Beltway

Extended from beltway (“freeway encircling a city”); compare also highway.

But given that it takes 60 votes to beat a filibuster and 66 to override a veto, and given that the GOP has since added four hard-right senators to its total, it’s safe to say that nothing will be happening inside the Beltway anytime soon.

2005 May, Bill McKibben, “Climate of Denial”, in Mother Jones:

While not the entirety of the reason why the Beltway struggles to shed its imperial hubris and adapt to the new multipolar world, (much of that is simply complacency) understanding democratism’s hold over the governing elite is vital for explaining the unique hostility found in so much of foreign policy commentary towards a soberer and more realistic appraisal of the world.

2023 April 17, Christopher Mott, “The Democratist War on Diplomacy”, in The National Interest:

(US politics) The US federal government and policy and lobbying organizations, located in Washington, D.C..


Pearl Harbor

Unadapted borrowing from English Pearl Harbor, from Hawaiian Wai Momi.

ubor

Pearl Harbor (a harbour and naval base in Hawaii, United States)


Zippergate

From zipper + -gate, referring to the fastening on a man's trousers.

(chiefly US) The Monica Lewinsky scandal.


Mayflower

A historical ship that transported the Pilgrims to America in the year 1620.


West Germany

From informal use describing the British-, French-, and American-occupied zones of Germany following World War II, under influence from existing German Westdeutschland and Westdeutscher used to describe those areas of German-speaking Europe since the 17th and 18th centuries.

Federal Republic of Germany
Federal Republic of Germany

German Democratic Republic
German Democratic Republic

(historical, 1949–1990) The Federal Republic of Germany, distinguished from the German Democratic Republic ("East Germany").

(since 1990) The former areas of the Republic during that time, distinguished from the former East German areas.

(historical, uncommon, 1945–1949) Collectively, the British-, French-, and American-occupied zones of Germany, distinguished from the Soviet-occupied zone.


West Berlin

(historical, Germany) The American, British and French sectors of Berlin between 1949 and 1990.


ruby slippers

From the red shoes worn by Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, that had magic properties unknown until the end of the story.

(idiomatic) A valuable feature (of software, etc.) overlooked by the user.


NPC

en-noun

NPC (countable and uncountable, plural NPCs)

Several months ago, users on 4chan and Reddit, the online message forums, started using the term NPC to refer to liberals. These people, they said, join the anti-Trump crowd not because they are led by independent thought or conscience to oppose President Trump’s policies, but because they’re brainwashed sheep who have been conditioned to parrot left-wing orthodoxy, in the manner of a scripted character.

[2018 October 16, Kevin Roose, “What Is NPC, the Pro-Trump Internet’s New Favorite Insult?”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 2022-12-30:

While watching the VOD later, xQc insinuated that Fortnite pro Bucke was an "NPC" who was only there to defend Tate and not give Piker a fair shot – and what resulted afterward has caused quite a stir in its own right.

2022 July 22, Alec Mullins, “NRG Bucke kicks off after xQc calls him an “NPC” for siding with Andrew Tate”, in Dexerto, archived from the original on 2022-09-25:

non-player character
non-player character#English

(roleplaying games, video games) Initialism of non-player character.

(Internet slang, figuratively) A person with no ability to think for themselves; a sheeple (originally referring to opponents of former US President Donald Trump).


NPC

Nationalist People's Coalition
w:Nationalist People's Coalition

(Philippine politics) Initialism of Nationalist People's Coalition.

National People's Congress
w:National People's Congress

(China) Initialism of National People's Congress.

Northern People's Congress
w:Northern People's Congress

(Nigeria) Initialism of Northern People's Congress.


Demoncrat

American Blacks have made huge strides over the years, but the Demoncrats invent class warfare and inequality issues.

2003 May 26, mange [username], “Re: Abe Lincoln: The Republican Party”, in alt.politics.republicans (Usenet):

The Demoncrats, truly the party of anti-Xtians and actually the embodiment of everything that is the traditional evil […]

2004 November 28, John S. Dyson, “Re: Zogby OHIO-FINAL: Bush up 48% to 44% (It's Over for Kerry)”, in alt.politics.republicans (Usenet):

The fact is Demoncrats are more intolerant of those differing from them than are Republicans.

2006 October 3, alamonation1 [username], “Re: Did Democrats Page Mark Foley?”, in alt.politics.republicans (Usenet):

(US politics, Internet slang, derogatory) A member or supporter of the Democratic Party (with an implication that its members are demonic).


battleground

Mr. Biden, the former vice president, is ahead of Mr. Trump in the Northern battlegrounds of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, as well as in the Sun Belt states of Florida and Arizona, according to a poll of likely voters conducted by The New York Times and Siena College.

2020 November 1, “Election at Hand, Biden Leads Trump in Four Key States, Poll Shows”, in New York Times:

battleground state
battleground state#English

(US politics) Ellipsis of battleground state.


treknobabble

/ˈtɹɛknəʊˌbæbəl/

I'd sooner trust treknobabble for an explanation than any thing you say.

1997 September 24, $teve2, “Re: SUNBURN : If you were not watching GITM”, in aus.tv.x-files (Usenet):

So you think up something like Voyager meets some Romulans stranded in the DQ, or some treknobabble takes down the command staff and Seven assumes command.

1999 December 29, Bozo the Proctologist, “Re: Bad Voyager Plots”, in alt.tv.star-trek.voyager (Usenet):

Even if they won using the power of treknobabble, this force ratio does not show the audience how mighty and dangerous the Imperial warships are […]

2003 December 17, Kazuaki Shimazaki, “The More Detailed Critique”, in alt.startrek.vs.starwars (Usenet):

A kind of technobabble particular to the Star Trek universe, with a particularly heavy emphasis on configurations of pseudoscientific particles and waves.


UTSL

A pun on Obi-Wan Kenobi's "Use the Force, Luke!" in Star Wars.

(Internet) Initialism of use the source, Luke.


Dixie

1859. Unknown, but may come from the Mason-Dixon line, the boundary between the northern states and the southern states, or from the slang term dixie for a Louisiana $10 bill that had the French word dix printed on it.

(informal, US) The southern United States, especially the former Confederate States; the South.


Khrushchev

From Russian Хрущёв (Xruščóv), usually written Хрущев (Xruščev) (see note about Russian letter ё (jo)).

A built-in remedy for Khrushchev and Kennedy.

1974, Freddie Mercury, “Killer Queen”, in Sheer Heart Attack:

Хрущёв Хрущёв#Russian

English transliteration of the Russian surname Хрущёв (Xruščóv); usually refers to the Russian revolutionary and Soviet Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU(b) Nikita Khrushchev.


米老鼠

/mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mɐi̯¹³ lou̯¹³ syː³⁵/

/mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mɐi̯¹³ lou̯¹³ syː³⁵/


Thirteen Colonies

United States of America
United States of America

(historical) The thirteen British colonies that successfully revolted in 1775--1781, forming the nucleus of the United States of America. To wit: New Hampshire, Massachusetts (including present-day Maine), Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York (including present-day Vermont), New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia (including present-day West Virginia), North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.


destalinization

The process, begun by Nikita Khrushchev, of discrediting and then reforming the policies of Joseph Stalin.

destalinizasiya

process of discrediting and the reforming the policies of Joseph Stalin


RINO

Irritated that Riordan’s key aides are Democrats, some Republican party activists sported RINO (Republican In Name Only) buttons at a Riordan speech (Los Angeles Times, 16 May 1994).

1994 September, Raphael J. Sonenshein, Politics in Black and White: Race and Power in Los Angeles, Princeton University Press, page 303:

And Bush is a RINO - Republican In Name Only. Even my dad, a lifelong Democrat, says that Bush (this one) is much more moderate […]

1998 October 28, Eric Chomko, “George W. Bush: Our Next President”, in alt.president.clinton (Usenet):

Among Republicans, there are the RINOs—Republican In Name Only. A RINO does not apply convictions based upon a biblical worldview to public policy.

2005 September, Brannon Howse, One Nation Under Man?: The Worldview War Between Christians and the Secular Left, Broadman & Holman Publishing Group, page 61:

Mr. Trump called Mr. Raffensperger a “RINO,” or Republican in Name Only, while continuing to make false claims about voting integrity in Georgia; along the way he tossed a few barbs at the state’s Republican governor, Brian Kemp, Mr. Trump’s ally and sometime-scapegoat.

[2020 November 18, Richard Fausset, Jonathan Martin, “In Georgia, a Republican Feud With Trump at the Center”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Republican Party
w:Republican Party (United States)

(US politics, derogatory) Acronym of Republican in name only. Typically used by conservative members of the U.S. Republican Party to describe liberal Republicans or Republicans seen as liberals.


American Revolutionary War

the American Revolutionary War (canonical)

The American Revolution (1775–1783) of the contiguous southern 13 colonies of the British Empire on the east coast of the North American mainland


Grits

(Canadian politics) The Liberal Party of Canada.


Spock

en-proper noun

Spock (countable and uncountable, plural Spocks)

Alternative form: Mr. Spock

This caricature called economic man was not only completely self-centered, he was also entirely rational in all his decisions, whether consuming or investing—a veritable Mr. Spock.

2010, William McDonald Wallace, The Decline and Fall of the U.S. Economy: How Liberals and Conservatives Both Got It Wrong, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, page 48:

Phelps's calorie intake may seem superhuman, and his 6' 4", 185-pound body may recall Greek statuary, but fans are also drawn to him by a goofy grin and oversized ears that led to his being called Spock on the school bus.

2008 December 2, “Sportsman of the Year: Michael Phelps”, in Sports Illustrated:

(science fiction) In Star Trek, a Starfleet commander and science officer of the USS Enterprise, especially known for his Vulcan logic, reason, and stoicism and his distinctive pointed ears.


warp factor

From the science-fiction series Star Trek.

(science fiction) A hypothetical figure indicating a space vessel's speed greater than the speed of light.


take the red pill

en-verb

take the red pill (third-person singular simple present takes the red pill, present participle taking the red pill, simple past took the red pill, past participle taken the red pill)

takes the red pill (present singular third-person)
taking the red pill (participle present)
took the red pill (past)
taken the red pill (participle past)

If you want to be a successful bootstrapper, you have to take the red pill and determine how deep the rabbit hole called your organization goes.

2004 September 9, Guy Kawasaki, The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything, Portfolio, →ISBN, →OL, page 92:

As much as we, our generation, start to believe this fictionalized new version of reality we become complicit.... The only way out is to take the Red pill and see what things really look like.

2005 June 1, Terry Allen, Dugout, University of Texas Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 172:

In this day and time, we must begin to take the “red pill” and open our first eye to see what's really going on, and who's behind this madness involving Hip Hop videos.

2005 December 1, The Black Dot, Hip Hop Decoded: From Its Ancient Origin To Its Modern Day Matrix, →ISBN, →OL, page 144:

(idiomatic) To understand the world in its previously unknown reality.


Korean War

Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Democratic People's Republic of Korea

(historical) A war fought in the Korean Peninsula from 1950–1953 between the Soviet Union-backed Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the United Nations-backed Republic of Korea.


Hoovercrat

(informal) An ally of President Herbert Hoover during his campaign and/or presidency.


GH

(medicine, biochemistry) Initialism of growth hormone.

The ambulatory surgery center (ASC) differs from the general hospital (GH) in several respects. […] The ASC has many advantages over the GH facility, some of which are financial and others related to patient flow and satisfaction. Clearly, a facility that has a limited purpose and scope can eliminate many services and costs that are necessary in the GH.

2000, Michael Lavan, “Facilities for Ambulatory Surgery. Part A: The Freestanding Ambulatory Surgery Center”, in H. Randolph Bailey, Michael J. Snyder, editors, Ambulatory Anorectal Surgery, Springer, →ISBN, page 1:

(medicine) Initialism of general hospital.


GH

GH joint

(anatomy, medicine) Initialism of glenohumeral.


GH

(television) Initialism of General Hospital, an American daytime television medical drama first aired in 1963.


Whigs

(US politics) A 19th-century political party in the United States of America.


voodoo economics

Coined by George H. W. Bush during the 1980 Republican primaries.

Riot shields, voodoo economics / It's just business, cattle prods and the I.M.F / I trust I can rely on your vote

1997, “Electioneering”, in OK Computer, performed by Radiohead:

Supply-side economics
supply-side economics

(derogatory, slang) Supply-side economics, particularly in reference to policies based on the Laffer curve.


clopping

en-noun

clopping (countable and uncountable, plural cloppings)

According to an internal study undertaken by bronies themselves, 19.05 per cent of respondents engaged in clopping.

2013 September 9, Thomas Raethel, “The Mysterious World of Bronies”, in Critic, number 22, University of Otago, page 33:

You prove your ability to procreate by tastefully introducing your Mother to your My Little Pony collection and your fervent love of clopping (Urban Dictionary it) and your amazing fedora hat rack!

2014 May, Brian R., “Top 5: Mother's Day Gifts”, in Desire Magazine, page 19:

And the most uncomfortable question bronies get is about “clopping,” that is, masturbating to pony porn.

2015 March 10, Terrence Smith, “Galloping With the Bronies”, in Valley Advocate:

(My Little Pony fandom slang) The act of masturbating to erotic fanart of My Little Pony characters.


clop

Perhaps from German or Dutch kloppen (“to hit, knock”), from Middle Dutch cloppen (“to make a clopping sound”), of onomatopoeic origin. See also clap.

der

(slang) My Little Pony-themed pornography.


proxy war

With the enhanced insurgent firepower and with Russia steadily raising the number of airstrikes against the government’s opponents, the Syrian conflict is edging closer to an all-out proxy war between the United States and Russia.

2015 October 12, Anne Barnard, Karam Shoumali, “U.S. Weaponry Is Turning Syria Into Proxy War With Russia”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

A war where two powers use third parties as a supplement to, or a substitute for, fighting each other directly.


Christmas tree bill

en-noun

Christmas tree bill (plural Christmas tree bills)

(idiomatic, US politics) A bill consisting of many riders that attracts many, often unrelated, floor amendments, which may provide special benefits to various groups or interests.


doughface

(derogatory) A person, especially a politician, who is perceived to be pliable or moldable.

In particular, in the antebellum United States, a Northerner who espoused sympathies with the Southern Slave Power, especially a Northern Democrat who was more allied with the ideology of Southern Democrats than that of the majority of Northerners.


netroots

(politics, US politics) Grassroots political activism on the internet, especially on blogs.


demokraattinen

fi-adj

demokraattinen (comparative demokraattisempi, superlative demokraattisin)

demokraattisempi (comparative)
demokraattisin (superlative)
demokraattinen (nominative singular)
demokraattiset (nominative plural)
demokraattinen (accusative nominative singular)
demokraattiset (accusative nominative plural)
demokraattisen (accusative genitive singular)
demokraattiset (accusative genitive plural)
demokraattisen (genitive singular)
demokraattisten (genitive plural)
demokraattisien (genitive plural)
demokraattista (partitive singular)
demokraattisia (partitive plural)
demokraattisessa (inessive singular)
demokraattisissa (inessive plural)
demokraattisesta (elative singular)
demokraattisista (elative plural)
demokraattiseen (illative singular)
demokraattisiin (illative plural)
demokraattisella (adessive singular)
demokraattisilla (adessive plural)
demokraattiselta (ablative singular)
demokraattisilta (ablative plural)
demokraattiselle (allative singular)
demokraattisille (allative plural)
demokraattisena (essive singular)
demokraattisina (essive plural)
demokraattiseksi (singular translative)
demokraattisiksi (plural translative)
demokraattisetta (abessive singular)
demokraattisitta (abessive plural)
demokraattisin (instructive plural)
demokraattisine (comitative plural)
demokraattiseni (nominative singular)
demokraattiseni (nominative plural)
demokraattiseni (accusative nominative singular)
demokraattiseni (accusative nominative plural)
demokraattiseni (accusative genitive singular)
demokraattiseni (accusative genitive plural)
demokraattiseni (genitive singular)
demokraattisteni (genitive plural)
demokraattisieni (genitive plural)
demokraattistani (partitive singular)
demokraattisiani (partitive plural)
demokraattisessani (inessive singular)
demokraattisissani (inessive plural)
demokraattisestani (elative singular)
demokraattisistani (elative plural)
demokraattiseeni (illative singular)
demokraattisiini (illative plural)
demokraattisellani (adessive singular)
demokraattisillani (adessive plural)
demokraattiseltani (ablative singular)
demokraattisiltani (ablative plural)
demokraattiselleni (allative singular)
demokraattisilleni (allative plural)
demokraattisenani (essive singular)
demokraattisinani (essive plural)
demokraattisekseni (singular translative)
demokraattisikseni (plural translative)
demokraattisettani (abessive singular)
demokraattisittani (abessive plural)
demokraattisineni (comitative plural)
demokraattisesi (nominative singular)
demokraattisesi (nominative plural)
demokraattisesi (accusative nominative singular)
demokraattisesi (accusative nominative plural)
demokraattisesi (accusative genitive singular)
demokraattisesi (accusative genitive plural)
demokraattisesi (genitive singular)
demokraattistesi (genitive plural)
demokraattisiesi (genitive plural)
demokraattistasi (partitive singular)
demokraattisiasi (partitive plural)
demokraattisessasi (inessive singular)
demokraattisissasi (inessive plural)
demokraattisestasi (elative singular)
demokraattisistasi (elative plural)
demokraattiseesi (illative singular)
demokraattisiisi (illative plural)
demokraattisellasi (adessive singular)
demokraattisillasi (adessive plural)
demokraattiseltasi (ablative singular)
demokraattisiltasi (ablative plural)
demokraattisellesi (allative singular)
demokraattisillesi (allative plural)
demokraattisenasi (essive singular)
demokraattisinasi (essive plural)
demokraattiseksesi (singular translative)
demokraattisiksesi (plural translative)
demokraattisettasi (abessive singular)
demokraattisittasi (abessive plural)
demokraattisinesi (comitative plural)
demokraattisemme (nominative singular)
demokraattisemme (nominative plural)
demokraattisemme (accusative nominative singular)
demokraattisemme (accusative nominative plural)
demokraattisemme (accusative genitive singular)
demokraattisemme (accusative genitive plural)
demokraattisemme (genitive singular)
demokraattistemme (genitive plural)
demokraattisiemme (genitive plural)
demokraattistamme (partitive singular)
demokraattisiamme (partitive plural)
demokraattisessamme (inessive singular)
demokraattisissamme (inessive plural)
demokraattisestamme (elative singular)
demokraattisistamme (elative plural)
demokraattiseemme (illative singular)
demokraattisiimme (illative plural)
demokraattisellamme (adessive singular)
demokraattisillamme (adessive plural)
demokraattiseltamme (ablative singular)
demokraattisiltamme (ablative plural)
demokraattisellemme (allative singular)
demokraattisillemme (allative plural)
demokraattisenamme (essive singular)
demokraattisinamme (essive plural)
demokraattiseksemme (singular translative)
demokraattisiksemme (plural translative)
demokraattisettamme (abessive singular)
demokraattisittamme (abessive plural)
demokraattisinemme (comitative plural)
demokraattisenne (nominative singular)
demokraattisenne (nominative plural)
demokraattisenne (accusative nominative singular)
demokraattisenne (accusative nominative plural)
demokraattisenne (accusative genitive singular)
demokraattisenne (accusative genitive plural)
demokraattisenne (genitive singular)
demokraattistenne (genitive plural)
demokraattisienne (genitive plural)
demokraattistanne (partitive singular)
demokraattisianne (partitive plural)
demokraattisessanne (inessive singular)
demokraattisissanne (inessive plural)
demokraattisestanne (elative singular)
demokraattisistanne (elative plural)
demokraattiseenne (illative singular)
demokraattisiinne (illative plural)
demokraattisellanne (adessive singular)
demokraattisillanne (adessive plural)
demokraattiseltanne (ablative singular)
demokraattisiltanne (ablative plural)
demokraattisellenne (allative singular)
demokraattisillenne (allative plural)
demokraattisenanne (essive singular)
demokraattisinanne (essive plural)
demokraattiseksenne (singular translative)
demokraattisiksenne (plural translative)
demokraattisettanne (abessive singular)
demokraattisittanne (abessive plural)
demokraattisinenne (comitative plural)
demokraattisensa (nominative singular)
demokraattisensa (nominative plural)
demokraattisensa (accusative nominative singular)
demokraattisensa (accusative nominative plural)
demokraattisensa (accusative genitive singular)
demokraattisensa (accusative genitive plural)
demokraattisensa (genitive singular)
demokraattistensa (genitive plural)
demokraattisiensa (genitive plural)
demokraattistaan (partitive singular)
demokraattistansa (partitive singular)
demokraattisiaan (partitive plural)
demokraattisiansa (partitive plural)
demokraattisessaan (inessive singular)
demokraattisessansa (inessive singular)
demokraattisissaan (inessive plural)
demokraattisissansa (inessive plural)
demokraattisestaan (elative singular)
demokraattisestansa (elative singular)
demokraattisistaan (elative plural)
demokraattisistansa (elative plural)
demokraattiseensa (illative singular)
demokraattisiinsa (illative plural)
demokraattisellaan (adessive singular)
demokraattisellansa (adessive singular)
demokraattisillaan (adessive plural)
demokraattisillansa (adessive plural)
demokraattiseltaan (ablative singular)
demokraattiseltansa (ablative singular)
demokraattisiltaan (ablative plural)
demokraattisiltansa (ablative plural)
demokraattiselleen (allative singular)
demokraattisellensa (allative singular)
demokraattisilleen (allative plural)
demokraattisillensa (allative plural)
demokraattisenaan (essive singular)
demokraattisenansa (essive singular)
demokraattisinaan (essive plural)
demokraattisinansa (essive plural)
demokraattisekseen (singular translative)
demokraattiseksensa (singular translative)
demokraattisikseen (plural translative)
demokraattisiksensa (plural translative)
demokraattisettaan (abessive singular)
demokraattisettansa (abessive singular)
demokraattisittaan (abessive plural)
demokraattisittansa (abessive plural)
demokraattisineen (comitative plural)
demokraattisinensa (comitative plural)

Partial calque of Ancient Greek δημοκρατικός (dēmokratikós); demokraatti + -inen.

pcal

δημοκρατικός

(US politics) related to the Democratic Party


King Cotton

/ˌkɪŋˈkɒtn̩/

(obsolete) A personification of the cotton production of the southern United States.


Nixon

From Nick + -son, an alteration of Nickson, originally a patronymic meaning "son of Nicholas".

An English surname transferred from the given name.

Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States of America

A township in DeWitt County, Illinois, United States, named after early settlers George, William and Morris Nixon.

census-designated place
census-designated place

A census-designated place in Washoe County, Nevada, United States, named in honor of George S. Nixon, Nevada senator.


Qapla'

/q͡χɑpʰˈlɑʔ/

success (n) Qapla'

1985, Marc Okrand, The Klingon Dictionary, Pocket Books, →ISBN, pages 103, 155:

It is hoped that this report . . . will help lead to the reconciliation of the two governments. Qapla'.

1996, Marc Okrand, The Klingon Way: A Warrior's Guide, Pocket Books, →ISBN, page x:

Maltz, we are honored to still be your students. Qapla'.

1997, Marc Okrand, Klingon for the Galactic Traveler, Pocket Books,, →ISBN, page 5:

Qapla!

2000, Brian Proffitt, Add Red Hat Linux 7 to your Windows desktop in a weekend, Prima Tech,, →ISBN, page 133:

Tina shrugged her shoulders, nodding helplessly. She was beat. “Qapla!” she said, grinning back at Leigh. / “Success!” Leigh laughed, translating the word from the alien Klingon language[…]

2000, Jacqueline Guest, Rookie Season, James Lorimer & Company,, →ISBN, page 5:

“Well, in that case, good luck and—er—Qapla'.”

2003, L. A. Graf et al., Day Of Honor: The bestselling Klingon™ saga—complete in one volume!:

Thank you for all the years of patiently being there, especially on those dark and stormy nights when things detonated unexpectedly and I needed rescuing yet again. Qapla'!

2004, Jacqueline Guest, Racing Fear, James Lorimer & Company, 5

2004, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Pam Brady, Team America: World Police, Paramount Pictures
Sean Penn: Qapla’!

Go forth and hack, Qapla!

2005 October 19-21, Andrew Chalmers, “Hurd is where I hide.”, AUUGN 2005: Conference Proceedings, Sydney, page 145

Unable to resist a sudden temptation, he threw out his arm in a Klingon salute. / “Qapla’!” / He vanished into the photo on his phone.

2009, Greg Cox, The 4400: Welcome to Promise City, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 187:

A phrase said to wish fortune on someone, particularly fortune in some form of honourable battle.


beam up

en-verb

beam up (third-person singular simple present beams up, present participle beaming up, simple past and past participle beamed up)

beams up (present singular third-person)
beaming up (participle present)
beamed up (participle past)
beamed up (past)

(science fiction, transitive) To teleport (someone or something) using a (fictional) device, especially from the surface of a planet to an orbiting starship.


boogaloo

en-noun

boogaloo (countable and uncountable, plural boogaloos)

/ˈbuːɡəˌluː/

/ˌbuːɡəˈluː/

Attested as a style of dance since at least January 1966 (and found in the titles of many songs around that time), perhaps from boogie (for the ending, compare crackaloo, hullabaloo). (Compare Spanish bugalú, the Spanish name for the style of music and dance.) Kent Harris used the stage name "Boogaloo" in the 1950s. The sense "sequel or repetition" refers to the title of Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984), a sequel which was considered to be so bad it became a cult classic. Compare the sense "black person" to boogalee, a term for a Cajun, attested since 1960 or earlier.

Today, boogaloo has seeped out of the gaming community and found fertile ground in militant fringe movements. That includes anarchists and others on the far left. But it's especially popular among right-wing militias and self-described patriot groups.

2020 January 10, Hannah Allam, “'Boogaloo' Is The New Far-Right Slang For Civil War”, in NPR:

This month, the party involved itself once again with the boogaloo movement, when Cohen spoke at a gun rights rally co-hosted by a self-described “boogaloo boy” in Richmond, Virginia. Cohen used his speech to argue relaxing gun laws could end police violence.

2020 August 23, Adam Gabbatt, “The Libertarian party was up and coming in 2016. What happened?”, in The Guardian:

(Internet slang, US politics) A hypothetical second American Civil War, in which far-right or antigovernment activists rise up against the government.


Wizard of Oz

The name of a character from the 1900 book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, or any of its adaptations, about the journey of Dorothy through the magical Land of Oz in search of a way home.

The goal of Neimo is to provide designers with a "Wizard of Oz" environment to observe and evaluate how users interact with multimodal interfaces.

1992, Wayne D. Gray, William E. Hefley, Dianne Murray, “NEIMO, A MULTIMODAL WIZARD OF OZ PLATFORM”, in Proceedings of the 1993 International Workshop on ..., page 204:

Once a preliminary application design is complete, a wizard-of-oz study can help test and refine the interface.

2006, E. K. Brown, Anne Anderson, Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics, volume 11, page 769:

A Wizard of Oz prototype is an incomplete system that a designer can simulate "behind a curtain" (usually by taking the place of a recognizer) while observing the reactions of real end users (see Figure 1).

2007, Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software ..., page 119:

(engineering, social sciences, usually attributive) A person simulating the operation of a supposed intelligent device, usually in an experiment.


boll weevil

As the veteran columnist John Chamberlain put it back in 1982, the ATARI Democrats ‘include many of the Southern “boll weevil” contingent that has supported Reagan on taxes, [and]^([sic]) is for using government to channel investment money to the newer “high tech” industries.

2019, Richard Carr, quoting John Chamberlain, March of the Moderates […] , Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:

(US politics, informal, dated) A conservative Southern Democrat.


Tito

Josip Broz Tito, a Yugoslav revolutionary and politician.


War on Terror

A list obtained and partially verified by the AP cites the names of more than 10,000 Uyghurs sent to prison in just Konasheher county alone, one of dozens in southern Xinjiang. In recent years, China has waged a brutal crackdown on the Uyghurs, a largely Muslim minority, which it has described as a war on terror.

2022 May 16, Huizhong Wu, Drake Kang, “Uyghur country in China has highest prison rate in the world”, in AP News, archived from the original on 2022-05-16:

War on Terrorism
War on Terrorism#English


War on Terrorism

(US) An ongoing campaign by the United States (and some of its allies) the stated aim of which is to counter international terrorism, but especially to counter al-Qaeda and other militant Muslim groups.

反恐戰爭

ongoing campaign by the US and its allies


muckraker

John Bunyan
The Pilgrim's Progress
Theodore Roosevelt
muckraker

From muck + raker. Believed to have been coined following a 1906 speech by United States President Theodore Roosevelt, in which he likened the investigative journalist to ‘the Man with the Muck-rake’, a character in John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress.

"Oh, in many ways. There are two classes of people who are not welcomed on the Canal Zone—magazine writers and applicants for positions who have political influence back of them. The former are regarded as muckrakers, the latter as spies."

"Lady," says he, "the goil's nutty! You got a bughouse patient on your bands! This here talk about the white-slave traffic, ma'am… it's all the work o' these magazine muckrakers!"

en:Progressive-Era justice-seeker in 1890s-1920s span

(US, historical) One of a group of American investigative reporters, novelists and critics of the Progressive Era (the 1890s to the 1920s).


Maui

From Hawaiian Maui, probably a contraction of Māui (a Hawaiian trickster god).


國情咨文

ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄗ ㄨㄣˊ

Гоцин Цзывэнь

/ku̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵⁵ wən³⁵/

/ku̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵⁵ wən³⁵/

State of the Union Address
State of the Union Address

(US politics) State of the Union Address


Gilead

Another wrote: "Just to clarify women who chose not to take their husband's surname or have children with a partner they are not married to will be subject to increased border measures. This is what freedom looks like under a Tory government? Straight out of Gilead."

2018 August 3, Nicola Oakley, Emma Gill, “Parents with different surnames to their kids face questioning at UK airports on family holidays”, in Mirror (UK):

On Tuesday, the ACLU filed an official complaint with Meijer Pharmacy’s CEO for an incident that’s straight out of Gilead.

2018 October 18, Elura Nanos, “‘Good Catholic’ Pharmacist Doesn’t Know Difference Between Miscarriage and Abortion, But He’ll Learn in Court”, in Law & Crime:

"But people often don't understand these things. The same thing would apply, I think, when it comes to feminism, for example: people saying things about women or having views that they shouldn't have. It doesn't mean they're misogynist or straight out of Gilead."

2019 December 22, Barry Egan, quoting Leo Varadkar, “'He makes me laugh. He could get a job writing Christmas cracker jokes'”, in Independent:

(derogatory) An illiberal and oppressive place, especially on matters related to women's rights, reproduction, or sex (from the theocratic dystopia in Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale).


Parti Quebecois

(Canadian politics) A provincial political party in Quebec, Canada, with the central goal of some form of political independence or sovereignty for Quebec.


Parti Québécois

(Canadian politics) a separatist left-leaning Québec political party


Bloc Québécois

From Canadian French Bloc québécois, from bloc (“block”) + québécois (“Quebec [adj.]”).

(Canadian politics) A Canadian federal political party, with the goal of sovereignty for Quebec.


Enrolled Bill

(US politics) Legislation that has been passed by both houses of Congress, signed by their presiding officers, and sent to the President for signature.


New Democratic Party

A Canadian social-democratic political party which fields candidates in both federal and provincial elections.


NDPer

"What's not to like?" the NDPer asks. "He talks about the environment and social justice like he's motivated about them."

2007, Glenn Wheeler, “NDP's stealth threat”, in NOW, Toronto, vol 26 no 12, 23-29 Nov:

Langen, who has been volunteering on NDPer Keith Bellamy's council campaign in Daniel McIntyre, said he got a call from a local union asking for a top-tier campaign manager willing to kick May's campaign into high gear.

2010 October 14, Mary Agnes Welch, “NDP calls in top organizer: St. Norbert ward is ‘in play’”, in Winnipeg Free Press, page B4:

New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party

(Canadian politics, informal) A member or supporter of the Canadian New Democratic Party.


NDP

Larry Daley, president of the Newfoundland Federation of Labor, said today that while labor will support and endorse the NDP, many candidates will not be associated with trade unions.

1959 August 4, “Labor Law Vital Issue Confronting Smallwood”, in The Globe and Mail, Toronto, →ISSN, page 15:

Newfoundland Democratic Party
w:Newfoundland Democratic Party

(Canadian politics, historical) Initialism of Newfoundland Democratic Party.

But it was decided that a member of the Federal Parliament could not be president or associate president of the party. A NDP member elected in such party office would, however, be entitled to complete his parliamentary term.

1961 August 4, “Delegates Reject Full-Time Treasurer”, in The Globe and Mail, Toronto, →ISSN, page 9:

Mr. Green agreed that the Columbia River treaty was indeed a problem. He said that the Liberals and the NDP both wanted re-negotiation.

1962 July 17, Willis C. Armstrong, “Telegram from the Embassy in Canada to the Department of State”, in Charles S. Sampson, James E. Miller, editors, Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, volumes 13, West Europe and Canada, Washington: US Government Publishing Office, published 1994, →ISBN, page 1188:

New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party#English

(Canada) Initialism of New Democratic Party.


bigly

en-adj

bigly (comparative more bigly, superlative most bigly)

more bigly (comparative)
most bigly (superlative)

From Middle English bygly, biglie, byggly (“comfortable, stately, perfect”), borrowed from Old Norse byggiligr, byggviligr (“habitable”); equivalent to big (“to build, construct, live in, reside, dwell”) + -ly. Cognate with Icelandic byggilegur (“inhabitable, liveable”).

cog

"And steek it weel, thy biglie bower, / And by the rood thee sain; / And tell thy bedes in haly guise, / Till this ae night is gane!"

1806, Robert Jamieson, “Donul and Evir”, in Robert Jamieson, editor, Popular Ballads and Songs, from Tradition, Manuscripts, and Scarce Editions; with Translations of Similar Pieces from the Ancient Danish Language, and a Few Originals by the Editor, volume I, Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. Edinburgh; Cadell and Davies, and John Murray, London, →OCLC, page 235:

When I was in my bigly bower, / I wore but what I would; / This night I'm lighter 'mang Willie's horse feet, / I fear I'll die for cold.

1828, Peter Buchan, “Burd Helen”, in Ancient Ballads and Songs of the North of Scotland, hitherto Unpublished. With Explanatory Notes, by Peter Buchan, Corresponding Member of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, volume II, Edinburgh: Printed for W[illiam] & D[avid] Laing, and J. Stevenson [et al.], →OCLC, page 35:

(Scotland, now obsolete elsewhere) Habitable, liveable; hence delightful, pleasant, pleasing.


Tom Sawyer

The verb is a reference to the title character of the novel.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, a popular 1876 novel by Mark Twain about a young boy growing up in the Antebellum South on the Mississippi River.


Reagan

Audio (US)

Anglicized from Irish Gaelic Ó Riagáin "descendant of Riagán", a personal name possibly derived from ríodhgach "impulsive, furious".

Of the administration of Ronald Reagan, U.S. President from 1981–1989.

A male given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage.

A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1970s and later American usage.


Confederate States of America

the Confederate States of America (canonical)

(historical) An unrecognized nation existing from 1861–1865, consisting of the eleven Southern states who sought independence from the United States of America over the issue of slavery.


Manassas

Μανασσας

city in the northeastern part of the state of Virginia in the United States

Prince William County
Prince William County#English

An independent city, the county seat of Prince William County, in northeastern Virginia, United States, known as Manassas Junction in the 19th century.

A minor city in Tattnall County, Georgia, United States.


Clintonesque

en-adj

Clintonesque (comparative more Clintonesque, superlative most Clintonesque)

more Clintonesque (comparative)
most Clintonesque (superlative)

In a manner reminiscent of the style of politician and Bill's wife Hillary Clinton.


mossback

From moss + back (in senses 1 (“person with old-fashioned views; one who is very conservative or reactionary”) and 2.3 (“fish that is large and old”) probably a variant of mossyback, which is attested earlier), alluding to someone or something that is so old or has remained so unmoving that it is as if moss has grown on them or it.
Sense 2.4 (“largemouth bass”) may refer to the back of the fish being a dark green colour.

(informal, historical) A person who stayed hidden to evade conscription (especially by the Confederate States Army) during the American Civil War (1861–1865); a mossyback.


tricorder

The name of such a device in Star Trek, from tri- (referring to its three input keys, which by default cover geological, meteorological, and biological functions) + (re)corder

PLEASE TURN OFF ALL CELL PHONES AND TRICORDERS

1999-2003, Matt Groening, opening title screen from the start, in Futurama, FOX Television Network:

(fiction) A fictional futuristic handheld device used for scanning, which may be specialized for medical, technical, or other purposes.


Reaganism

en-noun

Reaganism (countable and uncountable, plural Reaganisms)

(uncountable) The specific conservative ideology associated with the Reagan administration, 1981-1989.

(countable) A statement or position commonly associated with Ronald Reagan.


Captain Kirk

From a character in Star Trek, 1960s science-fiction TV series.

1984, Nena, 99 Red Balloons (English version of 99 Luftballons from 1983).
Everyone's a superhero. Everyone's a Captain Kirk.

There may be times when he is undone by his genius and it is the emotion-rich perspective of a Captain Kirk that finally saves the day, but this is the "mystery of being human."

1999, Peter D. Hershock, Reinventing the Wheel: A Buddhist Response to the Information Age, page 90:

Whatever the crisis may be, Captain Kirk is always at the helm making the decisions.

2003, Dan A. Kimball, The Emerging Church: Vintage Christianity for New Generations:

Flight engineer is not exactly a Captain Kirk position, either. But so what?

A heroic person, particularly one with exaggerated bravery and leadership characteristics.


Lib

The same people will have you believe that François Legault — a man who calls himself “prime minister of the Quebec nation” — would gladly watch his beloved nation’s hospital system crumble just to own the Libs.

2022 December 22, Rahim Mohamed, “Rahim Mohamed: Team Trudeau gaslighting Canadians on health transfers”, in National Post:

(Canadian politics) A member of the Liberal Party of Canada.


Shermanesque

en-adj

Shermanesque (comparative more Shermanesque, superlative most Shermanesque)

more Shermanesque (comparative)
most Shermanesque (superlative)

From Sherman + -esque, after American Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman, who declined when being considered as a possible Republican candidate for the presidential election of 1884, saying, "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected."

Having the intent of refusing a nomination to public office, or of refusing to serve in such office if elected.

Shermanesque statement
William Tecumseh Sherman


four score and seven years ago

en-adv

four score and seven years ago (not comparable)

/ˈfɔː skɔː‿ɹən ˌsɛvən jɪəz əˌɡəʊ/

/ˈfɔɹ skɔɹ ən ˌsɛvən jɪɹz əˌɡoʊ/

En-au-four score and seven years ago.ogg

Literally, “87 years ago” (score sense: “group of 20”) the beginning of the Gettysburg Address made on November 19, 1863, by United States President Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865). The widespread familiarity of Lincoln’s address, the unusual and poetic wording, and its status as the first words of the speech have caused the phrase to enter the public consciousness.

It was established four score and seven years ago, and since that time its activities have been intertwined with the internal development of the Nation itself.

1936 April 16, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Address at the Dedication of the New Department of the Interior Building:

I imagined momentarily that it was four score and seven years ago, that I had just been brought forth from my mother […]

2010 December 23, Phillip Roth, “Prologue”, in The Great American Novel, →ISBN, page 21:

Four score and seven years ago, I began writing an annual letter to be enclosed in my Christmas cards.

2012 February 20, Vicky DeCoster, “The Letter”, in The Wacky World of Womanhood, →ISBN, page 93:

(idiomatic, often humorous) Used (sometimes sarcastically) to indicate that a past event being mentioned is particularly important: a long time ago; many years ago.


Juneteenth

en-proper noun

Juneteenth (countable and uncountable, plural Juneteenths)

Blend of June + nineteenth, commemorating the anniversary of June 19, 1865, when Union Army General Gordon Granger (1821–1876) issued General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas, to enforce President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of September 22, 1862. The General Order stated that all previously enslaved people in Texas were now free. Entered wider usage after becoming a federal holiday in 2021.

There was^([sic – meaning were]) not so many colored people in the city as usual on Saturday evening, all of them, very near, being out at the "Juneteenth siliibration."

1891 June 25, “Local news”, in Brenham Weekly Banner, volume XXVI, number 26, Brenham, Tex.: J[ohn] G. Rankin, →OCLC, page [7], column 1:

If there is plenty of sunshine within the next ten days there will be sufficient supply of watermelons in Southwest Texas to take care of the "Juneteenth" celebrations of San Antonio's colored population.

1912 June 15, “Watermelons are Moving”, in Fruit Trade Journal and Produce Record, volume XXXXVII, number 10, New York, N.Y.: Fruit Trade Journal Company, →OCLC, page 12:

"'Twere Juneteenth day," she began reverentially, "when my light firs' broke. The darkies all bunched up down in the live oak grove were a-singin' an' a-dancin', 'spressin' their glory 'cause they warnt no mo' slaves nohow.["]

1921, Julia Walcott Hoffman, chapter I, in Pearl o’ Great Price or A Woman’s ’Sperience, Chicago, Ill.: Gift and Music Shop, →OCLC, page 11:

"But whut if it rains?" asked Josy. "It always do rain on Juneteenth." / "Dat's jes' de way of it," said John. "Someone is always a-th'owin' cold water on eve'ything I does."

1922, Hubert Anthony Shands, chapter VIII, in White and Black, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, →OCLC, page 50:

He had invited her to attend the Juneteenth picnic as his guest all day. And now he had done something that never, in all his life, had he heard of any colored boy doing before—planned an expensive outing right on the eve of the big annual event. [...] "Juneteenth"—white people also pretty generally use the phrase—is their Emancipation Day, and it is the one day in the year when every Caucasian is supposed to consider the comfort and enjoyment of his negro friends ahead of his own.

1925, J. Frank Davis, “Episode I. Juneteenth and Joada”, in Almanzar Evarts, Hero, Macon, Ga.: J. W. Burke Company, →OCLC, pages 13–14:

Truck drivers, business men, and school teachers belonging to the racial group have told me tales, but the best of tale-tellers has been some ex-slave buoyed up by the spirit of a Nineteenth of June celebration—the "Juneteenth"—the day on which all colored people in the South commemorate the freedom of their race from slavery. The significance of the day is so great and the tales I have collected are so bound up with the legalized slavery which, in 1865, this day put an end to, that I have used Juneteenth as a title. Nobody who does not understand a Juneteenth celebration can ever understand the Negro or his songs and tales.

1932, J[ohn] Mason Brewer, “Juneteenth”, in J[ames] Frank Dobie, editor, Tone the Bell Easy (Publications of the Texas Folk-lore Society; no. 10), Austin, Tex.: Texas Folk-lore Society, →OCLC, pages 8–54:

The annual celebration by Negroes of June 19—the day when emancipation from slavery became effective in the State [...]—is general; few Texas Negroes would consider working on "Juneteenth" if it can be avoided. The holiday is generally observed by a picnic at which everyone eats, dances and sings to his heart's content.

1940, Writers’ Program, Work Projects Administration, Texas, “Folklore and Folkways”, in Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State (American Guides Series), New York, N.Y.: Hastings House, published 1943, →OCLC, part I (Texas: Yesterday and Today), page 97:

As I chewed on my extra-hot barbecue sandwich, Mr. Artis Lovelady, the vendor and celebration sponsor, explained why he was having a Juneteenth observance: "I just wanted to do something, just wanted to kinda bring back old times and let the younger people see what we used to do to celebrate it on account of our Emancipation Proclamation."

1987, William H. Wiggins, Jr., “Following the Freedom Trail”, in O Freedom!: Afro-American Emancipation Celebrations, Knoxville, Tenn.: University of Tennessee Press, published 2000, →ISBN, page 5:

But what they [black people] chose to emphasize by means of traditional activities each year was the memory of gaining freedom. Consequently in African-American communities, especially in the South, a day of prayer, preaching, and festivities usually known as "Juneteenth" came to be observed [...].

1991, Michael Kammen, “The Civil War Remembered—but Unreconciled”, in Mystic Chords of Memory: The Transformation of Tradition in American Culture, 1st Vintage Books edition, New York, N.Y.: Vintage Books, published February 1993, →ISBN, part 2 (Circa 1870 to 1915), page 122:

There's been a heap of Juneteenths before this one and I tell you there'll be a heap more before we're truly free!

1999, Ralph Ellison, chapter 7, in John F. Callahan, editor, Juneteenth: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 131:

On June 19, 1883, an eighteen-gun salute on the plaza in front of the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, signaled the start of the annual Juneteenth observance.

2005, W[illiam] Fitzhugh Brundage, “Celebrating Black Memory in the Postbellum South”, in The Southern Past: A Clash of Race and Memory, Cambridge, Mass., London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 55:

Proud Pelham in Navarro County had a long history of major Juneteenths. Every year on June 19, pigs and goats roasted over open pits or old bedsprings, while fish deep-fried in lard in big washpots hung from trees.

2005, Thad Sitton, James H. Conrad, “Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings”, in Freedom Colonies: Independent Black Texans in the Time of Jim Crow (Jack and Doris Smothers Series in Texas History, Life, and Culture; no. 15), Austin, Tex.: University of Texas Press, →ISBN, page 105:

Senator Taylor, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of "Juneteenth Day," to symbolize the struggle for freedom and equality in the United States. [...] Indeed, Juneteenth Day is much more about the future than the past. It is a day where we gather to continue the struggle. We all realize the true freedom still eludes many of us.

2009 June 17, Lena C. Taylor, “Announcements, Adjournment Honors, and Remarks under Special Privilege”, in State of Wisconsin Senate Journal: Ninety-ninth Regular Session (Wisconsin State Senate), Madison, Wis.: State Printer, →OCLC, page 218, column 2:

[M]aking Juneteenth a federal holiday is both urgent and necessary. [...] A Juneteenth federal holiday would be more than a "day off," but one filled with educational experiences about the institution and affliction of slavery, community conversations on race and reconciliation, and cultural experiences that bring the history, challenges, and contributions of Black Americans to the forefront of the nation's consciousness.

2020 June 14, Seth Cohen, “No More Excuses – It’s Time to Declare Juneteenth a Federal Holiday”, in Forbes, New York, N.Y.: Forbes, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-06-14:

(US) Also more fully as Juneteenth Day: the United States national holiday commemorating the end of slavery, observed on June 19.

Abraham Lincoln
Emancipation Proclamation
General Order No. 3
Gordon Granger
Union Army

Dia De l'Emancipació

holiday celebrated in the U.S. on June 19, commemorating the end of slavery


Berlin Wall

(politics) Any barrier designed to keep people from crossing a border, e.g. the one proposed to keep people from crossing from Mexico into the United States.


PWA

Public Works Administration
w:Public Works Administration

(historical, US politics, 1933–1943) Initialism of Public Works Administration.


Disneyland

The archetypical theme park, located in Anaheim, California. Other Disneyland theme parks exist in other cities such as Chessy (Seine-et-Marne, France), Tokyo, Shanghai, and Hong Kong.


Disneyland

Disneyland (nominative singular)
Disneylandy (nominative plural)
Disneylandu (genitive singular)
Disneylandów (genitive plural)
Disneylandowi (dative singular)
Disneylandom (dative plural)
Disneyland (accusative singular)
Disneylandy (accusative plural)
Disneylandem (instrumental singular)
Disneylandami (instrumental plural)
Disneylandzie (locative singular)
Disneylandach (locative plural)
Disneylandzie (singular vocative)
Disneylandy (plural vocative)

Unadapted borrowing from English Disneyland.

ubor

Disneyland (archetypical theme park, located in Anaheim, California; other Disneyland theme parks exist in other cities such as Chessy (Seine-et-Marne, France), Tokyo, Shanghai, and Hong Kong)


Hooverville

From Hoover + -ville, named after Herbert Hoover.

(historical) Any of many shantytowns established by the homeless in the United States in the Great Depression of the early twentieth century.


Clintonian

en-adj

Clintonian (comparative more Clintonian, superlative most Clintonian)

more Clintonian (comparative)
most Clintonian (superlative)

"Obama's Clintonian circle: the abundance of Clinton veterans recruited by Obama may not be the change voters had in mind." (Yahoo Home Page, November 19, 2008 2:58PM (PST) ).

(US politics) Of or relating to Bill Clinton (born 1946), US politician who was the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001.

(US politics) Of or relating to Hillary Clinton (born 1947), US politician and wife of Bill Clinton.

(US politics) Of or relating to DeWitt Clinton (born 1769), US politician.


states' rights

(US politics, conservatism) Rights reserved to the 50 state governments of the United States that allow each one to set policy on some issues, rather than being subject to federal policy, especially in reference to their right to allow slavery before the Civil War.


Jedi mind trick

en-noun

Jedi mind trick (plural Jedi mind tricks)

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From the Star Wars films, the first of which—Star Wars—was released in 1977. In the films, members of the Jedi order are able to use a metaphysical power called the Force to implant suggestions in other people’s minds to induce them to act as the Jedi wish.

I watched the show to see what kind of guy he was, and the character on the show ain't too bright, so I figured if he came up to me I could use the Jedi mind trick on him. Mr T would go, “I heard you did some jokes about me!” “No, you didn't!” “Maybe I didn't!”

1987, Eddie Murphy Raw, spoken by Eddie Murphy:

Screamin’ “Brand new!”, when they just sanitized the old shit / Suppose it's just another clever Jedi mind trick

1998 September 29, “Thieves in the Night”, in Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star, performed by Black Star:

You have to estimate your own starting weights, using trial and error. There's no way to get around it. I've met personal trainers who were phenomenally good at figuring out their clients' starting weights. […] Maybe it's some kind of Jedi mind trick. But unless you have one of those trainers, you have to figure it out on your own.

2005, Lou Schuler, Alwyn Cosgrove, “Charting Your Progress”, in The New Rules of Lifting: Six Basic Moves for Maximum Muscle, London: Avery, →ISBN, part 4 (Programs), page 205:

"It's the Fourth Law of Magic," I said. "You aren't allowed to control the mind of another human. But … hell, it's of the first things a lot of these stupid kids try—the old Jedi mind trick. Sometimes they start with maybe getting homework overlooked by a teacher or convincing their parents to buy them a car.[…]"

2006 May 2, Jim Butcher, chapter 5, in Proven Guilty […] (The Dresden Files; 8), New York, N.Y.: Roc, →ISBN, page 27:

Brian was a good diversion. For every girl that went loopy over him, there was one less chick she had to worry about being in Craig's face. All she had to do was stay as far away from Brian as possible … you know, just in case that Jedi mind trick thing melted the BF shield.

2007, Paula Chase, “Hottie Jedi Mind Tricks”, in Don’t Get It Twisted (A Del Rio Bay Clique Novel), New York, N.Y.: Dafina Books for Young Readers, Kensington Publishing Corp., →ISBN, page 60:

(idiomatic) A mental feat such as apparently inducing someone to act a certain way or reading someone's mind, achieved as if by magic or telepathy.

Jedi
Star Wars
Star Wars Databank
the Force

絕地控心術

mental feat achieved as if by magic or telepathy


Clintonista

(sometimes derogatory) A devoted admirer of one or more of the U.S. public figures in the Clinton family: Hillary, Bill, or Chelsea.


green state

(US politics) A state where the Green Party of the United States (GPUS) is influential.

(US politics, idiomatic, informal, uncommon) A U.S. state perceived as environmentally friendly.


I approve this message

the elective law passed in 2002
w:Stand By Your Ad provision

(US politics) a phrase said by candidates for federal office to show their consent to comply with the elective law passed in 2002.


Clintonize

en-verb

Clintonize (third-person singular simple present Clintonizes, present participle Clintonizing, simple past and past participle Clintonized)

Clintonizes (present singular third-person)
Clintonizing (participle present)
Clintonized (participle past)
Clintonized (past)


Pax Americana

From Latin pāx (“peace”) + Americāna (“American”) after the model of the imperial Roman Pāx Rōmāna and earlier British Pāx Britannica.

Earlier this month Boston's WBUR radio station titled a special on US imperial power with the Latin tag Pax Americana. Tom Wolfe has written that the America of today is “now the mightiest power on earth, as omnipotent as… Rome under Julius Caesar”.

2002 September 18, Jonathan Freedland, “Rome, AD… Rome, DC?”, in The Guardian:

A war like this — a voluntary war of aggression — would be a sign that Putin believed that Pax Americana was over and that the U.S., the European Union and their allies had become too weak to exact painful consequences.

2022 February 21, David Leonhardt, “Why Ukraine Is Different”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

The period of relative peace in the Western world since the end of World War II in 1945, coinciding with the military and economic dominance of the United States.


and your little dog too

From a line spoken by the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz to Dorothy and her dog Toto: "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!".

(humorous) A statement that not only will the person being addressed be punished but their conspirators will also.


cowardly lion

After a character in L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900).

"This $13 billion mutual fund, which calls itself "classic growth investing, the Janus way," is in reality a cowardly lion." -Forbes

"California is right; we trust Washington state will follow in court. Earlier court decisions against the EPA's Cowardly Lion position on global warming suggest legal action may have good prospects." -Seattle Post Intelligencer

"On the cowardly “lion” derisive nickname: The 49ers PR people are saying that Georgatos/Brown merely overheard a few players joking about that in the locker room, and that Smith was in on it–it was just jocularity among QBs, meaning nothing, and used out of context in the story. That’s what they’re saying." -http://www.mercextra.com/blogs/kawakami/2007/12/12/whos-with-me-on-alex-smiths-side-plus-more-notes-on-the-smith-nolan-feud-and-clumsy-attempted-cover-up/

(figuratively) A person who acts tough but misses a golden opportunity out of fear or cowardice.

Cowardly Lion
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz


yellow brick road

en-noun

yellow brick road (plural yellow brick roads)

From the classic film The Wizard of Oz and the book series on which it was based. Originally the literal road to the Emerald City, which was paved with yellow bricks possibly to invoke the notion of gold.

But we're coming up on a bend in the yellow brick road, and going 'round it could cause the party lights to go dark quickly.

2007 December 10, Morgan Housel, “The Impending Destruction of the U.S. Economy: Part 1”, in The Motley Fool:

But for Clinton the yellow brick road that led inevitably to the Democratic nomination has suddenly become a little bumpy.

2007 December 21, “Hillary's mountain gets higher”, in The Sydney Morning Herald:

Smash the emergency glass, press the big red button and just STOP. Step off the Yellow Brick Road, get mixed up with some flying monkeys and throw yourself into all manner of trouble. Trust me. IT'S YOUR LAST CHANCE.

2011 August 19, Emma Kennedy, “Relax - a gap year's supposed to be fun”, in The Guardian:

(idiomatic, often humorous) A proverbial path to a Promised Land of one's hopes and dreams.


running mate

My first decision after being assured of victory was to choose my running mate. I decided that I needed to compensate for my lack of experience in Washington, and seriously considered Senators John Glenn, Frank Church, Scoop Jackson, Ed Muskie, and Walter Mondale.

2011, Jimmy Carter, White House Diary, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 5:

Noem’s latest justification for fatally shooting Cricket at her farm[…]comes as fellow Republicans have all but written off her chances of being chosen as Donald Trump’s running mate in November’s presidential election.

2024 May 5, Ramon Antonio Vargas, Edward Helmore, “Kristi Noem defends killing dog: ‘I’m tired of politicians pretending to be what they’re not’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(US politics) A candidate for the US vice-presidency.

ticketmate

political candidate on the same ticket or for US vice-presidency


value voter

(US politics) One who participates in elections and makes decisions based on issues such as religion, abortion, capital punishment and same-sex marriage.


Krieg der Sterne

From Krieg (“war”) + der (“of the”) + Sterne (“stars”).


Bidet

That's Joe Bidet.

1995 June 29, DDuchaine, “Steriods& Alzado”, in misc.fitness (Usenet):

Every minute it continues, it makes the aftermath problems more frightening to me," said Sen. Joe "Buckwheat" Bidet, Democrapic Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. Speaking to the Council on Foreign Relations, a leftist group of foreign policy wonks, Bidet said he feels that a little careful bombing might be needed to help protect U.S. Special Forces operations, but it creates a scary problem. Bidet stressed that, like most Democratic weenies, he is afraid to challenge President Bush - but the "honeymoon' might get rockier soon."

2001 October 25, Crusader, “Steriods& Alzado”, in alt.politics (Usenet):

If Obama chose Joe Robinet Bidet for a running mate, he's not just covering his ass, he's cleaning it!

2008 August 25, Dennis, “it's Biden”, in sci.military.naval (Usenet):

Trump calls Biden (Joe BIDET) 'another low I.Q. individual' after 2020.

2019 March 18, allise...@gmail.com, “Hey Fred ! ! ! Here's you another song to enjoy ...”, in rec.radio.shortwave (Usenet):

Kamala Harris became the first woman to be given presidential powers on Friday as Joe Biden briefly transferred authority while he underwent a colonoscopy. Whether he's shitting his pants or farting on royalty, the *fake* president is usually causing a stink. Now they're even shoving cameras up his arse to prove it can talk.

2021 November 20, The Genetically Unmodified Paul Pot (Still a natural human being as God created), “Stinky Joe Bidet undergoes colonoscopy”, in alt.sports.soccer.manchester.united (Usenet):

(Internet slang, US politics, derogatory, humorous) Joe Biden.


SG

Although Supergirl fans will relish page 4, I believe the first panel of 5 says it all: after a full force ramming by SG, PG just casually tosses her into a wall. Now *that's* Power Girl.

1997 October 25, Lightning, “REVIEW Power Girl #1, uhm, I mean Supergirl #16”, in rec.arts.comics.dc.universe (Usenet), message-ID <62tta5$a7g$1@206.230.70.77>:

Actually, a point could be made that the animated Supergirl is much more like Power Girl than the pre Crisis Supergirl.
For one thing she adopted the name Karen (Karen Starr was the name Kara Zor-L created), also she wears PG's costume colors and has a strong resentment toward's Clark's overprotectiveness. The only difference is that the animated SG has the Kara Zor-El personality more than she does Power Girl's.

1998 May 6, CaptT...@webtv.net, “Re: Why is TV kind of pre-Crisis and comics Post-Crisis”, in rec.arts.comics.dc.universe (Usenet), message-ID <6iouoe$1jf$1@newsd-134.iap.bryant.webtv.net>:

I kinda hate how they made Power Girl (Kara/SG pre-Crisis on World 2 or 3?) evil and a clone of SG. One of my fav comics growing up was Supes, and PG and I think Green Arrow going after Vandal Savage.

2005 September 21, tan...@bellsouth.net, “Re: JLU - WOW”, in alt.tv.cartoon-network (Usenet), message-ID <SL7Ye.4284$xg3.1881@bignews4.bellsouth.net>:

(comics) Initialism of Super Girl (“DC Comics superheroine”).


Reformer

(Canadian politics) A member of the Reform Party of Canada, which existed from 1987 to 2000.


faithless elector

en-noun

faithless elector (plural faithless electors)

(US politics) A delegate selected to participate in an electoral college and assigned to a particular candidate who votes for a different candidate, usually to protest the already-determined outcome of the vote.


Super Tuesday

(US politics) The day in February or March on which a large number of states hold their primary elections for the process of nominating presidential candidates.


Reaganite

en-adj

Reaganite (comparative more Reaganite, superlative most Reaganite)

more Reaganite (comparative)
most Reaganite (superlative)

/ˈɹeɪɡənaɪt/

This is a show about light and dark, and as deftly as it mimics the glaring neon of Reaganite consumer culture, it tweaks the conspiracy theories blooming in the shadows.

2019 July 4, Sophie Gilbert, “The American Paranoia of Stranger Things 3”, in The Atlantic:

(US politics) Of or pertaining to Ronald Reagan (1911–2004), 40th president of the United States (1981–1989).


Reaganite

/ˈɹeɪɡənaɪt/

(US politics) A supporter of Ronald Reagan (1911–2004), 40th president of the United States (1981–1989), and/or policies that he endorsed.


DEM

Democratic Party
w:Democratic Party (United States)

(US politics) Abbreviation of Democratic Party.


death tax

(US politics, derogatory, dysphemistic) inheritance tax


LBJ

I got a letter from L.B.J,
it said, "This is your lucky day",
it's time to put your khaki trousers on.

1965, “Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation”, Tom Paxton (lyrics), Tom Paxton (music):

This required a legislative program, the Great Society, that would complete the New Deal and earn LBJ a place alongside FDR in the pantheon of heroic Democratic reformers.

2022, Gary Gerstle, chapter 2, in The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order […] , New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, Part I. The New Deal Order, 1930–1980:

Lyndon Baines Johnson
w:Lyndon B. Johnson

(US politics) Initialism of Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th US president.


CRP

The only major source whom the reporters reveal by name is Hugh Sloan, the slight young Nixon operative who resigned as treasurer of the Committee to Re-Elect the President when he learned of C.R.P.’s sordid political involvements. Sloan led the reporters onto the fact that funds for the burglary came from C.R.P.

1974 April 22, “The Press: Woodstein Meets Deep Throat”, in Time, →ISSN:

(historical, US politics) Initialism of Committee to Re-elect the President, which raised money for Richard Nixon's campaign for 1972 reelection.


republicano

es-adj

republicano (feminine republicana, masculine plural republicanos, feminine plural republicanas)

republicana (feminine)
republicanos (masculine plural)
republicanas (feminine plural)


republicano

es-noun

republicano m (plural republicanos, feminine republicana, feminine plural republicanas)

republicanos (plural)
republicana (feminine)
republicanas (feminine plural)


Old West

It can well be imagined what disaster could descend upon a camping party in a wilderness such as the Old West, amidst the enemies which that wilderness supported.

1918, Stewart Edward White, chapter 5, in The Forty-Niners:

In the Old West—anyway in the old westerns—morality and mechanics went gun-in-hand.

2005 September 18, Richard Corliss, “Movies: Sticking to Their Guns”, in Time:

(historical) The western part of the United States during the 19th-century era of expansion and settlement.


South Park

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-South Park.wav

A high intermontane grassland basin in Park County, in the Rocky Mountains of central Colorado.

(fiction) A small fictional snow-capped mountainous Colorado town, the setting of the adult animated sitcom South Park.


Democratic

The most recent Democratic president of the United States is Joe Biden.

(US politics) Of, pertaining to, or supporting the Democratic Party.


悪の枢軸

悪の枢軸 (canonical)
aku no sūjiku (romanization)

[a̠kɯ̟ no̞ sɨːʑikɯ̟]


Disneyfy

en-verb

Disneyfy (third-person singular simple present Disneyfies, present participle Disneyfying, simple past and past participle Disneyfied)

Disneyfies (present singular third-person)
Disneyfying (participle present)
Disneyfied (participle past)
Disneyfied (past)

From Disney + -fy, with reference to the Disney theme parks.

Jazz was not always an accepted music, and, of course, today we have the problem of remaining faithful to the cultural roots of jazz, not just candifying, Disneyfying the music.

1994, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks, and Forests, Workshop and hearing on New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park:

Frieze has become a corporate snooze. Have the galleries been actively encouraged by its big-business owners to Disneyfy themselves?

2023 October 11, Jonathan Jones, “Frieze London art fair review – a graveyard of creativity for tasteless one percenters”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(transitive, usually derogatory) To make something (especially a location) more acceptable or marketable by removing potentially distasteful, controversial or boring elements, particularly at the cost of its history and culture.


MTFBWY

may the Force be with you
may the Force be with you#English

(text messaging) Initialism of may the Force be with you.


CCF

(Canadian politics, historical) Initialism of Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.


Jim Crow law

From the song Jump Jim Crow (c. 1830) which mockingly portrayed African-Americans. It became a generic term for African-Americans in the early- to mid-19th century.

(US, historical) Any law that racially segregated public facilities and which was enacted in Southern and border states in the United States between 1876 and 1965.


SEATO

Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
w:Southeast Asia Treaty Organization

(historical) Initialism of Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, in existence from 1955 to 1977.


bat phone

From bat- + phone, after Commissioner Gordon's secure line to the Batphone in the 1960s-era Batman television show.

(informal) A telephone that has a direct connection to an important caller, or is only used for important calls


walk in the snow

en-noun

walk in the snow (plural walks in the snow)

From a remark by Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Eliott Trudeau (1919-2000) on February 29, 1984, describing how he made his decision to retire.

Mr. Trudeau told reporters yesterday he made the decision to put an end to almost 16 years in office after a long, solitary walk Tuesday night through a blinding Ottawa blizzard. . . . "It was a great walk in the snow."

1984 March 1, Charlotte Montgomery, Thomas Walkom, “Pierre Trudeau steps down. New leader likely by end of June”, in Globe and Mail, Toronto, page 1:

"I went for a walk in the snow last night—and I'm staying." So said Jean Chretien on January 15th, varying the phrase with which Pierre Trudeau announced his sudden resignation as Canada's prime minister in 1984.

2002, “Shuffle in the snow; Politics in Canada”, in The Economist, volume 362, number 8256, page 49:

Even in defeat, Ignatieff could not shake even one more Trudeau comparison. Trudeau's historic long walk in the snow came in February 1984.

2006 December 4, Mike Blanchfield, Norma Greenaway, “Ignatieff takes his own walk in the snow”, in Calgary Herald, Alberta, page A9:

(Canada, chiefly politics, idiomatic) An occasion when a momentous career decision is made, especially a decision to resign or retire.


PQ

(Canadian politics) Initialism of Parti Québécois - a political party of the province of Quebec, Canada


PQ

(Canadian politics) Initialism of Parti Québécois


Pathet Lao

From Lao ປະເທດລາວ (pa thēt lāo), from ປະເທດ (pa thēt, “country, state”) + ລາວ (lāo, “Lao”).

A communist nationalist movement and political party in Laos, which took power in 1975 after a civil war.


ディズニーランド

[dʲizɨɲ̟iːɾã̠ndo̞]


Obama

Translingual: Obamadon, Obamus, Etheostoma obama (spangled darter), Tosanoides obama, Caloplaca obamae (Obama lichen)

Corruption of by-name Luo Mobam (“born with a crooked back”), itself from Luo obam (“to lean or bend”).

United States of America
United States of America

Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States of America.


OSI

More recently the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Special Investigations (OSI), which is responsible for prosecuting Nazis and collaborators alleged to have entered this country illegally, closed out an investigation of Poppe’s immigration to the United States without bringing any charges against him. This action was taken in part because the OSI determined that Poppe had disclosed his relationship with the SS to U.S. intelligence prior to his immigration, thus making it highly unlikely that the OSI could successfully prosecute Poppe for illegal entry into the United States.

2014, Christopher Simpson, “nine”, in Mark Crispin Miller, editor, Blowback: America’s Recruitment of Nazis and Its Destructive Impact on Our Domestic and Foreign Policy, New York: Open Road Media, published 1988, →ISBN, page 85:

Office of Special Investigations
w:Office of Special Investigations

(US politics) Initialism of Office of Special Investigations.


Republicrat

This hybrid voting behavior may be called "Republicrat", and obviously it must depress Republicanism in Southern congressional, state, and local politics.

1966, Allan P. Sindler, Political Parties in the United States, page 70:

(US politics, derogatory) A United States politician who is a member of one of the two major political parties (Democrat and Republican), but frequently votes with the other party.

We need to make people understand that decisions being made on local levels are often far more influential in our lives and probably the only real way — unless we're able to radically change the way our one-party Republicrat system works — to make change.

2001, Daniel Sinker, We Owe You Nothing: Punk Planet : the Collected Interviews, page 290:

Both wings of the ruling "Republicrat" Party try to outdo themselves in announcing new, ever more draconian measures to restrict, repress, restrain, and eliminate the poor.

2004, Howard Zinn, Anthony Arnove, Voices of a People's History of the United States, page 567:

Rather, we have a single Republicrat party of greedy, self-serving, amoral, power-driven professional politicians...

2005, Holliston Perni, A Heritage of Hypocrisy: Why 'They' Hate Us, page 4:

(US politics, derogatory, attributive) The two-party system, characterized as a single organization that excludes the participation and views of third parties.


Tin Man

The Tin Woodman, a metallic character in the fictional Land of Oz who travels with Dorothy, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion to the Emerald City in search of a heart.


yellow dog

Carolina dogs were called yellow dogs because many had yellow coats. The fact that many mongrel dogs also had yellow coats lead to the term's application to any worthless item or person. For the etymology of the term Yellow Dog Democrat, see that entry.

What led Rick Perry to pronounce the Yellow Dogs dead?

2011, William Earl Maxwell, Ernest Crain, Adolfo Santos, Texas Politics Today: 2011-2012 Edition, page 125:

Yellow Dog Democrat
Yellow Dog Democrat#English

(US politics, uncommon) Short for Yellow Dog Democrat.

Yellow Dog

Carolina dog; Yellow Dog Democrat; especially the senses and


NPD

Nouveau Parti démocratique
Nouveau Parti démocratique#French

(Canada) NDP; initialism of Nouveau Parti démocratique (“New Democratic Party”).


Pickett's charge

A reference to an event during the American Civil War, wherein 16,000 Confederate infantrymen attacked Union positions; the attack failed, with several thousand Confederate casualties.


Uncle Scrooge

From a Disney character, named in reference to Charles Dickens' fictional miser Ebenezer Scrooge.

It is an anomaly of our times that an Uncle Sam spending at a rate of some $128 billion yearly should become an Uncle Scrooge in the treatment of government workers!

1967, Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, “Federal Pay Legislation: Hearings, Ninetieth Congress, first session”, in parliamentary debates, U.S. Congress, page 282:


Haumea

From Hawaiian hau (“ruler”) (archaic) + mea (“reddish brown”), "red ruler".

(Hawaiian mythology) The goddess of fertility and childbirth.


Haumea

From English Haumea, from Hawaiian (archaic) hau (“ruler”) + mea (“reddish brown”), "red ruler".

(Hawaiian mythology) the goddess of fertility and childbirth


Haumea

cs-ndecl

f.sg.dat+locji:e􂀿sometimes found in astronomical texts􂁀

Haumea (nominative singular)
Haumey (genitive singular)
Haumeje (genitive singular)
Haumeji (dative singular)
Haumee (dative singular)
Haumeu (accusative singular)
Haumeo (singular vocative)
Haumeji (locative singular)
Haumee (locative singular)
Haumeou (instrumental singular)
Haumejí (instrumental singular)

cs:Haumea (božstvo)
cs:Haumea (trpasličí planeta)

Haumea je jméno bohyně plodnosti a porodu z havajské mytologie.

2008 September 20, Jana Tichá, “Haumea – pátá trpasličí planeta pojmenována”, in Planetky.cz:

Haumea is the name of the goddess of fertility and childbirth from Hawaiian mythology.


Haumea

Haumea (nominative singular)
Haumei (genitive singular)
Haumei (dative singular)
Haumeę (accusative singular)
Haumeą (instrumental singular)
Haumei (locative singular)
Haumeo (singular vocative)

(Hawaiian mythology) Haumea (goddess of fertility and childbirth)


Rovian

en-adj

Rovian (comparative more Rovian, superlative most Rovian)

more Rovian (comparative)
most Rovian (superlative)

There is something called a “Rovian” style of campaigning, and it's meant as an insult. President Barack Obama said many times during the campaign that he wanted to end “the Karl Rove era of politics.”

2010, Karl Rove, Courage and Consequence […] , Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 64:

The misdeeds were many, and he was known by all who knew him to be a ridiculous man, but this new plan was too much, was Caligulian, Roveian, and she had no obligation to cooperate.

2016, Dave Eggers, Heroes of the Frontier, Penguin UK, →ISBN:

Of or pertaining to the political theory that a lie told often enough will be accepted as the truth, and that the truth is no longer relevant to democratic politics.


Solid South

(US politics, historical) The electoral support of the Southern United States for Democratic Party candidates for nearly a century from 1877, the end of the Reconstruction, to 1964.


favorite son

(US politics) A male candidate chosen by a state delegation for an initial ballot, in the knowledge that other delegations will not prefer this candidate, for the purpose of negotiation.


Disneyana

items related to The Walt Disney Company, especially collectibles.


convention bump

en-noun

convention bump (plural convention bumps)

(US politics) The rise in support (as shown in polls) a presidential candidate receives after the national party nominating convention.


Election Day

Voters returned nearly 64 million mail-in ballots before Election Day, a pandemic-driven record that is certain to make for a more complicated vote count this year but could also reshape American elections for years to come.

2020 November 3, Stephanie Saul, Danny Hakim, “As Counting Begins, a Flood of Mail Ballots Complicates Vote Tallies”, in New York Times:

(US politics, specifically) The day on which general elections are held in the United States: the Tuesday following the first Monday in November.


Obamanomics

Blend of Obama + economics, equivalent to Obama + -nomics. See Related terms below.

(US politics, economics, neologism) The economic policies of Barack Obama.


Nixonomics

Blend of Nixon + economics, equivalent to Nixon + -nomics. Coined in a speech of the same title by Walter Heller in October 1969. This is believed to be the first such term coined by blending a president's surname with the word "economics." http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CEEDB153AF932A35752C1A964958260 Similar blends have been used to describe the economic policies of all subsequent US presidents, though Fordonomics is rare.

Senators William Proxmire and Hubert Humphrey, among others, hinted that the new Nixonomics may be due for some design changes when it reaches the Senate.

1971 September 6, “Nixon's Freeze and the Mood of Labor”, in Time Magazine, archived from the original on 2008-12-21:

(US politics) The economic policies of the Richard Nixon administration, 1969-1974.


Clintonomics

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

But I am not yet persuaded that Clintonomics will make much of a dent in the persistent problems of unemployment in the U.S. economy.

1992 December 6, David M. Gordon, “Clinton May Fall Short on Easing Unemployment”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 2013-06-30, page D2:

(US politics) The economic policies associated with the administration of William Jefferson Clinton, 1993–2001.


Carternomics

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

Carternomics stimulates the economy to reduce unemployment and help the "old" poor, while it causes runaway inflation that creates legions of the new poor.

1978 June 1, William Safire, “The New Poor”, in The New York Times:

Mr. Bush's return to Carternomics killed the Reagan boom, resulting in higher unemployment, lower incomes and higher deficits.

1993 October 31, “Taxing the patience in Jersey election”, in The Washington Times:

(US politics, often pejorative) Economic policies associated with the administration of Jimmy Carter, 1977-1981.


Bushonomics

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

Ross Perot's advisers suggest he may push a much bolder plan, investing hundreds of billions in infrastructure; but until he delivers, Clinton clearly occupies the high ground against Bushonomics.

1992 July 8, David Gergen, “Democrats' 'Comeback Kid' Revels in Latest Returns”, in Rocky Mountain News:

(US politics) The economic policies associated with the presidency of George Herbert Walker Bush, 1989–1993.

According to the Democratic nominee, Bushonomics would "squander" the surplus.

2000 August 18, Richard S. Dunham, “Battlin' Al Comes Out Swinging”, in Business Week:

(US politics) The economic policies associated with the presidency of George W. Bush, 2001–2009.


McCainiac

And, as Bush learned painfully, there are plenty of McCainiacs in pivotal Michigan.

2000 March 2, “After Primaries, Focus Turns to the Vice Presidential Slot”, in Philadelphia Inquirer, page A1:

The McCainiacs are warning John McCain's conservative opponents that unless they stop criticizing their candidate immediately, he'll never recover in time for the general election.

2008 February 18, David Limbaugh, “Grassroots hurdle?”, in Washington Times:

(US politics, informal) An ardent follower or supporter of John McCain in his campaigns for the presidency in 2000 and 2008.


fusionism

But it means being open to the possibility that the old fusionism, battered and bruised as it is, may still hold as much promise for the advancement of libertarian policy goals as "liberaltarianism" ever will.

2009 February 13, Ross Douthat, “The Future of Liberaltarianism (II)”, in The Atlantic:

(chiefly US politics) A political philosophy advocating fusion of traditionalist social conservatism with right-libertarianism.


spinmeister

From spin (“favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation”) + -meister.

affix

Republican spinmeisters were quick to offer their opinions last week on Nashua Mayor Jim Donchess' decision not to challenge Portsmouth lawyer Paul McEachern for the Democratic nomination for governor.

1988, Laura A. Kiernan, “...And Then There Was One”, in The Boston Globe:

The reporting on Al Gore’s selection of Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman to be his running mate illustrates yet again the willingness of America’s dominant liberal media to accept without question the tales woven by Democratic spinmeisters.

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

(US politics, slang) A media liaison or spokesperson, charged with presenting the spin for their political side.


overvote

An overvote that took the form of punching Gore's chad and then writing his name (or Lieberman's) in the place for a write-in candidate would unambiguously manifest the voter's intention to vote for Gore.

2001, Richard A. Posner, Breaking the Deadlock, →ISBN, page 78:

(US politics) A case in which a voter has marked a ballot for more choices than allowed by the rules


overvote

en-verb

overvote (third-person singular simple present overvotes, present participle overvoting, simple past and past participle overvoted)

overvotes (present singular third-person)
overvoting (participle present)
overvoted (participle past)
overvoted (past)

[…] a poll worker can manually override the program and accept the ballot, even though it has been overvoted or undervoted.

2005, United States Government Accountability Office, Elections, →ISBN, page 10:

(US politics) To spoil a ballot by marking it for more choices than allowed by the rules


sneed

From a 1999 Simpsons episode, "E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)" featuring a farming supply store, "Sneed's Feed & Seed", from the English surname Sneed; the joke is that the sign says the shop was "Formerly Chuck's", implying it formerly rhymed with Chuck instead ("Chuck's Fuck and Suck"). The sign became a meme on the image board 4chan around 2012. It came to be used as a substitute for seethe (e.g. in the phrase "cope and seethe" → "cope and sneed"), then (as a noun) became synonymous with beta males when 4chan started automatically changing soyboy to sneed..

He then told me to "Seethe, cope and dilate you sneed."

2021 October 28, “What is the deal with sneed, cope and dilate?”, in Reddit, r/NoStupidQuestions:

(Internet slang) One who seethes; a soyboy.


bloquiste

fr-noun

bloquiste m or f by sense (plural bloquistes)

(Canadian politics) a member of the Bloc Québécois, a Bloquiste


bloquiste

(Canadian politics, relational) of the Bloc Québécois, Bloquiste


IRBM

intermediate-range ballistic missile
w:intermediate-range ballistic missile

(weaponry) Initialism of intermediate-range ballistic missile.


LPQ

Liberal Party of Quebec
w:Liberal Party of Quebec

(Canadian politics) Initialism of Liberal Party of Quebec.


PLQ

Parti libéral du Québec
Parti libéral du Québec#French

(Canadian politics) Initialism of Parti libéral du Québec (“Quebec Liberal Party”).


New Democratic

New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party

(Canadian politics) Of or pertaining to the Canadian New Democratic Party or supporters thereof.


RCAP

Reform-Conservative Alliance Party
w:Canadian Alliance

(Canadian politics) Initialism of Reform-Conservative Alliance Party.


New Democrat

(Canadian politics) A member or supporter of the Canadian New Democratic Party.

(Canadian politics, nonstandard, attributively) Of or pertaining to the Canadian New Democratic Party or supporters thereof.

(US politics) A member of the New Democrats centrist faction of the American Democratic Party.


péquiste

péquiste m or f by sense (plural péquistes)

(Canadian politics) a member or supporter of the Parti Québécois


péquiste

(Canadian politics, relational) of the Parti Québécois


ADQ

(Canadian politics) Action démocratique du Québec (a political party in Quebec)


ADQ

Action démocratique du Québec
Action démocratique du Québec


adéquiste

adéquiste m or f by sense (plural adéquistes)

(Canadian politics) a member of Action démocratique du Québec


adéquiste

Bien des éléments suggèrent un rapprochement entre la culture réformiste de l’Ouest et la culture adéquiste...

2007, Frédéric Boily, Stephen Harper: de l'École de Calgary au Parti conservateur:

Many elements suggest a reconciliation between the Western reformist culture and that of the Action démocratique du Québec...

(Canadian politics, relational) of Action démocratique du Québec


LPC

Liberal Party of Canada
w:Liberal Party of Canada

(Canadian politics) Initialism of Liberal Party of Canada.


Action démocratique du Québec

the Action démocratique du Québec (canonical)

Action Democratique du Quebec
Action Democratique du Quebec#English

(Canadian politics) Alternative spelling of Action Democratique du Quebec — the Action démocratique du Québec


Action démocratique du Québec

l’Action démocratique du Québec (canonical feminine)

(Canadian politics) a conservative autonomist political party in Québec


PCC

Parti conservateur du Canada
w:fr:Parti conservateur du Canada

Initialism of Parti conservateur du Canada (“CPC”).


BQ

(Canadian politics) Initialism of Bloc Quebecois: a political party of Canada.


CPC

(Canadian politics) Conservative Party of Canada, a political party in Canada


Action démocratique

Action democratique
Action democratique#English

(Canadian politics) Alternative spelling of Action democratique


Action démocratique

(Canadian politics) Action démocratique du Québec


friend of Dorothy

en-noun

friend of Dorothy (plural friends of Dorothy)

Commonly thought to refer to Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (1939), portrayed by gay icon Judy Garland; alternatively (or additionally) it could be a reference to writer Dorothy Parker, who was friends with many gay men.

He's a disco-dancing, Oscar Wilde-reading, Streisand ticket-holding friend of Dorothy, know what I'm saying?

1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by Murray (Donald Faison):

(slang, dated, euphemistic) A homosexual man.

Dorothy Parker
Judy Garland
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)
friend of Dorothy


pur et dur

From the French pur et dur (“hard-line”, literally “pure and hard”).

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Among separatists, Parizeau was known as pur et dur, hard-line and uncompromising.

2011, Robert Bothwell, Canada and Quebec: One Country, Two Histories: Revised Edition, UBC Press, →ISBN, page 256:

(Canadian politics) Being a hardliner of the Quebec independence movement.


pur et dur

fr-adj

pur et dur (feminine pure et dure, masculine plural purs et durs, feminine plural pures et dures)

pure et dure (feminine)
purs et durs (masculine plural)
pures et dures (feminine plural)

LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-pur et dur.wav

Coordinate term: pure laine

(Canadian politics) pur et dur (being a hardliner of the Quebec independence movement)


Obamamania

Obamamania sweeps the nation as millions of voters find themselves deeply impressed by Obama's views, and the fact that he was on Oprah.

2007, Dave Barry, Dave Barry's History of the Millennium (So Far), G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 197:

(US politics, neologism) Fervent admiration of Barack Obama.


Trudeaumania

Conservatives deny that what they refer to as Trudeaumania has scared candidates from their ranks.

1968 May 4, Sally Barnes, “Trudeaumania a bonanza for Metro Liberals”, in Toronto Daily Star, Toronto, page 13:

Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Canada's own distinctive revolution in democratic political style; the swinger, the all-round athlete: Trudeaumania as overture to the Just Society.

1971, "Canada '72—dull and grey, but still very real" (editorial), Globe and Mail (Toronto), 1 Jul, p. 7

During the 1968–69 school year, remembered for its anti-Vietnam War demonstrations and Trudeaumania, Michael Ignatieff and Bob Rae shared a cheap apartment.

2006 April 17, John Geddes, “Michael Ignatieff and Bob Rae are pals. Really.”, in Macleans, Canada, retrieved 2009-01-20:

But Wright takes a rather contrarian position about the impact of emotionally charged Trudeaumania on PET’s astonishing political rise in 1968.

2016 November 20, “New books put Trudeaumania in fresh perspective”, in Toronto Star, archived from the original on 2017-08-07:

(Canadian politics) Fervent admiration of former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1919–2000), especially during his 1968 election campaign and his early years in office.


midnight regulation

en-noun

midnight regulation (plural midnight regulations)

(US politics) A law introduced by an outgoing administration in the period between the election and inauguration of the new president.


暗黒面

暗黒面 (canonical)
ankokumen (romanization)

[ã̠ŋko̞kɯ̟mẽ̞ɴ]

Compound of 暗黒(あんこく) (ankoku, “darkness”) + 面(めん) (men, “side, face”).


Maile

(Hawaiian mythology) any of the four Maile sisters (plant forms), minor goddesses of [[hula]


Liebercrat

Blend of Lieberman + Democrat, from Joseph Lieberman, a US Senator from Connecticut who left the Democratic Party after being defeated in the party primary in 2006.

JMS, you really need to figure out who you support. I seem to recall you giving a thumbs-up to McCain, but you now seem to come across as a Liebercrat - a decent person who has been corrupted by Clinton/Gore.

2000 December 18, Sean Ormond, “Re: OK, I'm expecting an announcement about the formation of”, in rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated (Usenet):

As result, Mr. Lambert is being called a "Liebercrat" after Sen. Joe Lieberman, of Connecticut, who won re-election as an independent after losing in the 2006 Democratic primary to Ned Lamont.

2007 March 21, Seth McLaughlin, “Virginia Democrat faces blog ire for Allen support”, in Washington Times, archived from the original on 2010-07-02:

The protesters referred to Amann as an "arrogant Liebercrat," noting that he voted against civil unions and calling him a DINO, a "Democrat in name only."

2008 January 31, Frank Juliano, “Amann officially wants to be governor”, in Connecticut Post:

(US politics slang) A Democrat whose politics resemble those of Joseph Lieberman; in recent use, often specifically a Democrat who acts like a Republican


Homer Simpson

Name of an amiable but stupid character who gorges on beer and doughnuts in the long-running animated television series The Simpsons, said to be named after a character in Nathanael West's novel The Day of the Locust (1939).

A few months of this torture, and even the finest treads may begin to resemble a donut with a Homer Simpson-size bite out of it.

2001, Brent Peterson, The Complete Idiot's Guide to RVing:

Find out if you owe birth to an Albert Einstein or a Homer Simpson!

2002 December, Weekly World News, volume 24, number 16:

Sample insults calling the recipient a slut, a bookworm, bucktoothed; characterizing them as having a "Homer Simpson gut," a crooked ponytail...

2004, Serge P Shohov, Frank H Columbus, Advances in Psychology Research:

I struggle to remember even a Homer-Simpson handful of them, even those that arose from my own fevered keyboard.

2005, Tony Carlson, The How of WOW: A Guide to Giving a Speech that Will Positively Blow 'em Away:

One of the employees, apparently a Homer Simpson prototype, "goosed" the man...

A person who is foolish, easily distracted, and/or gluttonous.


24 Sussex Drive

From 24 + Sussex Drive. The street address of the Canadian prime minister's official residence, since 1951. Until about 1958, 24 Sussex Street (see also drive). The road was named in the early 19th century, after Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773–1843).

So I guess he figured that if he kept on plugging away as he had down there, the same formula would get him into 24 Sussex Drive. But it didn't.

1975, Winnett Boyd, Kenneth McDonald, The National Dilemma and the Way Out, BMG, page 33:

By 1965 Pierre Trudeau, en route to Ottawa and 24 Sussex Drive, had concluded that advocates of an associate state or special status were ‘those who do not feel capable of saying they are separatists and carrying their thinking to its logical conclusion.’

1977, John T. Saywell, The Rise of the Parti Québécois 1967–76, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 5:

(Canada) The office of Prime Minister of Canada.

24, promenade Sussex

residence on Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada


holodeck

From holo- + deck, coined in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.

[…] the fact that science-fiction film, and indeed much — if not most — contemporary film, has become a technology on the way to somewhere else, whether that goal turns out to be immersive, interactive, or some holodeck-style fusion of the two.

1999, Annette Kuhn, Alien Zone II: The Spaces of Science-fiction Cinema:

Computer music might someday replace acoustic music made by human beings, but that time is far away, waiting either for Holodecks to be perfected or for a generation of listeners to arrive who are too busy and too uninvolved with their ambient surroundings to want to relate to them[.]

1999 June, Al Stevens, “Jukebox: Covering the Basses”, in Dr. Dobb's Journal, volume 24, number 6, San Francisco, Calif.: Miller Freeman, Inc., →ISSN, page 115:

Building a holodeck will require breakthroughs in sensors, robotics, and mechanical interfaces […]

2002, Kay M Stanney, Handbook of virtual environments:

In such a world, would one want to be hooked up to a pleasure machine or live on a holodeck?

2007, Fritz Allhoff, Patrick Lin, James Moor, Nanoethics:

(science fiction) A room that provides holographic simulations for recreation, training, etc.


Csillagok háborúja

csillag (“star”) + -ok (plural suffix) + háború (“war”) + -ja (“of”, possessive suffix)


Great Depression

For the first time since the Great Depression, median family income has fallen substantially over an entire decade. Income grew slowly through most of the last decade, except at the top of the distribution, before falling sharply when the financial crisis began.

2012 October 24, David Leonhardt, “Standard of Living Is in the Shadows as Election Issue”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(economics, business, finance, historical) A major economic collapse characterized by mass unemployment and limited business activity that lasted from 1929 to 1940 in the US and a similar period in many other countries.


Pua

From pua (“flower; child”); also a short form of compound names with the element pua.

(Hawaiian mythology) a sorcery goddess of Molokai