 January 22, Associated Press, headline:

(quoting a sign in a doctor's office) "Dear patients: During this time period of the Chinese Virus, please observe the six foot rule of social distancing."

2020 November 13, Natalie Pasquarella, “NJ Mom Stunned to See Sign About ‘Chinese Virus' — At A Doctor's Office”, in NBC New York:

More importantly, the number of anti-Asian hashtags rose by 797% and 17 400% for #covid19 and #chinesevirus, respectively. This represents a combined increase from about 12 000 to almost a half a million anti-Asian hashtags.

2021 May, Yulin Hswen, Xiang Xu, Hing, Anna, Hawkins, Jared B., Brownstein, John S., Gee, Gilbert C., “Association of ‘#covid19’ Versus ‘#chinesevirus’ With Anti-Asian Sentiments on Twitter”, in American Journal of Public Health, volume 111, →DOI, page 960:

I don't even talk about it because when it COVID came in, which is the Chinese virus, when Chinese virus came in, that was so much bigger than anything else. I mean they owe us $20 trillion.

2021 August 18, Maria Bartiromo, Peter Doocy, Dagen McDowell, “Biden Cuts Vacation Short, Returns to White House; […] ”, in Mornings with Maria, spoken by Donald Trump, via Fox Business Network:

(colloquial, sometimes offensive, dysphemistic) Synonym of coronavirus, the disease COVID-19.


Trumpese

He stares at his tower. And speaks in characteristic rapid-fire Trumpese: "What-do-you-think? What-do-you-think? Am I right? Am I right? Should I get rid of G.M.?"

1980 November 17, Marie Brenner, “Trumping the Town”, in New York, volume 13, number 45, page 28:

In fact, it is no secret that “Trumpese” — as his phraseology is called — is by and large simple, characterized by repetition, easy grammar and elementary-level vocabulary.

2017 February 17, Tomohiro Osaki, “Japan’s interpreters struggle to make sense of 'Trumpese'”, in The Japan Times:

(informal) The idiolect of Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States.


America First

(US politics) A series of political movements in the United States that supported isolationism, often with connotations of xenophobia or anti-Semitism.


Trumpspeak

In this regard, the Time interview is a particularly helpful document, as it provides unusual insight into the principles and deep structure of Trumpspeak, the untethered political discourse presently distorting our democracy.

2017 March 24, Lawrence Douglas, “Donald Trump's dizzying Time magazine interview was 'Trumpspeak' on display”, in The Guardian:

Bolding added to highlight a suggestion from Trump that the United States could have gotten a heads-up of several months if only Chinese authorities had been more transparent. He doesn’t make this allegation directly, mind you, but rather uses elliptical and confusing Trumpspeak to lay it out.

2020 March 23, Erik Wemple, “Want to know why Trump shouldn’t be allowed on live TV? Listen to Anthony Fauci.”, in The Washington Post:

(informal) The idiolect or political discourse of Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States.


Trumpophile

As for anyone upset by Trump’s vulgar talk, or – dare a reporter ask it – thinking about a vote for Hillary Clinton instead: those women, the Trumpophiles say, are just trying to make America fail again.

2016 January 22, Lucia Graves, “'We love you!' Conservative women turn blind eye to Donald Trump's slurs”, in The Guardian:

(informal) A fan or admirer of Donald Trump


get out the vote

en-verb

get out the vote (third-person singular simple present gets out the vote, present participle getting out the vote, simple past got out the vote, past participle gotten out the vote)

gets out the vote (present singular third-person)
getting out the vote (participle present)
got out the vote (past)
gotten out the vote (participle past)

What happens when there's that knock at the door? Moscow's hastily-organised referendums in occupied parts of Ukraine coming complete with house-to-house searches of ballot recipients. It takes the concept of "get out the vote" to a whole new level. We'll ask about turnout numbers that already beggar belief and what happens after Vladimir Putin's Friday address scheduled before a joint session of the Russian parliament.

2022 September 23, 0:07 from the start, in As Putin goes for broke: What next after Ukraine annexation referendums? • FRANCE 24 English, spoken by François Picard, France 24, archived from the original on 2022-09-27:

(chiefly US politics, idiomatic) To increase voter turnout, typically in a highly partisan way.


MAHA

Modeled after MAGA. Popularized by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in 2024 but earlier uses exist.

I’ve got the hashtag. #MAHA: Make America Healthy Again.

2020 July 4, “Make America Healthy Again: #MAHA”, in The Rush Limbaugh Show:

He shared the phrase "Make America Healthy Again" on social media, along with the abbreviation "MAHA," not unlike MAGA (Make America Great Again), which Trump still uses.

2024 August 26, Chrissy Bobic, “Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Has Coined a Term To Explain His Most Important Cause”, in Distractify:

MAHA went viral across social media and led to an explosion of questionable claims regarding health and wellness.

2024 August 26, Mikael Thalen, “MAGA turns to roadkill-eating anti-vaxer with a brain worm to ‘Make America Healthy Again’”, in The Daily Dot:

(US politics) Acronym of Make America Healthy Again.


Obamagate

From Obama + -gate. Coined by Donald Trump.

[Donald] Trump unleashed a relatively unfamiliar hashtag on the world – “#OBAMAGATE!”

2020 May 14, “Explainer: What is ‘Obamagate’ and where did it come from?”, in Al Jazeera:

Alleged attempts by President Barack Obama and those in his administration to sabotage Donald Trump's candidacy and administration through various illegitimate means, according to a conspiracy theory promoted by Trump.


Trumpet

Blend of Trump + trumpet. Named after American celebrity, businessman, politician and President Donald Trump

named-after

(slang) A vocal political supporter of US President Donald Trump, especially online.


Trumposphere

Because if anyone in the Trumposphere — including her brothers, who appeared to have beamed in from the '80s — can put together a compelling argument as to why the racist, bigoted, provocateur Donald deserves anything other than complete disdain, she can.

2016 July 21, Joe Dziemianowicz, “I like Ivanka Trump — so I hope she screws up her RNC speech”, in New York Daily News:

Meanwhile, far right websites everywhere doubled-down on Trump’s claim. Suddenly, Sweden – a country to which most conservatives had previously paid almost zero attention – was held up throughout the Trumposphere as a cautionary tale about immigration.

2017 March 6, Jeff Sparrow, “The stench of the Iraq war lingers behind today's preoccupation with fake news”, in The Guardian:

I recently attended a private-equity conference where a speaker, a TV pundit, abruptly shifted from offering tidbits from the Trumposphere to random life advice: “You have to ask yourself whether you want to be Uber or one of those dying yellow-taxi companies?”

2017 July 17, Gary Sernovitz, “Are New York Taxis Such a Bad Investment?”, in The New Yorker:

The Trumposphere often operates on an esoteric argument that if only all the facts were revealed, the totality of the evidence would clearly show that the president was innocent and that his detractors are the guilty ones.

2019 November 6, David A. Graham, “The More We Learn, the Worse Things Look for Trump”, in The Atlantic:

(US politics) The inner circle of associates, employees and appointees of Donald Trump (born 1946), the 45th president of the United States.


Joebama

Blend of Joe + Obama, from the given name of Joe Biden and the surname of Barack Obama.

From your socialist perspective that's probably true.
Keep rampant socialism in CanaDuh and don't vote for Joebama!

2008 August 24, dxAce, “Re: (OT) : Are You One of . . . Smiley's People ?”, in rec.radio.shortwave (Usenet):

“This is a great way to support the hypothetical of Joe Biden for President in 2020 with his running mate — either Michelle Obama or Barack Obama. Joebama for President!” advises JuntoTees, an Indiana company which has offered this motto on assorted items since 2018.

2020 March 3, Jennifer Harper, “Among the Biden prospects: 'JOEBAMA 2020'”, in The Washington Times:

(US politics, informal, often derogatory) The political union of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, and Joe Biden, the 47th vice president of the United States, having served between 2009 and 2017.


Obozo

Blend of Obama + bozo, from Bozo the Clown.


Fordonomics

Blend of Ford + economics, equivalent to Ford + -o- + -nomics.

Nixonomics or Fordonomics, the results are readily predictable because it’s all been done before, the Council declared: / “During the past two decades there have been five cyclical declines in residential homebuilding. […]

1974, International President's Bulletin, page 197:

‘Fordonomics’ Hints Specialized Remedies

1974 August 19, Oakland Tribune, Oakland, Calif., →ISSN, page 34:

On the way to Fordonomics

1974 September 5, The Home News, New Brunswick, N.J.: Home News Publishing Co., page 30, column 1:

What You Were Afraid To Ask About Fordonomics

1974 October 14, Dick West, The Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Ind., page 6, columns 1–2:

Fordonomics expected Jan. 14

1974 December 12, Paragould Daily Press, Paragould, Ark., page 12, columns 1–2:

Huddleston, Perkins Fault ‘Fordonomics’

1975 January 26, Sunday Herald-Leader, volume 29, number 4, Lexington, Ky.: The Lexington Herald-Leader Co., page A-1:

Western Airlines Chief Critical of Gerald Ford Economics […] ART KELLY Criticizes Fordonomics

1975 February 13, Idaho State Journal, volume LXII, number 283, Pocatello, Ida.: Idaho State Journal, Inc., section A, page 2:

Take Rep. George Mahon, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, a reasonable, responsible conservative Democrat. At a session sponsored by the Democratic caucus to hear a critique of Fordonomics, Mahon had this to say to former Economic Council Chairman Walter W. Heller: / “I find people I talk to in and out of Washington, in and out of Texas, are wondering where this country is headed. How long can we go on with the debt now at $534 billion? It is going on up toward $600 billion and upward to $1 trillion. […]

1975 July 31, United States Congress Joint Economic Committee, “Midyear Review of the Economic Situation and Outlook”, in Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Joint Economic Committee, The United States Government Publishing Office, [From the Washington Post, July 31, 1975] / The Myth of the Federal Deficit / (By Hobart Rowen), page 255:

▪ In economics, Ford settled on his base premise early on: that inflation was more ruinous to more people than recession and that it could be contained only at the cost of some pain in added unemployment. His rare candor in saying so has won him high marks, even among liberals who object to his policies. He can, moreover, claim with some statistical support that Fordonomics is working—that the slump is bottoming out and that inflation has come down from double to single-digit levels.

Debate: The first dividend has been to muffle Reagan’s running sermon on Fordonomics in general and deficit spending in particular as the root of all economic evil.

1976 April, Newsweek, volume 87, page 266:

> >> How about the U.S. STOPS ALL FOREIGN AID TOMORROW, *INCLUDING* TRADE
> >> SUBSIDIES TO SOCIALIST cANADA!
> >
> > The US subsidizes Canadian trade? It subsidizes farm exports, and imposes
> > unfair tariffs.
> >
> >
> 300,000,000 or 30,000,000 potential customers for trade.
>
> Who's more important?
Excuse my earlier answer. I forgot that you were a fan of Fordonomics.

2003 December 10, Dave Smith, “Re: Take That You French Whores......................”, in rec.food.cooking (Usenet), message-ID <3FD7D526.4755A094@sympatico.ca>:

(US politics, uncommon) Economic policies associated with the administration of Gerald Ford, 1974–1977.


Trumpocalypse

In case the Trumpocalypse happens Novemer^([sic]) 8, hordes of Americans are stocking their Doomsday shelters, and some are making arrangements to flee.

2016, “icumi”, in Boulder Weekly, 13 October - 19 October 2016, page 77:

Protecting our rights is more important than ever in the Trumpocalypse.

2017 January 12, Michele Karlsberg, “Words”, in San Francisco Bay Times, page 20:

Last year, we put together a health and wellness issue about preparing to fight through the Trumpocalypse.

2018 January 3, Grant Kratzer, “Be Still”, in Willamette Week, page 11:

(derogatory) The election, inauguration, and/or presidency of Donald Trump, viewed as a crisis or catastrophe.


Trumplican

Also, the public needs to recognize that not all Trump supporters are the same. While you rail against one policy of his or another, you may not know you are speaking to a closet Trumplican.

2018, Omarosa Manigault Newman, Unhinged: An Insider's Account of the Trump White House, unnumbered page:

"Trumplicans" (Trump Republicans) seized power by promising extreme market fundamentalism reliant on fossil fuels, an authoritarianism that would have made Richard Nixon proud, and a toxic rejection of what they referred to as "political correctness," which was really just a dog-whistle invoking their hatred of Democratic values.

2019, Dina Gilio-Whitaker, As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock, page 11:

Another Trumplican wrote this about the requirement to wear masks: […]

2020, Ed Raymond, “A trip to Oz”, in Duluth Reader, 28 May - 4 June 2020, page 19:

(US politics, often derogatory) A Republican who supports Donald Trump.


trumpi

trumpi (nominative singular)
trumpiak (nominative plural)
trumpit (accusative singular)
trumpiakat (accusative plural)
trumpinak (dative singular)
trumpiaknak (dative plural)
trumpival (instrumental singular)
trumpiakkal (instrumental plural)
trumpiért (causal-final singular)
trumpiakért (causal-final plural)
trumpivá (singular translative)
trumpiakká (plural translative)
trumpiig (singular terminative)
trumpiakig (plural terminative)
trumpiként (essive-formal singular)
trumpiakként (essive-formal plural)
trumpiban (inessive singular)
trumpiakban (inessive plural)
trumpin (singular superessive)
trumpiakon (plural superessive)
trumpinál (adessive singular)
trumpiaknál (adessive plural)
trumpiba (illative singular)
trumpiakba (illative plural)
trumpira (singular sublative)
trumpiakra (plural sublative)
trumpihoz (allative singular)
trumpiakhoz (allative plural)
trumpiból (elative singular)
trumpiakból (elative plural)
trumpiról (delative singular)
trumpiakról (delative plural)
trumpitól (ablative singular)
trumpiaktól (ablative plural)
trumpié (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
trumpiaké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
trumpiéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
trumpiakéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)

From Trump + -i (adjective-forming suffix).

(US politics) Trumpian (of or relating to Donald Trump (born 1946), the 45th president of the United States)


Bush 43

(US) George Walker Bush, the 43rd president of the United States, distinguished from his father the 41st president.


intellectualoid

Coined by columnist R. Emmett Tyrrell writing in The American Spectator from intellectual + -oid.

In the aftermath of this attack, it was reported that Bedell was a pot-smoking intellectualoid from California who left word on the Internet that according to his findings, a "coup regime" took over Washington at the time of President John F. Kennedy's assassination and has governed the country "up to the present day."

2010 March 12, R. Emmett Tyrrell, “The angry left joins talk radio”, in The Washington Examiner:

Barack Obama owes his position to his membership in a class that is destroying America: the intellectualoids -- shallow people able to fool others into believing they possess superior intellects.

2015 June 17, L. E. Ikenga, “Obama and the Black Intellectualoids”, in American Thinker:

I do not think the press is "an enemy of the people," but, as Dwight Eisenhower said in 1964, its ranks are filled with "sensation-seeking columnists and commentators" whose writings mark them as little more than intellectualoids.

2020 June 23, John Bolton, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 37:

(US, derogatory) One with intellectual pretensions


Dimocrat

I've no doubt, Mr. Chairman, but what Governor Marcy is a good sound sort of Dimocrat, and has done good service in the party[…]

1858, “My Thirty Years out of the Senate”, in Emerson's Magazine and Putnam's Monthly, volume 6, page 153:

Bryan knows what he wants, and he is the greatest leader the Dimocrats ever had.

1898, Ernest Jarrold, “Mickey Finn's Financial School”, in Money, page 123:

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling

(US politics, obsolete) Pronunciation spelling of Democrat.

(US politics, derogatory) Synonym of dumbocrat


vote-a-rama

(US politics) A session consisting of a long succession of votes held with minimal debate in the United States Senate.


Sandersian

(US politics) Of or pertaining to Bernie Sanders (born 1941), American politician and senator.


China virus

en-noun

China virus (countable and uncountable, plural China viruses)

Donald Trump
Republican Party (US)
en:China virus

From China + virus, from its presumed origin in Wuhan, China, in late 2019.

@RudyGiuliani […] has tested positive for the China Virus.

(colloquial, sometimes offensive, neologism) Synonym of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.


Trumpski

From Trump + -ski (humorous suffix added to invoke Russianness), referring to Trump's alleged interactions involving Russia.

af

The de-facto neutering of NATO and division between allies has made Putin very happy. Trumpski took the 4k troops out of Syria several times. Would have given Putin a huge victory. Each time Deep State prevented that.

2019 May 9, Pelle Svanslös, “Re: (OT) Is Putin satisfied with Trump?”, in rec.sport.tennis (Usenet):

(US politics, informal, humorous, derogatory) Donald Trump (born 1946), the 45th president of the United States.


Bidenesque

en-adj

Bidenesque (comparative more Bidenesque, superlative most Bidenesque)

more Bidenesque (comparative)
most Bidenesque (superlative)

In a conservative law journal, Thomas explicitly acknowledged Biden's argument in the Bork fight and concluded in almost Bidenesque language, "These rights are inalienable ones given to man by his Creator, and did not simply come from a piece of paper."

1992, Mark Gitenstein, Matters of Principle: An Insider's Account of America's Rejection of Robert Bork's Nomination to the Supreme Court:

I got to speak for the first time about being on the “right side of history,” a refrain we'd continue to use until the campaign's end, and let the electric crowd know I'd learned much from Biden over the years—“some would say a little too much,” I joked, donning a pair of Bidenesque aviator sunglasses.

2019, Doug Jones, Bending Toward Justice: The Birmingham Church Bombing that Changed the Course of Civil Rights, New York, NY: All Points Books, →ISBN, page 332:

(US politics) Pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of Joe Biden (born 1942), American politician, the 47th vice president and currently serving as the 46th president of the United States.


Bidenism

en-noun

Bidenism (countable and uncountable, plural Bidenisms)

Bidenism
Joe Biden 1988 presidential campaign

From Biden + -ism. The "plagiarism" sense is a reference to the September 1987 plagiarism scandal that ended Biden's first presidential campaign.

When talking about policies, he often said the president “gets it,” a condescending Bidenism for “agrees with me.”

2013, Michael Grunwald, The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 256:

Invoking one of the vice president's Bidenisms, "Don't die on a small cross," I proposed that we instead pursue a "Big Bang."

2019, Susan Rice, Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 409:

BIDENISMS If you have to ask, it's too late. […]

2020, Jill Biden, Joey: The Story of Joe Biden, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 1991:

(US politics) A quip, phrase or aphorism commonly said by Joe Biden (born 1942), American politician and the 46th president of the United States.

This is an election year, so forgive me if I steal a line from a more innocent time to ask also for help from the rest of you (not to be accused of a Bidenism, it's from JFK's inaugural address) […]

Summer 1988, Cristine Russell, Newsletter of the National Association of Science Writers, p. 14

That was Mr. Seidman's line. I don't want to do a Bidenism here.

January 1989, Stanford Parris, Hearings before the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, page 94

(We have not used quotation marks in this paragraph because that from which it is basically copied is in an unpublished decision of Division 7; we give credit only to avoid any claim of "Bidenism.")

1991, attorneys representing the City of Long Beach, California, brief submitted to the California Court of Appeal (2nd District), page 22

(US politics, dated, colloquial) An instance of plagiarism, or the act of plagiarism.


Bidenite

And Iowa's Democratic caucus-goers might not easily forgive his campaign for zapping Biden while Biden was leading the anti-Bork fight. Still, at a showdown with bitter Bidenites in Sioux City late Friday, Dukakis seemed to sway the crowd with his contrition.

The Bidenites say they will be more assertive with China than was the case during the Obama administration, especially on trade issues where they will seek to emulate Mr Trump’s attempts to negotiate a more equitable arrangement.

2020 November 7, Con Coughlin, “The West's enemies will breathe a sigh of relief that Trump's leaving the White House”, in The Telegraph:

(US politics) A supporter of American politician and US president Joe Biden.


Bryanize

en-verb

Bryanize (third-person singular simple present Bryanizes, present participle Bryanizing, simple past and past participle Bryanized)

Bryanizes (present singular third-person)
Bryanizing (participle present)
Bryanized (participle past)
Bryanized (past)


Bryanism

The political philosophy associated with William Jennings Bryan


Trumpophilia

For a macho candidate whose presidential pitch to female voters often amounts to “I love women”, Trumpophilia has set in with a shocking number of conservative women across this crucial bellwether, as his prospects for claiming the inaugural prize of the Republican nomination fight have climbed ever upward.

2016 January 22, Lucia Graves, “'We love you!' Conservative women turn blind eye to Donald Trump's slurs”, in The Guardian:

(US politics) The love or admiration of Donald Trump (born 1946), the 45th president of the United States.


Trumpophobe

The White House's recent decision to dismantle President Obama's clean-air regulations offers fresh testament to the malevolence of the Trump Administration’s agenda, […] But, even among ardent Trumpophobes, fear and foreboding have been supplemented by wonderment at the White House’s string of gaffes.

2017 March 31, John Cassidy, “The Keystone Kops in the White House”, in The New Yorker:

(US politics) A person who dislikes or fears Donald Trump (born 1946), the 45th president of the United States.


Trumpolini

Blend of Trump + Mussolini. Referring to Benito Mussolini (1883–1945), Italian politician and the founder of fascism.

“[…] I don't know if you know about Mike Judge's movie Idiocracy, but Idiocracy is the movie Devo should've made—and I think we would've made it better. […] And now with the world the way it is, and this ridiculous unqualified Trumpolini guy, who is anathema to democracy, what we have is beyond Idiocracy.”

2018, Garin Pirnia, Rebels and Underdogs: The Story of Ohio Rock and Roll, Bloomington, IN: Red Lightning Books, →ISBN, page unknown:

(US politics, informal, derogatory, offensive) Donald Trump (born 1946), the 45th president of the United States, regarded as a fascist.


Obama-rama

Obsession with or overattention given to US President Barack Obama, especially around the time of the 2008 election; Obamamania.


Obamaite

(US politics) A supporter of US President Barack Obama, especially a member of his team.


Trumpiana

Indeed, on this particular morning, ratings for the previous night's installment of The Apprentice were so momentous that the phone is jangling in its cradle in his corner office, an airy space festooned with every manner of Trumpiana, on the twenty-sixth floor of Trump Tower.

Johnston wrote the book in 27 days, drawing his material from almost three decades of following Trump’s career. “Here are those dots,” Johnston said about the glut of Trumpiana that is already out there. “Here is how they connect,” he said about his own book.

2016 August 12, Jennifer Szalai, “Inside the List”, in The New York Times:

Mr. Serrano’s collection of Trumpiana includes “Trump: The Game.” [image caption]

2019 April 10, Siddhartha Mitter, “Andres Serrano Lets Objects Do the Talking”, in The New York Times:

Objects, materials, or documents relating to Donald Trump (born 1946), the 45th president of the United States.


搖擺州

/jɑʊ̯³⁵ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/jiːu̯²¹ paːi̯³⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

/jɑʊ̯³⁵ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/jiːu̯²¹ paːi̯³⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/


Acela primary

Many of the states in this primary are served by the Acela Express.

As expected, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton did very well in the April 26 Acela primary. Trump won all five states outright, his lowest percentage occurring in Maryland at 54% and his best showing in Rhode Island with nearly 64%.

2019, JD Foster, 2016: the Campaign Chronicles, 2nd edition, Xlibris, →ISBN:

A week later at the end of April, Clinton cleaned house in the "Acela Primary" that covered Delaware, Connecticut, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, while Sanders only won the smallest state, Rhode Island.

2019, Grant Stern, edited by Scott Dworkin, Bernie Sanders: A Voter's Guide (Meet the Candidates), Skyhorse, →ISBN:

(US politics) A day, often in April, in which a large number of states in the Northeast hold their primary elections for the process of nominating presidential candidates.


雷根主義

ㄌㄟˊ ㄍㄣ ㄓㄨˇ ㄧˋ

/leɪ̯³⁵ kən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/

/leɪ̯³⁵ kən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/


Trumptastic

en-adj

Trumptastic (comparative more Trumptastic, superlative most Trumptastic)

more Trumptastic (comparative)
most Trumptastic (superlative)

“That wasn't just a dead end,” Jane said. “The whole block had been demolished, probably to make way for another Trumptastic eyesore...”

2010, Anton Strout, Dead Matter (Simon Canderous series; 3), New York, NY: Ace Books, →ISBN, page unknown:

Blair was yesterday’s man. The future belonged to the Don. The future was bright, the future was orange. We’re all Trumptastic now.

2016 November 22, John Crace, “The future's bright, the future's orange in Trumptastic UK”, in The Guardian:

Is the new show a letdown? I couldn’t say, having never previously watched Celebrity Apprentice. Is it still quite Trumptastic? This I can answer with absolute certainty: yes.

2017 January 3, Bruce Handy, “The Five Trumpiest Things About the New, Post-Trump Celebrity Apprentice”, in Vanity Fair:

Trump released a Trumptastic statement saying Bolton’s allegations were not true, “I never instructed John Bolton to set up a meeting for Rudy Giuliani, one of the greatest corruption fighters in America and by far the greatest mayor in the history of N.Y.C., to meet with President Zelensky. That meeting never happened”[.]

2020 January 31, Peter Wade, “Bolton Says Trump Directed Him to Take Part in Ukraine Scheme”, in Rolling Stone:

The Democrats aren’t appealing to Trump’s base. They’re targeting suburban voters in swing states. Their convention is designed to give those voters a comfortable place to call home in what is shaping up to be a close election. They don’t respond well to Trumptastic bombast, something Trump can’t grasp.

2020 August 18, John Kass, “Column: Democratic National Convention ignores the elephant in the virtual room: Big-city violence”, in Chicago Tribune:

(informal, often sarcastic) Fantastic in a manner involving Donald Trump (born 1946), the 45th president of the United States; very characteristic of Donald Trump.


Trumpsplain

en-verb

Trumpsplain (third-person singular simple present Trumpsplains, present participle Trumpsplaining, simple past and past participle Trumpsplained)

Trumpsplains (present singular third-person)
Trumpsplaining (participle present)
Trumpsplained (participle past)
Trumpsplained (past)

"Two weeks abroad and I lost count of how many baffled Europeans asked us to explain Donald Trump," tweeted Sherry Stern, a California magazine editor who found herself Trumpsplaining in London, Cambridge and Budapest.

2016 August 11, Petula Dvorak, “Americans vacationing overseas find themselves on a Donald Trump apology tour”, in The Washington Post:

When it came to Trump, Gingrich started twerking faster than a five-buck stripper. He put his considerable conservative credibility and media skills to work Trumpsplaining how Donald's apostasies to conservative policy and principle were just fine.

2018, Rick Wilson, Everything Trump Touches Dies: A Republican Strategist Gets Real About the Worst President Ever, New York, NY: Free Press, →ISBN, page 29:

Such “mistakes” became more commonplace and were glossed over, denied or “Trumpsplained” away as we witnessed the mainstreaming of something ugly we had thought we were well on our way to eradicating.

2020 February 19, Cheri Jacobus, “Dems are giving away Weinstein cash. GOP should do same with Mercer money.”, in USA Today:

(transitive, intransitive, US politics, informal) To explain or rationalize Donald Trump (born 1946), the 45th president of the United States, or his actions, remarks, policies, or popularity.


Bushite

Pessimism was heresy in Bushland—the relentlessly upbeat Karl Rove wouldn’t hear of it. But BC04 staffers were beginning to confess to each other, though not very loudly, their qualms. They began to have impermissible feelings of unease and defeatism. “Everyone just had that feeling within themselves,” a Bushite told a Newsweek reporter in June. She said it quietly.

2004, Evan Thomas, with reporting by the staff of Newsweek, Election 2004: How Bush Won and What You Can Expect in the Future, →ISBN, page 75:

How can a Labour Prime Minister adopt the position of a neo-conservative Bushite so rapidly, and with such fervent conviction?

2005, Tariq Ali, Rough Music: Blair, Bombs, Baghdad, London, Terror, →ISBN, page 3:

The Bush-era celebrates double-speak in all that it does—laws have lovely names denying the reality of what they’re doing, whatever’s said by a Bushite means the opposite and all political statements must be read to recognize how the Bushites are doing/planning/seeking exactly the opposite.

2007, “Bush’s Need to Use Violence: Alters Being Led by Alters (by Jerrold Atlas)”, in The Journal of Psychohistory, page 10:

Synonym of Bushie (US, politics) A political supporter or fan of U.S. President Bush (either Bush 43, or Bush 41, or both Presidents George Bush)


懂王

/tʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ wɑŋ³⁵/

/tʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ wɑŋ³⁵/

From Trump's habit of saying he knows "more about [various things] than anybody", which is usually translated to "", especially in news headlines.

沒有人比我更懂……

没有人比我更懂……

(neologism, slang, humorous, sarcastic) Donald Trump


川建國

ㄔㄨㄢ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

Чуань Цзяньго

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

/t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ kiːn³³ kʷɔːk̚³/

/t͡sʰuan⁴⁴⁻²² kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

/t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ kiːn³³ kʷɔːk̚³/

/t͡sʰuan⁴⁴⁻²² kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²/

The name of Trump, 川普 (Chuānpǔ), remoulded into a sarcastic pseudo-Chinese name.
It originated from his campaign slogan "make America great again" and a humorous opinion amongst netizens that Trump is in fact an undercover agent for China to destroy the United States, as his various actions (and inactions) as the US president actually tarnish the image of the US more so than embellish it, and are thereby "making China great".
建國／建国 (jiànguó, “to build/found the nation”) is a given name with patriotic undertones, commonly given to someone born around the Founding of the People's Republic of China (1949), such as Trump.

zh-l

(neologism, slang, humorous) Donald Trump


奧觀海

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ou̯³³ kuːn⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ou̯³³ kuːn⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/

A pseudo-Chinese name.
The surname is a clipping of 奧巴馬／奥巴马 (Àobāmǎ, “Obama”), and the given name originated from a calligraphy given to Barack Obama during his trip to China in 2009 that contained the following four characters:
:
This idiom-like phrase may be interpreted as a pun on the Chinese leadership, with “ocean” (海) referencing 中南海 (Zhōngnánhǎi, “Zhongnanhai; the central headquarters for the Communist Party of China”), and “roaring waves” (濤) referencing 胡錦濤 (Hú Jǐntāo, the Chinese president at the time), making this translate to “watching the central government and listening to President Hu”, something a Chinese ally would do.

奧巴馬／奥巴马 (Àobāmǎ, “Obama”)

Watching the ocean and listening to the roaring waves

觀海聽濤

观海听涛

(neologism, slang, humorous) Barack Obama


唐床破

ㄊㄤˊ ㄔㄨㄤˊ ㄆㄛˋ

/tʰɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/

/tʰɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/

(neologism, slang, humorous, derogatory) Donald Trump


懂帝

/tʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵¹/

/tʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵¹/

(neologism, slang, humorous, sarcastic) Alternative name for 懂王 (Dǒngwáng, “Donald Trump”).


特沒譜

/tʰɤ⁵¹ meɪ̯³⁵ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰɤ⁵¹ meɪ̯³⁵ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(neologism, slang, derogatory) Donald Trump


川寶

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ paʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ paʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

From 川普 (Chuānpǔ, “Trump”) and 寶貝／宝贝 (bǎobèi, “baby”).


川皇

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/


Bidencare

Blend of Biden (“Joe Biden”) + healthcare or Medicare and perhaps influenced by earlier ObamaCare.

blend

In spite of the plan’s detractors—including President Donald Trump who has characterized both Obamacare and Bidencare as “socialized medicine,” Biden’s plan may be a case of repackaging a plan that already exists.

2020 October 23, Robin Saks Frankel, “Is Bidencare The New Obamacare?”, in Forbes:

Even if Congress cannot pass Medicare for All – they are destined to make a serious effort in passing BidenCare – which is a “public option” where citizens can opt into Medicare.

2021 February 10, Gregg Lawrence, Patsy Writesman, “‘BidenCare’ endangers private health insurance and seniors’ health care”, in Tennessean, USA Today Network, Opinion:

Mr. Biden supports expanding the Affordable Care Act and creating a public option — a plan he has nicknamed Bidencare.

2021 December 14, Sydney Ember, “Where Does Joe Biden Stand on Major Policies?”, in New York Times:

(US, neologism) A healthcare plan created by Joe Biden and based on ObamaCare.


Hatched

(US politics, colloquial) Fired from one's job for violating the Hatch Act of 1939, which prohibits civil-service employees in the executive branch of the federal government from engaging in certain political activities.


Y'all Qaeda

Talibundy

Taliban + the surname Bundy after Ammon Bundy who led the Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

(slang, derogatory, humorous) The right-wing extremist group that participated in the 2016 occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

(slang, derogatory, humorous, by extension) Rightwing extremist groups combining Christian religious ideology with militant or violent tactics and rhetoric.


侵侵

/t͡sʰɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐm⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐm⁵⁵/

From 當勞侵 (dong1 lou4-1 cam1, “Donald Trump”), a name used in Hong Kong.

(Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, endearing) Donald Trump


McCainite

(US politics) A political supporter or follower of US Senator John McCain.


freedumb

Blend of freedom + dumb. First use appears c. 1856 as free-dumb.

He lookt rather strocked, an he says: “Aint a man goin to hav no freedumb of speech?” I told him, “Of course, you’ll hav all the freedumb of speech you want—but you came up here from Connettycut an got a clerkship becaus you couldn’t get inter office at home, an you didn’t want ter bone down ter hard work.[…]”

1866 March 18, Tranquill [pseudonym], “Keep Cool! Keep Cool! Keep Cool!”, in S[imon] P[arker] Hanscom, editor, Daily National Republican, volume VI, number 90, Washington, D.C.: W[illiam] J. Murtagh & Co., front page, column 4:

Liberty is great. Even a man that can’t talk, loves his freedumb.

1918 November 11, C. Green, “Wavelets from the Deep”, in M. F. Hetherington, editor, The Lakeland Evening Telegram, number 9, Lakeland, Fla., page [4], column 2:

Otherwise they retain their freedom or independence at the expense of being unable to express their ideas in an ordered manner. "Freedumb" versus Freedom!

1946, The University of Michigan (publisher), Rubber Journal - Volumes 110-111, page 129:

We hear the cry freedom, freedom, on every side, but it seems some men spell it freedumb.

1964, Pennsylvania Home Rule Association (contributor), Pennsylvania Road Builder - Volumes 37-38, page 5:

... all but the local hill-habitators who are all out and bigod they won't have any more cow if they ain't got freedumb to leave tubercles in the milk.

1971, Ezra Pound, The Selected Letters of Ezra Pound, 1907-1941, page 265:

But whoever claims vociferously and advocates 100% freedom within themselves know that it is not so and is only 100% 'FREEDUMB'

1980, Institute of Traditional Cultures, Bulletin, page 83:

... Doob, following Pound's script, gives it as 'Freedumb Forum'.

1992, Jacqueline Kaye, Ezra Pound and America, page 27:

The freedom for free speech is rapidly becoming freedumb on all four feet.

2000, Norma E. Leary, For God's Sake, page 59:

But justice takes a stand / And releases us from the turmoil, / Freedumb rings from the hand / But not from the soil

2010, Maxine Y. Anderson, My Heart Aches So My Mind Bleeds - A Collection of Poetry, page 61:

But freedumb also tells us that we can do whatever we like, because we're free to ignore those who think they know better.

2011, Laura Penny, More Money Than Brains: Why School Sucks, College is Crap, & Idiots Think They're Right:

My first day of terrifying, amazing freedumb flew by in a stupor.

2016, Lucy Woodhull, 667 Ways to F*ck Up My Life:

The Mythos Trinity - free-market capitalism, Judaeo-Christianity, and freedumb and dumbocracy - is a ferociously difficult system to overthrow because it appeals so powerfully to so many people.

2018, Joe Dixon, The Intelligence Wars: Logos Versus Mythos:

Freedom or freedumb? Which do you choose?

2020, Mia Miata, The Goddess Code - Goddess in Womanifestation:

(slang, derogatory, US politics) Stupidity masquerading as love of freedom; an assertion of one's personal liberty which is perceived to be unreasonable or motivated by stupidity.


Sleepy Joe

/ˈsliːpi ˈd͡ʒəʊ̯/

Coined by American former president Donald Trump in 2019, likely in reference to a series of videos where Biden appears to occasionally fall asleep during important meetings and television interviews.

coinage

Welcome to the race Sleepy Joe.

2019 April 25, @realDonaldTrump, Twitter, archived from the original on 2019-04-25:

His new dystopian vision, with militant and extreme language not typical in American politics, marks a sharp departure from Trump’s previous effort to cast Biden as “Sleepy Joe,” an establishment politician with deteriorating mental abilities.

2020 July 18, Michael Scherer, “From ‘Sleepy Joe’ to a destroyer of the ‘American way of life,’ Trump’s attacks on Biden make a dystopian shift”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 2020-12-13:

Many mocked the president, while hashtags included "Sleepy Joe" – the name former President Donald Trump had referred to Biden as during the 2020 campaign.

[2021 November 1, Peter Suciu, “‘Sleepy Joe’ Trended After Biden Appeared To Nod Off During Climate Conference”, in Forbes, archived from the original on 2021-11-27:


Bidenian

en-adj

Bidenian (comparative more Bidenian, superlative most Bidenian)

more Bidenian (comparative)
most Bidenian (superlative)

It certainly does not follow that the women’s accusations would disqualify Biden from the presidency; one could point out, fairly, that Biden has behaved this way with men as well. (“Joe Biden doesn’t just meet you, he engulfs you,” Mark Bowden wrote in The Atlantic in 2010, generalizing the notion of Bidenian affection. […])

2019 April 1, Megan Garber, “Biden’s ‘Affectionate’ Behavior Was an Open Secret”, in The Atlantic:

The Violence against Women Act was not distinct from the Crime Bill but an integral part of it. […] Sanders has subsequently cited the inclusion of the VAWA as his reason for voting for the overall bill, on the rather Bidenian principle that the perfect should not be the enemy of the good.

2020 September 24, Keshava Guha, “Letters”, in London Review of Books, volume 42, number 18:

(US politics) Of or pertaining to Joe Biden (born 1942), American politician and the 46th president of the United States.


Kennedynomics

Blend of Kennedy + economics, equivalent to Kennedy + -nomics.

Kennedy also championed what is now called Reaganomics. He cut taxes, increased government spending and borrowed money to finance it, all in the name of stimulating the economy. If you don’t like Reaganomics, you wouldn’t like Kennedynomics.

1988 December 6, Rusty Denton, “The fundamentals of life: Kennedy: The truth behind the man, the myth, and the legend”, in The Massachusetts Daily Collegian, page 9:

I don’t understand Reaganomics and never have. Of course I never understood Carternomics, Fordonomics, Nixonomics, Johnsonomics, or Kennedynomics either. The best I have been able to figure out is that you just send all you can to Washington and hope to get a little in return.

1992, Bo Whaley, “Section 1: Things I Just Don’t Understand”, in Why the South Lost THE War ...and Other Things I Don’t Understand, Nashville, Tennessee: Rutledge Hill Press, →ISBN, “A Few Things I Don’t Understand”, page 20, column 2:

Clinton practices reverse Kennedynomics.

1993 November 22, New Bern Sun Journal, page 6:

Bush kept pushing tax-cutting as a panacea a la Reaganomics and Kennedynomics.

2002 August 2, Robert Cohen, “Recession started on Clinton's watch”, in alt.politics.economics (Usenet):

> II love Reaganomics. It worked fabulously under Reagan., and if it / > hadn't of been for politics everyone would see that. / > / > But Reaganomics alone won't cover the cost of this war in my opinion, / > / Then raise taxes, stall economic activity and reduce tax revenue, get some socialist democrats on the job. / Or, we can practice Kennedynomics. Those who want higher taxes can voluntarily increase their tax rate.

2006 October 29, TexasLurk, “What a hoot”, in dfw.singles (Usenet):

Economic policies associated with the administration of John F. Kennedy, 1961–1963.


MAGAt

Blend of MAGA + maggot, with MAGA being an acronym of Make America Great Again, Donald Trump's campaign slogan.

But now I feel that those who are MAGATs are savagely vicious in a profoundly fundamental way. They seek out causes and people who will give them the outlet to spew poisonous hartred. And Trump knew this because it’s who he is too and because he wants power above everything else he exploits the MAGATs the same way every other vicious dictator has exploited their followers.

2019 February 18, Baxter, “tRump supporters”, in or.politics (Usenet):

I already know what you MAGAts are going to say: If you don't like America, leave it.
I will do no such thing. I love this country more than your Fox News-watching behinds ever will.

2019 July, Monica Roberts, “The Meaning of July 4 ...for black trans Americans.”, in OutSmart, volume 26, number 6, Houston, TX, page 29:

If and when things get bad enough that the administration's happy talk and lies are so obviously nonsense, they will simply pivot to finger-pointing and blame, as they have done so many times before. The MAGAt supporters have long since demonstrated they will swallow any manner of foul bullshit and pronounce it the sweetest ambrosia.

2020 March 5, Questor, “Re: For Number Junkies”, in alt.fan.cecil-adams (Usenet):

(US politics, slang, offensive, derogatory) A political supporter of Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States.


Bidenomics

I'm sort of reminded of “Bidenomics.” That's the new word used to describe the statements of the Vice President of the United States on economics.
He told a group yesterday, the AARP, that we have to spend more money. The Federal Government has to spend more money, the Vice President said, or else we're going to go bankrupt.

2009 July 17, Daniel E. Lungren, “Providing for Consideration of H.R. 1018, Restore Our American Mustangs Act”, in Congressional Record (United States House of Representatives, 111th Congress, First Session), volume 155, part 13, number 108, Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, page 18188:

Bidenomics takes on two of the biggest long-term threats facing America: the rise of an increasingly autocratic China, and the looming dangers of climate change.

2022 October 27, “The risks of Bidenomics go beyond inflation”, in The Economist, →ISSN:

President Biden […] quickly took credit for the latest data showing a June slowdown in price increases. “Good jobs and lower costs: That’s Bidenomics in action,” Mr. Biden said in a statement on Wednesday.

2023 July 12, Alan Rappeport, quoting Joe Biden, “Biden Touts Easing Inflation as Bidenomics in Action’”, in The New York Times:

(US politics) The economic ideas and policies of Joe Biden, American politician and the 46th president of the United States, characterized by relief measures, investments in infrastructure, and strengthening the safety net, funded by tax increases on higher-income individuals and corporations.


Hooverette

Like many things used by impoverished people during the Great Depression (e.g. Hoover hogs, Hoovervilles), the dress was named after Herbert Hoover, US president when the Depression began, + -ette. (It has also been suggested that the name might not refer to the inexpensiveness but liken the dress's effectiveness as work clothing to Hoover's pre-presidential career as an effective administrator of aid to Europe after the First World War.)

The Hooverette can be worn as a dress or as an apron.

1932, Elmer Wheeler, Tested Selling Sentences (the Language of the Brain): Master Book:

“I have so few opportunities to wear such a dress, that I thought I'd better take every one that offered.” “In Paris you would need such a frock every evening,” observed Lynnette admiringly. “I'd rather stay at home and wear Hooverettes […]”

1937, Lucy Poate Stebbins, The Golden Carlotta:

During this period, Sears, Roebuck and Company sold Hooverettes, which were inexpensive, simple, wraparound dresses. They were reversible, so the whole dress could be flipped inside out for a different look.

2010, Mary Beth Klatt, Chicago's Fashion History: 1865 - 1945, Arcadia Publishing, →ISBN:

A simple housedress with robe-style sash and wrap front, worn especially in United States in the 1930s and 1940s, with one section overlapping another; when dirty, the overlap could be reversed so a clean section was on top again, reducing laundry.

Great Depression in the United States
Herbert Hoover


Hoover wagon

Herbert Hoover, US president at the start of the Great Depression, + wagon.

The Americans had Hoover Wagons, which were engineless or permanently out-of-gas automobiles drawn by mules or horses. The Canadian name was Bennett Buggies.

1961, Ralph Allen, Ordeal by Fire: Canada, 1910-1945, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday:

During that time Hoover wagons and Hoover buggies were known as the standard of quality throughout this area.

1990, Roy M. Davis, Paw Paw River Times & People:

"Hoover wagons" were old cars pulled by horses since their owners could no longer pay for gasoline. The way things are going, we may be seeing Hoover wagons again before long.

(US, chiefly historical) A broken-down or permanently out-of-gas car pulled by a horse, chiefly in the US during the Great Depression.


Hooverizer

When we poor Americans looked at the pure, clear liquid in the tiny bowl of Japanese fashion, I imagine more than one of us wished that we were as good “Hooverizers” on the sugar question as our little yellow brothers.

1917, Delta Delta Delta, The Trident of Delta Delta Delta, page 472:

... the simple repast was served and probably she might have said some unkind things, but it just so happened that the company were ardent “Hooverizers,” and they praised the good dinner as highly as it deserved. This set Mother to thinking.

It is being bought by wage earners, by ThriftStamp owners, by Hooverizers, by every man who wants real, guaranteed value in a shoe which will cost him a reasonable price.

These birds are no Hooverizers. They eat and they eat; then fly and fly; then eat some more.

... food rationing named after Herbert Hoover, the program's administrator. Hooverizers abstained from certain foods on one or two days of the week; for example, wheatless Mondays and porkless Thursdays and Saturdays.

2005, Rosemarie Ostler, Dewdroppers, Waldos, and Slackers: A Decade-by-Decade Guide to the Vanishing Vocabulary of the Twentieth Century, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 18:


Hoover hog

Herbert Hoover + hog, because impoverished people were reduced to (and Hoover himself may have suggested) eating such animals during the Great Depression which Hoover presided over the start of.

Sometimes living on rabbits and squirrels , they described their fare as Hoover hogs. The President's rigid stand on the relief issue widened the gap between the Old Guard and the insurgents in the Republican party, and his differences with ...

1971, Richard Brandon Morris, William Greenleaf, Robert H. Ferrell, America: a History of the People:

[It] rises . . . a jackrabbit. A Hoover hog, long-eared, light in the front legs, strong in the rear. The jack stretches his heels and takes the hill in a few bounds. When last seen, he is heading east.

"Some folks are lonesome all their life and some are hungry . We ain't ever needed to eat a Hoover hog (an opossum) since we come to the Creek.” With humor , Bernie lamented that the only thing missing in his life was a new pickup truck.

1993, The Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Journal of Florida Literature:

"It's a Hoover hog!" "Give it here," said Simeon Vear. Jimmy started to pick up the entire trap." Just the animal." Jimmy pushed his hand into the trap. "Don't," I said. "Let him," said Simeon Vear. "Got him," said Jimmy. He pulled the nervous rabbit […]

“[You don't have] to eat anything I fix again if you don't want to,” Jason McTavish spat. “I was surprised as everyone when Howard choked. That steak wasn't tougher than normal — for antelope.” “ If you'd stewed up a Hoover hog instead of that stringy[…]”

2007, Ken Hodgson, The Man Who Killed Shakespeare, ME: Five Star, →ISBN:

Aunt Cora, Mom's sister, always seemed to have rabbits or squirrels—Hoover hogs, she called them—or a greasy ole' barbecued raccoon for supper.

2010, Carroll Osburn, The Edge of the Wedge: Recollections of a Reluctant Prodigal, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 23:

“We'e gonna catch us a Hoover Hog, s'first thing,” said Carl. “A Hoover Hog? What's a Hoover Hog?” “You ain't never heard of a Hoover Hog? You'll see,” said Carl. They trudged along, keeping the conversation to a minimum, […]

2013, W. Jeff Bishop, A Cold Coming, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 215:

(US, especially Southern US) An animal which is eaten by poor people during hard times, especially an armadillo or jackrabbit, but also a possum or squirrel.


Hoover blanket

Herbert Hoover, US president at the start of the Great Depression, + blanket.

The shantytowns where homeless thousands dwelled were called Hoovervilles; newspapers used as blankets by men who were forced to sleep on park benches were Hoover blankets; a pocket turned inside out was a Hoover flag […]

1993, Joseph Robert Conlin, A survey of American history since 1865, →ISBN:

The newly unemployed stood in breadlines and slept on park benches under Hoover blankets made of newspaper.

2005, Rosemarie Ostler, Dewdroppers, Waldos, and Slackers: A Decade-by-Decade Guide to the Vanishing Vocabulary of the Twentieth Century, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 47:

Poverty became a way of life for 40 million Americans as laid off workers roamed the streets sleeping under Hoover 'blankets' - old newspapers. By 1933 the number of unemployed would mount to between 13 and 15 million […]

2006, Barbara Bennett Peterson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Preserver of Spirit and Hope, Nova Science Pub Incorporated

Hoovervilles dotted the American landscape, men slept under newspapers or "Hoover blankets," and kept the money they did't have in turned-out pockets […]

2012, L.M. Sutter, Arlie Latham: A Baseball Biography of the Freshest Man on Earth, McFarland, →ISBN, page 231:

... country—who were out of work, penniless, embarrassed, immobilized in sheer desperation, standing slumped, hollow-eyed, in long breadlines, begging or selling apples, sleeping under frayed overcoats or under Hoover blankets on streets ...

2012, Susan Dunn, Roosevelt's Purge, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 42:

[Even witnessing people] hollow-eyed, in breadlines that stretched block after block, covering themselves at night with newspapers they called “Hoover blankets,” the president was stunningly unwilling to reach out to desperate Americans.

2013, Susan Dunn, 1940: FDR, Willkie, Lindbergh, Hitler—the Election amid the Storm, Yale University Press, →ISBN:

People who spent the night on park benches covered by newspapers said they were sleeping under “Hoover blankets.”

2013, Walter F. LaFeber, Richard Polenberg, Nancy Woloch, The American Century, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, page 150:

"Or living under a Hoover blanket in Central Park. A whole lot of folks there at night. Cold. Scary." "A Hoover blanket?" I was confused. He laughed. "Cardboard."

2018, Ed Ifkovic, Mood Indigo, Sourcebooks, Inc., →ISBN:

(US, dated, especially during the Depression) Old newspaper or cardboard, used by a homeless person to cover themselves for warmth.


Hoovernomics

(often derogatory) The economic policy and style of economic management associated with US President Herbert Hoover.


Hoover flag

Herbert Hoover, US president at the start of the Great Depression, + flag.

But drawing from my pants an old Hoover flag left over from my father's failed youth, I see I lack the least smudge of a penny to pay salvation's cover charge [...] with. So I begin circling the block drunkenly, in a holding pattern, [...]

1982, Everette Maddox, The Everette Maddox Songbook, NEW ORLEANS POETRY JOURNAL, →ISBN, page 39:

[…] the Great Depression - the old guy had gone around with his Hoover Flags door to door. They'd pledged to each other one night by the railroad station, taken vows over a bottle of Wild Turkey, just the first wonderful sip, to die together, to […]

Bull's Eye pretends he's a hobo, pulling out his Hoover flags, empty pockets turned inside out. Sometimes for a joke he covers himself with Hoover blankets, his newspapers. When it's hot he sits on his bed with nothing on at all, […]

2009, Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna, Faber & Faber, →ISBN, page 134:

But he flew no “Hoover flags,” pockets inside-out, and the slip of paper the editor at the World had given him had led to the job behind the soda fountain in Brooklyn.

2009, D. C. Riechel, German Departures, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 192:

the angry voice yelled, “Let's fly the Hoover flag!” A band of ragged men ran into the street in front of the limousine and pulled their pockets inside out. The crowd around Alma gasped. The ragged men thumbed their noses at the limousine.

2014, Joyce Van Haren, On Woodward, Abbott Press, →ISBN, page 114:

(US, dated, especially during the Depression) An empty (penniless) pocket, turned inside out, showing that someone has no money.


grand électeur

fr-noun

grand électeur m (plural grands électeurs)

(US politics) elector (official selected by a state as a member of the Electoral College to elect the president and vice president of the United States)


Reaganaut

/ˈɹeɪɡənˌnɔːt/

Synonym of Reaganite (“a supporter of Ronald Reagan (1911–2004)”)


Retrumplican

en-adj

Retrumplican (comparative more Retrumplican, superlative most Retrumplican)

more Retrumplican (comparative)
most Retrumplican (superlative)

Blend of Republican (“the U.S. Republican Party”) + Trump (“Donald Trump”). From the takeover of the Republican Party by Donald Trump.

blend

Thus liberated to be the kind of principle-free, gutless toadies that the “president” made it clear he prefers, the Retrumplican leaders have spent the last few years casting votes and engaging in debate that would have embarrassed and shamed just about anyone.

2020, Paul Moser, “Retrumplican senators: Stark naked and squirming”, in Napa Valley Register:

We need to get the seat out of ReTrumplican hands. For everyone's sake.

2018, Peter Goodman, “Need to get congressional seat out of GOP hands”, in Las Cruces Sun News:

The real issue that interests us in the Retrumplican controversy, however, is whom the DNC’s video is aimed at.

2015, Peter Grier, “'Retrumplican Party': Accurate or unfair to equate Trump and GOP?”, in Christian Science Monitor:

Pertaining to the Republican Party in the United States, under the actual and philosophical leadership of Donald Trump.


valmann

valmannen (definite singular)
valmenn (indefinite plural)
valmennene (definite plural)

(politics, historical or especially US politics) an elector, member of an electoral college


瞌睡喬

ㄎㄜ ㄕㄨㄟˋ ㄑㄧㄠˊ

/kʰɤ⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

/kʰɤ⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

Calque of English Sleepy Joe, the nickname for Joe Biden coined by his political opponent Donald Trump.

(neologism, humorous, sarcastic) Sleepy Joe; Joe Biden


open convention

en-noun

open convention (plural open conventions)

brokered convention
brokered convention#English

(US politics) Synonym of brokered convention


brokered convention

brokered convention (plural brokered conventions)

(US politics) A political convention held during a presidential election when a political party fails to choose a nominee on the first round of delegate voting at the party's nominating convention.


特不靠譜

ㄊㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄠˋ ㄆㄨˇ

/tʰɤ⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ kʰɑʊ̯⁵¹ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰɤ⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ kʰɑʊ̯⁵¹ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(neologism, slang, derogatory) Donald Trump


Trumpanzee

Who cares if your neighbor is a socialist or a raving Trumpanzee? You can go fishing or work in your garden or fruit orchard and forget about all that political nonsense.

Of course, you can say that my little city's unwillingness to go whole chimp for the Trumpanzee means we won't get much. The federal government is locked tight in the hands of Republicans, and they may not want to shower money on such a[…]

2020 January 27, Marc Dion, Devil's Elbow: Dancing in the Ashes of America, Creators Publishing, →ISBN:

The whole Trumpanzee movement is operating without conscious control. Unconscious mania is constantly being manifested. That's why Trumpism is so extraordinarily dangerous. Trump was elected exactly because he was an inflated “prophet”[…]

2021 July 27, David Sinclair, The War of the Mind: Understanding Inflation and Alienation, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN:

(derogatory) A fervent or chauvinistic follower of former US president Donald Trump.


川黑

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ xeɪ̯⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ xeɪ̯⁵⁵/


驢黨

/ly³⁵ tɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ly³⁵ tɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(metonymically) Democratic Party (United States)


象黨

/ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ tɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ tɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(metonymically) Republican Party (United States)


侵粉

/t͡sʰɐm⁵⁵ fɐn³⁵/

/t͡sʰɐm⁵⁵ fɐn³⁵/

(neologism, Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) Trumpster; Trump supporter


拔川

/pä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/

/pä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/

(neologism, slang) to remove Donald Trump from office


挺川

/tʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/

/tʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/

(neologism, slang) to support Donald Trump


特粉

/tʰɤ⁵¹ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰɤ⁵¹ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(neologism, slang) Trumpster; Trump supporter


(US politics) Abbreviation of First Amendment.


pantifa

From mid-2017, a blend of panty + Antifa. See quotations and also the expression get one's panties in a bunch.

2017 August, reader comment on Black Bloc warning urges more violence against Canadian journalists
I call then ‘Pantifa’ because they cover their faces with their Mom's Old Underwear!

You are a pantifa? Panty Fascist

2017 September 8, reader comment on Eric Bolling Out at Fox News

Most people who support pantifa have never worked a day in their life

Be ready to fight. Congress needs to hear glass breaking, doors being kicked in, and blood from their BLM and Pantifa slave soldiers being spilled. Get violent.

2021 January 12, online discussion, quotee, “FBI report warned of ‘war’ at Capitol, contradicting claims there was no indication of looming violence”, in Washington Post:

(Internet slang, derogatory) Antifa, specifically the North American movement that arose in the late 2010s.


viruswappie

Ik verbaas me over de woede over ‘viruswappies’.

2020 December 16, Sjors van Beek, “Column: Een zwabberende overheid mag best worden bekritiseerd, ook door ‘viruswappies’”, in De Limburger:

I'm surprised by the anger towards ‘covidcrackpots’.

Ik ben er namelijk voor anderen ook één, zo’n viruswappie […] Nog los van het vermeende gedachtengoed van deze mensen, als aanhanger van Qanon, Flat Earth Society, antivaxing en het ageren tegen bizarre dingen als pedofiele satanisten, ben je als viruswappie een zeldzaam asociaal wezen gekarakteriseerd door een stuitend gebrek aan solidariteit en empathie.

2020 December 16, Robert Kersbergen, “Viruswappie”, in Metro:

Because I'm also one for others, such a covidcrackpot […] Even besides the alleged belief system of these people, like an adherent of the QAnon, Flat Earth Society, antivaxxing and the campaigning against bizarre things like pedophilic satanists, as a covidcrackpot you're a rare antisocial creature charactarised by a shocking lack of solidarity and empathy.

Tenzij je een covidioot of een viruswappie bent.

2020 December 21, Ludo Permentier, “Knuffel”, in De Standaard:

Unless you're a covidiot or a covidcrackpot.

2021 January 3, Diede Hoekstra, “Kuddevolk en viruswappies, allemaal zijn ze toe aan een beter 2021”, in Algemeen Dagblad:

2022 January 12, Nienke Schipper, “Van publiekslieveling naar ‘viruswappie’: hoe supermodel Doutzen Kroes van haar troon viel”, in Het Laatste Nieuws:

(slang, Netherlands, derogatory) someone with crackpot beliefs about COVID-19, typically involving antivaccinationism and/or QAnon


bellwether state

bellwether state (plural bellwether states)

(idiomatic, US politics) A state of the United States that historically votes for the winning candidate in a given election.


藍州

/län³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/laːm²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

/län³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/laːm²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/


紅州

/xʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/hʊŋ²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

/xʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/hʊŋ²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/


blue slip

(US politics) In the House of Representatives, a rejection slip given to tax and spending bills sent to it by the Senate that did not originate in the House, per the House's interpretation of the Origination Clause.

(US politics) In the Senate, the slip on which the senators from the state of residence of a federal judicial nominee give an opinion on the nominee.


Rose Garden rubbish

In reference to the White House Rose Garden.

(US politics, derogatory) Scripted minor speeches or remarks prepared for the president to deliver.


H.Res.

(US politics, law) Abbreviation of House Resolution; also H. Res.


H. Res.

(US politics, law) Abbreviation of House Resolution; also H.Res.