DLC

The DLC also proclaimed its desire to move the Democratic Party closer to Republican positions on questions of social policy and moral traditionalism.

2022, Gary Gerstle, chapter 4, in The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order […] , New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, Part II. The Neoliberal Order, 1970–2020:

Democratic Leadership Council
w:Democratic Leadership Council

(US politics, historical, 1985–2011) Initialism of Democratic Leadership Council.


Bloquiste

(Canadian politics) A member of the Bloc Québécois.


Bloquiste

en-adj

Bloquiste (comparative more Bloquiste, superlative most Bloquiste)

more Bloquiste (comparative)
most Bloquiste (superlative)

(Canadian politics) Pertaining to the Bloc Québécois.


Pequiste

Borrowing of French péquiste, from the abbreviation PQ < Parti Québécois + -iste.

(Canadian politics) A member of the Parti Québécois.


Pequiste

Pequiste (comparative more Pequiste, superlative most Pequiste)

more Pequiste (comparative)
most Pequiste (superlative)

(Canadian politics) Pertaining to the Parti Québécois.


valosapeli

valosapeli (nominative singular)
valosapelit (nominative plural)
valosapeli (accusative nominative singular)
valosapelit (accusative nominative plural)
valosapelin (accusative genitive singular)
valosapelit (accusative genitive plural)
valosapelin (genitive singular)
valosapelien (genitive plural)
valosapeleiden (genitive plural)
valosapeleitten (genitive plural)
valosapelia (partitive singular)
valosapeleita (partitive plural)
valosapeleja (partitive plural)
valosapelissa (inessive singular)
valosapeleissa (inessive plural)
valosapelista (elative singular)
valosapeleista (elative plural)
valosapeliin (illative singular)
valosapeleihin (illative plural)
valosapelilla (adessive singular)
valosapeleilla (adessive plural)
valosapelilta (ablative singular)
valosapeleilta (ablative plural)
valosapelille (allative singular)
valosapeleille (allative plural)
valosapelina (essive singular)
valosapeleina (essive plural)
valosapeliksi (singular translative)
valosapeleiksi (plural translative)
valosapelitta (abessive singular)
valosapeleitta (abessive plural)
valosapelein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
valosapelini (nominative singular)
valosapelini (nominative plural)
valosapelini (accusative nominative singular)
valosapelini (accusative nominative plural)
valosapelini (accusative genitive singular)
valosapelini (accusative genitive plural)
valosapelini (genitive singular)
valosapelieni (genitive plural)
valosapeleideni (genitive plural)
valosapeleitteni (genitive plural)
valosapeliani (partitive singular)
valosapeleitani (partitive plural)
valosapelejani (partitive plural)
valosapelissani (inessive singular)
valosapeleissani (inessive plural)
valosapelistani (elative singular)
valosapeleistani (elative plural)
valosapeliini (illative singular)
valosapeleihini (illative plural)
valosapelillani (adessive singular)
valosapeleillani (adessive plural)
valosapeliltani (ablative singular)
valosapeleiltani (ablative plural)
valosapelilleni (allative singular)
valosapeleilleni (allative plural)
valosapelinani (essive singular)
valosapeleinani (essive plural)
valosapelikseni (singular translative)
valosapeleikseni (plural translative)
valosapelittani (abessive singular)
valosapeleittani (abessive plural)
valosapeleineni (comitative plural)
valosapelisi (nominative singular)
valosapelisi (nominative plural)
valosapelisi (accusative nominative singular)
valosapelisi (accusative nominative plural)
valosapelisi (accusative genitive singular)
valosapelisi (accusative genitive plural)
valosapelisi (genitive singular)
valosapeliesi (genitive plural)
valosapeleidesi (genitive plural)
valosapeleittesi (genitive plural)
valosapeliasi (partitive singular)
valosapeleitasi (partitive plural)
valosapelejasi (partitive plural)
valosapelissasi (inessive singular)
valosapeleissasi (inessive plural)
valosapelistasi (elative singular)
valosapeleistasi (elative plural)
valosapeliisi (illative singular)
valosapeleihisi (illative plural)
valosapelillasi (adessive singular)
valosapeleillasi (adessive plural)
valosapeliltasi (ablative singular)
valosapeleiltasi (ablative plural)
valosapelillesi (allative singular)
valosapeleillesi (allative plural)
valosapelinasi (essive singular)
valosapeleinasi (essive plural)
valosapeliksesi (singular translative)
valosapeleiksesi (plural translative)
valosapelittasi (abessive singular)
valosapeleittasi (abessive plural)
valosapeleinesi (comitative plural)
valosapelimme (nominative singular)
valosapelimme (nominative plural)
valosapelimme (accusative nominative singular)
valosapelimme (accusative nominative plural)
valosapelimme (accusative genitive singular)
valosapelimme (accusative genitive plural)
valosapelimme (genitive singular)
valosapeliemme (genitive plural)
valosapeleidemme (genitive plural)
valosapeleittemme (genitive plural)
valosapeliamme (partitive singular)
valosapeleitamme (partitive plural)
valosapelejamme (partitive plural)
valosapelissamme (inessive singular)
valosapeleissamme (inessive plural)
valosapelistamme (elative singular)
valosapeleistamme (elative plural)
valosapeliimme (illative singular)
valosapeleihimme (illative plural)
valosapelillamme (adessive singular)
valosapeleillamme (adessive plural)
valosapeliltamme (ablative singular)
valosapeleiltamme (ablative plural)
valosapelillemme (allative singular)
valosapeleillemme (allative plural)
valosapelinamme (essive singular)
valosapeleinamme (essive plural)
valosapeliksemme (singular translative)
valosapeleiksemme (plural translative)
valosapelittamme (abessive singular)
valosapeleittamme (abessive plural)
valosapeleinemme (comitative plural)
valosapelinne (nominative singular)
valosapelinne (nominative plural)
valosapelinne (accusative nominative singular)
valosapelinne (accusative nominative plural)
valosapelinne (accusative genitive singular)
valosapelinne (accusative genitive plural)
valosapelinne (genitive singular)
valosapelienne (genitive plural)
valosapeleidenne (genitive plural)
valosapeleittenne (genitive plural)
valosapelianne (partitive singular)
valosapeleitanne (partitive plural)
valosapelejanne (partitive plural)
valosapelissanne (inessive singular)
valosapeleissanne (inessive plural)
valosapelistanne (elative singular)
valosapeleistanne (elative plural)
valosapeliinne (illative singular)
valosapeleihinne (illative plural)
valosapelillanne (adessive singular)
valosapeleillanne (adessive plural)
valosapeliltanne (ablative singular)
valosapeleiltanne (ablative plural)
valosapelillenne (allative singular)
valosapeleillenne (allative plural)
valosapelinanne (essive singular)
valosapeleinanne (essive plural)
valosapeliksenne (singular translative)
valosapeleiksenne (plural translative)
valosapelittanne (abessive singular)
valosapeleittanne (abessive plural)
valosapeleinenne (comitative plural)
valosapelinsa (nominative singular)
valosapelinsa (nominative plural)
valosapelinsa (accusative nominative singular)
valosapelinsa (accusative nominative plural)
valosapelinsa (accusative genitive singular)
valosapelinsa (accusative genitive plural)
valosapelinsa (genitive singular)
valosapeliensa (genitive plural)
valosapeleidensa (genitive plural)
valosapeleittensa (genitive plural)
valosapeliaan (partitive singular)
valosapeliansa (partitive singular)
valosapeleitaan (partitive plural)
valosapelejaan (partitive plural)
valosapeleitansa (partitive plural)
valosapelejansa (partitive plural)
valosapelissaan (inessive singular)
valosapelissansa (inessive singular)
valosapeleissaan (inessive plural)
valosapeleissansa (inessive plural)
valosapelistaan (elative singular)
valosapelistansa (elative singular)
valosapeleistaan (elative plural)
valosapeleistansa (elative plural)
valosapeliinsa (illative singular)
valosapeleihinsa (illative plural)
valosapelillaan (adessive singular)
valosapelillansa (adessive singular)
valosapeleillaan (adessive plural)
valosapeleillansa (adessive plural)
valosapeliltaan (ablative singular)
valosapeliltansa (ablative singular)
valosapeleiltaan (ablative plural)
valosapeleiltansa (ablative plural)
valosapelilleen (allative singular)
valosapelillensa (allative singular)
valosapeleilleen (allative plural)
valosapeleillensa (allative plural)
valosapelinaan (essive singular)
valosapelinansa (essive singular)
valosapeleinaan (essive plural)
valosapeleinansa (essive plural)
valosapelikseen (singular translative)
valosapeliksensa (singular translative)
valosapeleikseen (plural translative)
valosapeleiksensa (plural translative)
valosapelittaan (abessive singular)
valosapelittansa (abessive singular)
valosapeleittaan (abessive plural)
valosapeleittansa (abessive plural)
valosapeleineen (comitative plural)
valosapeleinensa (comitative plural)

[ˈʋɑ̝lo̞ˌs̠ɑ̝pe̞li]

Calque of English lightsaber (“fictional weapon in the Star Wars movies”); valo (“light”) + sapeli (“saber”).


dominionism

A tendency among some conservative Christians, especially in the USA, to seek influence or control over secular civil government through political action.


kongresman

pl-noun

kongresman m pers (female equivalent kongresmanka)

kongresmanka (feminine)
kongresman (nominative singular)
kongresmani (nominative plural)
kongresmany (derogatory nominative plural)
kongresmana (genitive singular)
kongresmanów (genitive plural)
kongresmanowi (dative singular)
kongresmanom (dative plural)
kongresmana (accusative singular)
kongresmanów (accusative plural)
kongresmanem (instrumental singular)
kongresmanami (instrumental plural)
kongresmanie (locative singular)
kongresmanach (locative plural)
kongresmanie (singular vocative)
kongresmani (plural vocative)

(government, US politics) congressman (member of the House of Representatives)


Democratic Party

(US politics) A left-wing liberal political party in the United States.


Lono

(Hawaiian mythology) one of the four major gods; the god of agriculture, nature and fertility


Laka

(Hawaiian mythology) a goddess of the hula

(Hawaiian mythology) a god of canoe makers, and a legendary hero


Kāne

(Hawaiian mythology) one of the four major gods; the god of creation


Hina

(Hawaiian mythology) any of a number of goddesses and legendary women, including a moon goddess


Keawe

ke (“the”) + awe (“strand, twisted string”), symbolic of lineage; shortened from epithets and compound given names beginning with Keawe-.

(Hawaiian mythology) any of a number of ancient chiefs of the island of Hawaii


Kanaloa

(Hawaiian mythology) one of the four major gods; god of kawa and the sea


Kū

(Hawaiian mythology) one of the four major gods; the god of war


Kawelo

(Hawaiian mythology) a hero of Kauai who defeated a chief who had mistreated Kawelo's parents


Kahaʻi

(Hawaiian mythology) a navigator who sailed between Tahiti, Samoa and Hawaii


Pele

When Hi‘iaka, Lohi‘au, and her companion began their return trip, the forty days allowed by Pele had passed. Most of Hi‘iaka’s chants during the homeward journey have a recurrent refrain of sorrow, for by now she had a vision of Pele’s treachery.

1989, Rita Knipe, The Water of Life: A Jungian Journey through Hawaiian Myth, University of Hawaii Press, page 146:

1989, Hi‘iaka, entry in Robert D. Craig, Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 60,
Once there, Hi‘iaka learned that Lohi‘au had died out of grief for the woman (Pele) who had danced before him. Hi‘iaka was able to restore his spirit and life. Now they had [to] face the return voyage, and already the forty days had passed.

Some versions of the Pele myth say that Pele was always fighting with her sister. To separate them, their father exiled Pele to Hawaii.

2012, Jim Ollhoff, South Pacific Mythology, ABDO Publishing Company, page 28:

Later the island was visited by Christian missionaries, and a number of Hawaiians converted to Christianity. Nevertheless, Pele was not forgotten, nor was worship of Pele discontinued. Pele remained a powerful goddess in the eyes of native Hawaiians because of her ongoing unpredictable eruptions that both created and destroyed. Even in modern times, Pele is a feature of Hawaii.

2021, David Seal, Sharon K. Smith, World Mythology, Wipf and Stock, page 190:

(Hawaiian mythology) The Hawaiian goddess of fire and volcanos.


Pele

Translingual: Pelea, Pele


Hiʻiaka

2015 [2008 M. E. Sharpe], Josepha Sherman, Storytelling: An Encyclopedia of Mythology and Folklore, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), unnumbered page,
Hi‘iaka and Pele had several sisters, all of whom shared the name Hi‘iaka followed by a different description. The other sisters always used their full names unless grouped together, as in "the Hi‘iaka sisters." Only Hi‘iaka-i-kapoli-’o-Pele individually shortened her name to Hi‘iaka.

(Hawaiian mythology) Any of the twelve sisters of the volcano goddess Pele, especially the youngest, whom Pele was given to raise.


Hiʻiaka

→ English: Hiʻiaka

hiʻi (“hold, carry”) + aka (“essence, embryo”)

af

(Hawaiian mythology) any of the twelve sisters of the volcano goddess Pele, especially the youngest and favorite one


Simps

2000, TomServo, “Twin Peaks spoof in Simps!”, in alt.tv.simpsons (Usenet):

(fandom slang) The television program The Simpsons.


ʻAlohilani

From ʻalohi (“shine”) + lani (“sky”), literally “heavenly brightness”.

(Hawaiian mythology) a mythical heavenly land


Keʻalohilani

ke (“the”) + ʻalohi (“shine”) + lani (“sky”), literally “the heavenly brightness”.


Kahalaomāpuana

ka (“the”) + hala (“pandanus”) + o (“of”) + māpuana (“wafted fragrance”)

(Hawaiian mythology) a minor goddess, the fifth Maile sister


Piʻilani

piʻi (“to ascend”) + lani (“sky”), literally “ascent to heaven”.

(Hawaiian mythology) an ancient chief of Maui


Piʻikea

piʻi (“to ascend”) + ke (“the”) + ea (“life”), literally “the life ascends”.

(Hawaiian mythology) an ancient chiefess of Maui


DAO

Dragon Age: Origins
w:Dragon Age: Origins

(fandom slang) Initialism of Dragon Age: Origins.


Bushist

A supporter of George W. Bush, or advocate of his policies.


Luʻukia

(Hawaiian mythology) a legendary chiefess, sister of Kāwelu, daughter or wife of ʻOlopana


Kāwelu

(Hawaiian mythology) a woman who committed suicide and was brought back from the underworld by her husband


Kaʻena

ka (“the”) + ʻena (“heat”). Also a short form of compound names beginning thus.

(Hawaiian mythology) a name ascribed to a brother of Pele


Nāmaka

nā (“the”, plural) + maka (“eyes”), shortened from Nāmaka-o-Kahaʻi (“the eyes of Kahaʻi”).

(Hawaiian mythology) a goddess, an antagonist of Pele


Poliʻahu

poli (“bosom”) + ʻahu (“garment”), literally “clothed bosom”, as the snow cloak of Mauna Kea.

(Hawaiian mythology) a snow goddess of Mauna Kea


Kūaliʻi

Kū, the war god + aliʻi (“chief”) = "royal Kū".


Comecon

w:Council for Mutual Economic Assistance

(historical) Abbreviation of Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, a multinational economic organization that existed in the Eastern Bloc from 1949 to 1991.


Kauhi

(Hawaiian mythology) a demigod chained to a cliff by the goddess Pele


Kila

kila (“high, strong”). Also the spoken form of biblical Sila (“Silas”).

(Hawaiian mythology) one of the migrants who sailed from Tahiti to Hawaii; son of Moʻikeha


may the Force be with you

From the Star Wars film franchise, in which "the Force" is an omnipresent energy that can influence events and may be harnessed by gifted individuals.

What thoughts are you sending into the universe? Are they seeking the results you want, or are they attracting the things you don’t? The mental sharks will be drawn to you as surely as the results you desire. To be certain, be aware of the messages you are sending, and may the Force be with you, whatever you conceive it to be!

2007, Layton Park, Get Out of Your Way: Unlocking the Power of Your Mind to Get What You Want, 1st edition, Woodbury, Minnesota: Llewellyn Publications, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 87:

(idiomatic) Used to wish someone luck with a difficult endeavor.


Māui

(Hawaiian mythology) a trickster god who pushed up the sky and fished up the Hawaiian islands


esquilax

Coined in a 1995 episode of the animated TV show The Simpsons named "Lisa's Wedding", in which a Renaissance fair sideshow falsely promotes a normal rabbit as "a horse with the head of a rabbit and the body of a rabbit".
Possibly inspired by fanciful names for creatures from Medieval Latin (e.g. basilisk, cockatrice).

Yeah, well I get to run the Circus Sideshow, and the esquilaxes.

1997, Powdered TOAST Man, “TAN: The Weasel Strikes Back”, in aus.tv.x-files (Usenet):

In fact, I am also "really weakly omnipotent," because it is logically impossible for me to fly unaided, or transform myself into an esquilax, because I am a being who cannot do those things. But I can do anything which it is logically possible for me to do.

1999, Cabrutus, “is lack of evidence a reason to lack belief?”, in alt.atheism (Usenet):

I wasn't thinking of gray elephants in Denmark, I was thinking of white esquilaxes in the Domincan ^([sic]) Republic.

2001, Anonymous Weirdo, “Have a rest”, in sk.forsale (Usenet):

Could be worse... couldve ^([sic]) been an Esquilax.

2008, Jeßus, “Found some Hydrox”, in rec.food.cooking (Usenet):


birther

From birth + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (“supporter”).

I confess I do have some sympathy for the "birthers," though. As an outsider, it's hard to distinguish between the zany arguments that get official approval by the conservative establishment --- things like Bill Ayers, Michelle Obama's infamous "whitey" tape, the claim that Obama is a closet Marxist --- and those arguments that are considered beyond the pale.

2008 December 8, Jay Bookman, “Shut up about the birth certificate”, in Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

Senator Dick Durbin has suggested that the birthers and the health care protesters are one and the same; we don’t know how many of the protesters are birthers, but it wouldn’t be surprising if it’s a substantial fraction.

2009 August 7, Paul Krugman, “The Town Hall Mob”, in New York Times:

Earlier this month, columnist and birther Frank Gaffney, Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., the ranking Republican on the Intelligence Committee, and others held a news conference on Capitol Hill to release a report on Muslim religious law entitled "Shariah: The Threat to America."

2010 September 29, Mark Benjamin, “What Islamophobia really threatens”, in Salon:

(slang, derogatory, US politics) A believer in the conspiracy theory that Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States (2009–2017), is not a natural-born US citizen, and was therefore ineligible for the presidency under the United States Constitution (Article II, Section 1).

«рожде́нец»

(slang, derogatory, US politics) A believer in the conspiracy theory that Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States (2009-2017), was not born in that country, and therefore ineligible for presidency due to national law

[see title]

2020 August 13, Franco Ordoñez, “Trump and His Campaign Amplify Birther Conspiracy Against Kamala Harris”, in NPR:

On Thursday, he started floating a new birther lie about Sen. Kamala Harris, who, if elected, would be the first Black and Asian American vice president.

2020 August 13, Daniel Dale, Holmes Lybrand, Tara Subramaniam, CNN:

(slang, derogatory, US politics) More generally, anyone who questions the eligibility of a candidate for office based on their citizenship status.


birther

en-verb

birther (third-person singular simple present birthers, present participle birthering, simple past and past participle birthered)

birthers (present singular third-person)
birthering (participle present)
birthered (participle past)
birthered (past)

2020, Andrew Solender, “'He Wasn't Born Here': Trump Birthers Biden Near Scranton Ahead Of DNC Acceptance Speech”, in Forbes:

(slang, derogatory, US politics) To question the eligibility of a candidate for office or the location of one's birth.


Flash

(DC Comics) Any of various DC Comics superheroes who have the power of superspeed, derived from an energy called the Speed Force.


Kamapuaʻa

Compound of kama (“man”) + puaʻa (“pig”), literally “pig man”

com+

(Hawaiian mythology) a lecherous demigod with pig and human form


Warsaw Pact

The Warsaw Pact formalized Moscow's dominance in Europe's east.

(historical) A pact (long-term alliance treaty) signed on May 14, 1955 in Warsaw by the Soviet Union and its Communist military allies in Europe.


kongresmen

pl-noun

kongresmen m pers (female equivalent kongresmenka)

kongresmenka (feminine)
kongresmen (nominative singular)
kongresmeni (nominative plural)
kongresmeny (derogatory nominative plural)
kongresmena (genitive singular)
kongresmenów (genitive plural)
kongresmenowi (dative singular)
kongresmenom (dative plural)
kongresmena (accusative singular)
kongresmenów (accusative plural)
kongresmenem (instrumental singular)
kongresmenami (instrumental plural)
kongresmenie (locative singular)
kongresmenach (locative plural)
kongresmenie (singular vocative)
kongresmeni (plural vocative)

(government, US politics) Alternative spelling of kongresman


act of Congress

en-noun

act of Congress (plural acts of Congress)

From the literal sense of act (“legislation”) enacted by US Congress.

(literally, US politics) A statute enacted by the United States Congress.


political machine

political machine (plural political machines)

They had no authority beyond that; for the inspection of meat to be sold in the city and state the whole force in Packingtown consisted of three henchmen of the local political machine!

1905, Upton Sinclair, The Jungle, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 26 February 1906, →OCLC:

You have my word for it, sir. And the reason for it is that this hideous traffic is one of the main cogs in our political machine. The pimps and the panders, the cadets and maquereaux… they vote the ticket of the organization; they contribute to the campaign funds; they serve as colonizers and repeaters at the polls.

After all the discussion of the Kerner commission's report on urban problems, I've yet to hear a word concerning the consistency with which the ghetto population votes for the political machine that has abused it for so many years.

1968 March 30, Joseph A. Shea, “Letters to the Editor: Ghetto Vote for Political Machine”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

But the data was not forthcoming. It was hidden, which ended up serving the interests of the lobby group that dumped more than $2m into Cuomo’s political machine. That machine is now being deployed to vilify Kim, Biaggi and other Democrats who dare to demand answers about their constituents who were killed by Covid.

2021 February 18, David Sirota, “Cuomo-gate: a Nixonian scandal is engulfing New York”, in The Guardian, retrieved 2021-12-14:

(US politics, chiefly historical) A local political organization or individual politician that controls a large number of personal votes and can therefore exert political influence, and is therefore often viewed as scandalous.


Gorbachev

Transliteration of Russian Горбачёв (Gorbačóv), usually written Горбаче́в (Gorbačév) (see note about Russian letter ё (jo)), from горба́ч (gorbáč, “hunchback”).

transliteration

Mikhail Gorbachev was the last General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Горбачёв Горбачёв#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian surname Горбачёв (Gorbačóv).


antibusing

en-adj

antibusing (comparative more antibusing, superlative most antibusing)

more antibusing (comparative)
most antibusing (superlative)

In years following, local schools were shaken by angry antibusing protests.

1990 April 6, Ben Joravsky, “The next hot neighborhood is . . . the southwest side?”, in Chicago Reader:

(US politics) Opposing the use of busing to achieve racial integration in schools.


Blue Dog

Various, including the presence of the "Blue Dog" paintings of Louisiana artist George Rodrigue in the offices of Louisiana representatives where early meetings were held.

(US politics) A member of the Blue Dog Coalition, founded in 1994, of conservative and moderate members of the Democratic Party.


Reaganesque

Reaganesque (comparative more Reaganesque, superlative most Reaganesque)

more Reaganesque (comparative)
most Reaganesque (superlative)

The problem with those who denounce Reaganesque Big Tentism is twofold.

2010 February 25, Mark A. Isaacson, “Beck, Party of One”, in The Harvard Crimson:

Reminiscent of Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911–2004), 40th president of the United States (1981–1989) and 33rd governor of California (1967–1975), or his policies.


elektor

pl-noun

elektor m pers (related adjective elektorski)

elektorski (adjective)
elektor (nominative singular)
elektorzy (nominative plural)
elektory (derogatory nominative plural)
elektora (genitive singular)
elektorów (genitive plural)
elektorowi (dative singular)
elektorom (dative plural)
elektora (accusative singular)
elektorów (accusative plural)
elektorem (instrumental singular)
elektorami (instrumental plural)
elektorze (locative singular)
elektorach (locative plural)
elektorze (singular vocative)
elektorzy (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Latin ēlēctor. First attested in 1564.

ref

Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “elektor”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

(politics) elector (member of an electoral college)

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


Closetgate

From closet + -gate; from the name of the South Park television episode "Trapped in the Closet" (referring to the figurative "closet" that homosexuals who have not disclosed their sexual orientation are said to be in).

Closetgate is heating up! Paramount has joined Tom Cruise's public relations rep in denying reports that the movie star strong-armed the studio into spiking a "South Park" episode that ridicules him and Scientology.

2006 March 18, Scott Collins, “Clamor outside `South Park' closet”, in Los Angeles Times:

The Los Angeles Times dubbed the flap Closetgate. "For Stone and Parker, Closetgate will be the gift that keeps on giving," it said.

2006 March 19, David Usborne, “South Park declares war on Tom Cruise”, in The Independent:

Viacom says it's dropping actor Tom Cruise for his strange behaviour. You fans will remember the South Park 'Closetgate' episode and 'couch incident' on the popular talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show of May 23, 2005.

2006 August 23, Anu Anand, “Congo, Iran & Tom Cruise”, in BBC World Service:

Dubbed Closetgate, Comedy Central, a network owned by Viacom, pulled a rerun of this Emmy-nominated episode, supposedly under pressure from Tom Cruise, who threatened to bail out of promoting his upcoming film "Mission: Impossible III," which was being released by Paramount, a division of Viacom.

2009, David Lake, “The 10 Most Controversial 'South Park' Episodes”, in MSN TV, archived from the original on 2009-04-06:

Matt Stone and Trey Parker – the show’s fearless creators – were not afraid to call out Cruise on his power play – being dubbed “Closetgate” by The L.A. Times – even taking out ads, proclaiming tongue-in-cheek that they themselves were "servants of Xenu" and that the "million-year war for Earth" had only just begun, presumably now that their show had been screwed with backdoor deals.

2009, “Tom Cruise - Biography”, in Turner Classic Movies:

Loony toon ... Controversy erupted in March over a South Park episode that made light of Tom's religion, Scientology. The LA Times dubbed it "Closetgate" as Comedy Central pulled the episode at the last minute.

2009, “Off-screen antics cost Cruise”, in Herald-Sun:

A scandal following the airing of the South Park television episode "Trapped in the Closet", which was a satirical parody of Scientology and Scientologist actor Tom Cruise.


M/S

Initialism from the names Mulder and Scully.

I am a M/S 'Shipper from my brown roots to my red toenails, but PMP was in NO WAY "Shippey."

1997 December 2, Gertie "the Bimbo" Beth, “PMP Fantasy (see the ep for what it really is...)”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

Does this mean that I'm going to be getting spoiled on M/S fic from you as well now? :-D

1998 June 22, StarGzrCMC, “Re: NEW: Heaven Is Here (movie fic) 01/01”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

Ok, being a M/S shipper is kinda hard now without Mulder around.

2001 December 8, Jewlz!, “Re: XF Controversies”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Fox Mulder and Dana Scully from the television series The X-Files.


galaxywide

From galaxy + -wide. Coined by American science fiction author Isaac Asimov in 1940 in the form "galaxy-wide".

coin

I immediately assigned an all-out search, Galaxywide.

1949 January, Henry Kuttner, “Time Axis”, in Startling Stories, volume 18, number 3, page 50:

Critics on both sides of what rapidly became a Galaxywide controversy were forced, however, to acknowledge the magnificent playing of the Student Orchestra and its great technical attainments.

1959 June, Larry M. Harris, “Extracts from the Galactick Almanack”, in Galaxy, volume 17, number 5, page 136:

Protoculture supply was dwindling, the galaxywide war running down like clockwork as both sides' resources and infrastructures declined.

1989, Jack McKinney, The End of the Circle, →ISBN, page 203:


Teabagistan

(US politics, slang) An idealized, rural, conservative version of America, as recalled by Tea Party members.


paleoconservative

From paleo- + conservative, by analogy with neoconservative.

Coordinate term: neoconservative

In fact, the neoconservative Moynihan running in New York against the paleoconservative James Buckley was able to position himself as the proper heir to a New Deal liberal tradition that Moynihan had been vigorously criticizing for almost a decade.

1979 February 13, “The Neocons”, in Esquire:

If they are fraying now, it is at least in part due to the prevalence of demagogues who wish to claim that there is only one path to virtuous American-ness: paleoconservatives like Jesse Helms and Pat Robertson who think this country has one single ethic, […].

1992, Robert Hughes, “The Fraying of America”, in Time, archived from the original on 2010-01-03:

As noted earlier, immigration was the issue that sent the open border Right on a search-and-destroy mission against paleoconservatives.

1999, Joseph Scotchie, The Paleoconservatives, page 11:

(US politics) A political conservative who espouses paleoconservatism, opposing mass immigration, embracing states' rights and supporting cultural conservatism and social structures perceived to be traditional.


paleoconservative

en-adj

paleoconservative (comparative more paleoconservative, superlative most paleoconservative)

more paleoconservative (comparative)
most paleoconservative (superlative)

The first of Bannon's ten documentary film pamphlets, In the Face of Evil (2014), still followed a rather classic neoconservative narrative, albeit with a paleoconservative touch.

2019, Jonas Staal, Propaganda Art in the 21st Century, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 101:

In 2013, for instance, Pat Buchanan, a leading voice on the “paleoconservative” traditionalist right, described Putin as “one of us,” an ally in what he saw as the defining struggle of our era,[…]

2022 March 4, Thomas Zimmer, “America’s culture war is spilling into actual war-war”, in The Guardian:

(US politics) Holding views associated with paleoconservatism.

paleokonservativ

holding the views associated with paleoconservatism


eat my shorts

/ˈiːt maɪ ˈʃɔːɹts/

Popularized by the TV series The Simpsons (1989), where it is a catchphrase of Bart Simpson.

Notre Dame boys greeted one another with "Eat It" to be answered by "Eat It Raw" or "Eat a Big One" or "Eat My Shorts," sometimes "Eat My Crusty Shorts."

[1977, James P. Leary, The Boys from the Dome […] , page 69:

Mickey: You could be the biggest fairy of them all!
Meat: Eat my shorts!

1983, Roger Swaybill, Alan Ormsby, Bob Clark, Porky's II: The Next Day (motion picture):

Richard Vernon: You're not fooling anyone, Bender. The next screw that falls out will be you.
 John Bender: Eat my shorts.
Richard Vernon: What was that?
John Bender: Eat... My... Shorts.

1985, John Hughes, The Breakfast Club (motion picture):

Her eyes are telling me, "Eat my shorts, you precocious little fart." I definitely haven't made a friend.

1988, Greg Matthews, The Gold Flake Hydrant, page 232:

For instance, Bart often expresses his irreverence toward authority on "The Simpsons" by exclaiming "Eat my shorts."

[1996, Douglas Rushkoff, Media Virus! […] , page 186:

(idiomatic, chiefly US, vulgar) An irreverent rebuke or dismissal.


奧巴馬

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ pä⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ou̯³³ paː⁵⁵ maː¹³/

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ pä⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ou̯³³ paː⁵⁵ maː¹³/

From English Obama, from Luo obam (“to lean or bend”).

The historic election of the US’s first black president, Barack Obama, marked an epoch in the history of American democracy.

2008: 周琪 (Zhou Qi), 【美国大选观察】奥巴马为什么大胜？ ([Observations on the American Elections] Why did Obama have a great victory?)

Měiguó zhōngyú chǎnshēng le lìshǐ shàng dì yī wèi hēirén zǒngtǒng Bālākè Àobāmǎ, zhè duìyú měiguó de mínzhǔ zhèngzhì jùyǒu huàshídài de yìyì.

美國終於產生了歷史上第一位黑人總統巴拉克·奧巴馬，這對於美國的民主政治具有劃時代的意義。

美国终于产生了历史上第一位黑人总统巴拉克·奥巴马，这对于美国的民主政治具有划时代的意义。

(Mainland China, Hong Kong) A transliteration of the English surname Obama


MSR

Mars Sample Return mission
w:Mars sample return mission

(space science, US, NASA) Initialism of Mars Sample Return mission.

Although I regard this as a romantic piece, it's not an MSR in the usual sense--our heroes don't ride off into the sunset locked in each other's arms.

1997 April 12, Loch Ness [username], “Letters of Transit (0/14) By Loch Ness”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

I'm writing an MSR (big surprise there) and I have a scene where M&S do a nice, sensuous slow dance.

2000 March 5, Tim Scott, “Research assistance request”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

In the last couple of years, it seems like the vast majority of stories posted are MSRs. You rarely see a slash story posted here anymore.

2001 August 4, Circe, “Re: xfc: XFC content changes”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

(countable, X-Files fandom slang) Mulder/Scully romance; a fanfic involving a romantic relationship between the characters Fox Mulder and Dana Scully of the The X-Files.

I am a shipper, and yes, I prefer to read MSR.

2000 May 8, C. E. McLarney, “Re: NEW: "Remotely Controlled" (1/1) by Marguerite”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

Although I read MSR occasionally (and at one time did exclusively) the minute I discovered slash I was hooked.

2003 April 14, pjay [username], “slash”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

Made me want to read MSR again, and I thought I'd finally kicked that habit.

2006 June 12, jzjenn [username], “Paula Graves News”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

(uncountable, fandom slang) Such fan fiction collectively.


Moral Majority

Coined by conservative activist Paul Weyrich in 1979 and later popularized by televangelist Jerry Falwell.

(US politics) A faction of the US Republican Party whose policies include conservatism on social and personal matters, infusing religion into the American political process.


Goldwater Republican

en-noun

Goldwater Republican (plural Goldwater Republicans)

Dating from 1964 in the United States, the year Barry Goldwater tried unsuccessfully for the office of president.

For months he insisted that he did not want the nomination, would not seek it, and would only reluctantly accept a genuine draft. Despite Scranton's repeated statements, it was behind him that anti-Goldwater Republican leaders late last week tried to rally—and Scranton showed signs of acquiescence.

1964 July 12, “Republicans: The Man on the Bandwagon”, in Time:

"A lot of people who think of themselves as Goldwater Republicans do not know what it really means to be a Goldwater Republican," said Tom Paniccia, a former Air Force sergeant who was discharged from the military last year after he had proclaimed his homosexuality. "He has always had a near libertarian stance on keeping government out of people's lives."

1994 March 24, Timothy Egan, quoting Tom Paniccia, “Goldwater Defending Clinton; Conservatives Feeling Faint”, in The New York Times:

(US politics) A member of the Republican Party whose policies resemble those of Barry Goldwater, including support for the smallest government possible at the federal level, free enterprise, fiscal conservatism, an internationalist, neoconservative, and anti-communist foreign policy, as well as social libertarianism.


t'oh

From English d'oh, from The Simpsons. The voice actor for Homer Simpson in the French version of The Simpsons, Philippe Peythieu, rendered it t'oh.

Homer Simpson
Philippe Peythieu
The Simpsons


Obamunism

Both are interesting choices as poster children for corporate American promoters of Obamunism.

2010, Chris Horner, Power Grab: How Obama's Green Policies Will Steal Your Freedom and Bankrupt America, page 142:

More recently, Patrick Michaels, a longtime critic of climate science and policy scholar at the Cato Institute, criticized plans for a cap and trade system to control greenhouse gases as “Obamunism.”

2010, Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway, Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming, page 253:

It's amusing to listen to the moonbats continue to blame Bush for everything wrong now in the second term of Obamunism.

2013, Jay Kennedy, "Bush admin. had nothing to do with 'fast & furious', look it up" (letter to the editor), The Laconia Daily Star (Laconia, NH), 14 May 2013, page 5

(neologism, derogatory) The economic or political policies of the Obama administration, viewed as socialism, communism, or government overreach.


ObamaCare

/oʊˈbɑ məˌkɛəɹ/

Blend of Obama (“Barack Obama”) + healthcare or Medicare and perhaps influenced by earlier HillaryCare.

blend

For some reason, Obama's senior economist, Austan Goolsbee, chooses not to believe this about Obamacare, possibly because he figures the private-but-regulated health-care plans in Obama's National Health Insurance Exchange would be more generous than Obama's public health-care plan.

2007 July 5, Timothy Noah, “Edwardscare: A Trojan Horse, in Slate Magazine”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):

This is a trick. This is a trick that's going on here. This idea that, that whether it's HillaryCare, or ObamaCare, or EdwardsCare, that idea that it's not socialized medicine is a trick. It's a massive growth in government control of medicine.

2007 September 26, Rudy Giuliani, address to the New Jersey Republican Party (about 12 minutes 30 seconds in)

Those who designed ObamaCare were willing to sacrifice marriage for the sake of seeming to be “progressive and equitable,” even though social science research reveals a clear link between single motherhood and poverty.

2010, Richard McKenzie Neal, We the People: A Christian Nation, page 161:

This book will tell you what is right and wrong with Obamacare and will offer solutions to improve healthcare in our country so that it remains of high quality and sustainable financially in the future for all Americans.

2011, Tony Maglione, Obamacare: A Doctor's Guide to Saving Healthcare:

Of course ObamaCare is socialism. It has been designed along explicitly socialist lines[…]

2011, Kevin Williamson, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Socialism, page 237:

Tonight, for our main story, we’re going to look at Obamacare. Basically, the opposite of this photo which is more “Obama don’t give a fuck”!

2017 March 12, “American Health Care Act”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 4, episode 5, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:

(US, neologism, originally derogatory) Any of various healthcare plans seen as associated with Barack Obama before or during his tenure as U.S. President; especially, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590): a healthcare reform plan that was passed in 2010 and signed into law by him.


snikt

[Wolverine:] It seems you didn't get my meaning, friend.
[Wolverine:] This is still a free country, isn't it?
[sound effect:] SNIKT!

1975 May, Len Wein (writer), Dave Cockrum (illustrator), John Costanza (letterer), “Second Genesis!”, in Giant-Size X-Men, number 1, page 8:

Hasbro kicks off the convention with a snikt!

2009 February 15, Scott Collura, “Toy Fair 09: Wolverine, Iron Man, and Spectacular Spidey”, in IGN:

However, there’s a lot more to this grisly Canuck’s story than just the “snikt” sound effect.

2018 July 25, Peyton Hinckle, “Snikt To The Man: All Of Wolverine’s Abilities, Officially Ranked”, in CBR.com:

(onomatopoeia, fandom slang) The sound of Wolverine's claws emerging.


Obamacrat

(US politics) A Democratic supporter of Barack Obama.


southron

Likely from a Northumbrian alteration of earlier Old English suþern, suþærn. The switch from -ern to -ron is likely due to the influence of Old Norse rann (“place, house, home”) on Old English ærn (“home, place”).
More at southern.

Confederate States of America
Confederate States of America

(US, archaic) Alternative form of Southern: of or related to the American South, particularly (historical) the Confederate States of America.


southron

To the natural impressibility of the southron, the Louisianian adds the enthusiasm of the Frenchman.

1890, T. C. DeLeon, Four Years in Rebel Capitals:

(US, archaic) Alternative form of Southerner: someone from the American South, particularly (US, historical) a Confederate citizen or soldier.


PHB

After the character in Scott Adams' Dilbert comic strip.

I know this. Which is why I use it. However proving it to my PHB is a diffrent ^([sic]) matter :-)

2001, John Imrie, “my variables in foreach loops”, in comp.lang.perl.moderated (Usenet):

[…] identically dressed in blue three-piece suits, hung around accosting visitors with annoyingly impenetrable PHB marketroid jargon […]

2002, Gardner Dozois, Supermen: Tales of the Posthuman Future:

(slang, derogatory) Initialism of pointy-haired boss, an incompetent micromanager.


winged monkeys

Metaphorical reference to the literal winged monkeys that appear as the minions of the Wicked Witch of the West in the 1900 children’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: winged + monkeys.

(plural only, chiefly ironic or humorous) Ominous pawns of evil forces.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Wicked Witch of the West


1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

The street address of the White House in Washington, D.C., the official residence of the President of the United States.

(colloquial, metonymically) The current President and the closest members of his administration.


Spidey-sense

From the superpower of the fictional character Spider-Man (introduced by Marvel Comics in August 1962), nicknamed Spidey, who is able to preternaturally sense danger before it can be perceived by other senses.

Having known the man for most of his life he had a certain Spidey-sense when it came to Tim’s problems.

2003, Matthew F. Winn, chapter 1, in The Sandman, College Station, Tex.: Virtualbookworm.com Publishing, →ISBN, page 5:

Abby, let me ask you this: Is your spidey sense sure Alison was killed by a man? Your other clues were that 'he' was short, wore oversized clothing, and had dark hair. What if Alison was killed by a butch-looking female?

2004 December, Victoria Laurie, Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye (A Psychic Eye Mystery), New York, N.Y.: Signet, New American Library, →ISBN:

But the sports media elite, eating free press box sushi while the rest of us are paying $9.00 for a hot dog, could never understand what set our collective spidey senses tingling.

2005, Dave Zirin, “Stir of Echoes: A New Sporting Resistance?”, in What’s My Name, Fool?: Sports and Resistance in the United States, Chicago, Ill.: Haymarket Books, →ISBN, page 259:

Don't settle for taking the world at face value. Too many people see a logo or a uniform and make bad assumptions. If your Spidey-sense tells you something's wrong, it probably is. If you don't have Spidey-sense, walk loudly and carry a big stick.

2009, “Top Ten Ways to Shut Down Hackers”, in Securing Intellectual Property: Protecting Trade Secrets and Other Information Assets, Burlington, Mass., Oxford, Oxfordshire: Butterworth-Heinemann; Syngress, →ISBN, page 153:

A sense of foreboding, almost like a Spidey-sense, tingled at the back of my neck.

2010, Tate Hallaway [pseudonym; Lyda Morehouse], Honeymoon of the Dead, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books, →ISBN:

As I turn to the right to get to the Registration Desk, my spidey senses are starting to warn me. There's nothing I can see that is cause for immediate concern, but I know I've got to keep paying attention to those spidey senses. I know they've saved me in the past.

2018 March 10, Brad Bagwell, chapter 1, in The Hunter: Southeast Asia, Ishpeming, Mich.: BookVenture Publishing, →ISBN, page 3:

While we are all enticed by the roller-coaster ride that will come with owning a 21-year-old Ronald Acuna, most of our spidey-senses tell us that a safe player in the first round allows us to survive six months of injuries and ineffectiveness from some of our subsequent picks.

2019 February 27, Fred Zinkie, “Ranking the Safest First-round Picks in Fantasy Baseball Drafts”, in Yahoo! Sports, archived from the original on 2019-03-18:

(humorous) An intuitive feeling, usually of something being dangerous or risky; (more generally) instinct, intuition.


Cartman

Eric Cartman, a fictional character from the animated sitcom South Park.


BHO

Barack Hussein Obama
w:Barack Hussein Obama


GWB

On the real, just to show proof, hit the GWB and blow the whole roof off the toll booth, bitch ass nigga!

2003, “Get It on the Floor”, in Kasseem Dean, Earl Simmons (lyrics), Grand Champ, performed by DMX, Ruff Ryders Entertainment:

George Washington Bridge
w:George Washington Bridge

(US, New York, New England, New Jersey) Initialism of George Washington Bridge.


Brezhnev

Borrowed from Russian Бре́жнев (Bréžnev).

Бре́жнев Брежнев#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian surname Бре́жнев (Bréžnev); usually refers to the Russian revolutionary and Soviet Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU(b) Leonid Brezhnev.


droide

[ˈdɾɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi]

[ˈdɾɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi]


teabagger

(neologism, often derogatory) An affiliate of the Tea Party movement, or a supporter of its protests and/or ideology.


Rockefeller Republican

en-noun

Rockefeller Republican (plural Rockefeller Republicans)

Named after the center-left Republican political positions of Nelson Rockefeller.

United States of America
United States of America

(US politics, dated) A moderate or liberal member of the Republican Party of the United States of America, especially one from the northeast of the USA.


Dixiecrat

A Dixiecrat is nothing but a Democrat in disguise.

1964 April 3, Malcolm X, The Ballot or the Bullet:

socially conservative
social conservative

(US politics, dated) A member of the Democratic Party of the United States of America from the southern States, especially one of the former territories of the Confederate States of America, who hold socially conservative viewpoints, and supports racial segregation and white power.

Throughout the controversy, most prominent southern leaders stayed within the Democratic Party. After the election, the Dixiecrat movement evaporated. The South's vocal dissent in 1948, however, forecast the sectional unrest of the following decades, weakened the region's loyalty to the Democratic Party, and prepared the way for future political realignment.

2014, James W. Ely Jr., Bradley G. Bond, The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, UNC Press Books, →ISBN, page 190:

States' Rights Democratic Party
States' Rights Democratic Party

(US politics, historical) A member of the short-lived States' Rights Democratic Party of the United States of America.


War Democrat

(US politics, historical) a member of the Democratic Party of the United States of America who supported the prosecution of Confederates and sympathizers during the American Civil War.


Trumpian

en-adj

Trumpian (comparative more Trumpian, superlative most Trumpian)

more Trumpian (comparative)
most Trumpian (superlative)

Good times … but then, a couple of weeks ago, Daffy was suddenly sputtering at us again. Such a magnificent Trumpian performance, such an unexpected gift, such bliss. The venue, of course, was “Page Six.”

2006 December 14, Kurt Andersen, “Because . . . Trump!”, in New York, volume 39, page 41:

Operating in a command climate of Trumpian instability, the most senior and public White House officials are party to profoundly destabilizing acts.

China is internationally much more accepted as being in the top league and is calling the shots … In Trumpian terms, he’s managed to make China look great again.

2017 October 14, Tom Phillips, quoting Steve Tsang, “Chairman Xi crushes dissent but poor believe he’s making China great”, in The Observer:

The made-up "bible verses" were of course in the form of Trumpian tweets.

2018, David Brody, Scott Lamb, The Faith of Donald J. Trump: A Spiritual Biography, →ISBN:

Beyond that, Schumer’s threat was Trumpian—a judge who displeases me will pay a price. His retraction was equally Trumpian: I didn’t threaten anyone. It would be okay if I had because in Brooklyn we threaten people all the time, but those aren’t threats, and anyway I would never, ever do what I just did.

2020, Garrett Epps, The Atlantic, Chuck Schumer Needs to Watch Himself, 6 March

Both, in true Trumpian fashion, refused to concede.

2022 August 24, Alex Shephard, “Two of the GOP’s Worst Ghouls Lost Their Primaries”, in The New Republic, retrieved 2022-08-24:

And he’s dismayed that Mr. Biden has resorted to what he sees as Trumpian tactics to shut down dissenting voices in his party.

2024 July 10, Cameron Joseph, Story Hinckley, “With no clear path forward, more Democrats affirm support for Biden”, in The Christian Science Monitor:

Resembling or pertaining to the philosophy, rhetoric, and style of Donald Trump, President of the United States from 2017 to 2021.

تِرَمْبِيٌّ

resembling or pertaining to the philosophy, rhetoric, and style of Donald Trump


etelävaltiot

etelävaltiot (nominative plural)
etelävaltiot (accusative nominative plural)
etelävaltiot (accusative genitive plural)
etelävaltioiden (genitive plural)
etelävaltioitten (genitive plural)
etelävaltioita (partitive plural)
etelävaltioissa (inessive plural)
etelävaltioista (elative plural)
etelävaltioihin (illative plural)
etelävaltioilla (adessive plural)
etelävaltioilta (ablative plural)
etelävaltioille (allative plural)
etelävaltioina (essive plural)
etelävaltioiksi (plural translative)
etelävaltioitta (abessive plural)
etelävaltioin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
etelävaltioni (nominative plural)
etelävaltioni (accusative nominative plural)
etelävaltioni (accusative genitive plural)
etelävaltioideni (genitive plural)
etelävaltioitteni (genitive plural)
etelävaltioitani (partitive plural)
etelävaltioissani (inessive plural)
etelävaltioistani (elative plural)
etelävaltioihini (illative plural)
etelävaltioillani (adessive plural)
etelävaltioiltani (ablative plural)
etelävaltioilleni (allative plural)
etelävaltioinani (essive plural)
etelävaltioikseni (plural translative)
etelävaltioittani (abessive plural)
etelävaltioineni (comitative plural)
etelävaltiosi (nominative plural)
etelävaltiosi (accusative nominative plural)
etelävaltiosi (accusative genitive plural)
etelävaltioidesi (genitive plural)
etelävaltioittesi (genitive plural)
etelävaltioitasi (partitive plural)
etelävaltioissasi (inessive plural)
etelävaltioistasi (elative plural)
etelävaltioihisi (illative plural)
etelävaltioillasi (adessive plural)
etelävaltioiltasi (ablative plural)
etelävaltioillesi (allative plural)
etelävaltioinasi (essive plural)
etelävaltioiksesi (plural translative)
etelävaltioittasi (abessive plural)
etelävaltioinesi (comitative plural)
etelävaltiomme (nominative plural)
etelävaltiomme (accusative nominative plural)
etelävaltiomme (accusative genitive plural)
etelävaltioidemme (genitive plural)
etelävaltioittemme (genitive plural)
etelävaltioitamme (partitive plural)
etelävaltioissamme (inessive plural)
etelävaltioistamme (elative plural)
etelävaltioihimme (illative plural)
etelävaltioillamme (adessive plural)
etelävaltioiltamme (ablative plural)
etelävaltioillemme (allative plural)
etelävaltioinamme (essive plural)
etelävaltioiksemme (plural translative)
etelävaltioittamme (abessive plural)
etelävaltioinemme (comitative plural)
etelävaltionne (nominative plural)
etelävaltionne (accusative nominative plural)
etelävaltionne (accusative genitive plural)
etelävaltioidenne (genitive plural)
etelävaltioittenne (genitive plural)
etelävaltioitanne (partitive plural)
etelävaltioissanne (inessive plural)
etelävaltioistanne (elative plural)
etelävaltioihinne (illative plural)
etelävaltioillanne (adessive plural)
etelävaltioiltanne (ablative plural)
etelävaltioillenne (allative plural)
etelävaltioinanne (essive plural)
etelävaltioiksenne (plural translative)
etelävaltioittanne (abessive plural)
etelävaltioinenne (comitative plural)
etelävaltionsa (nominative plural)
etelävaltionsa (accusative nominative plural)
etelävaltionsa (accusative genitive plural)
etelävaltioidensa (genitive plural)
etelävaltioittensa (genitive plural)
etelävaltioitaan (partitive plural)
etelävaltioitansa (partitive plural)
etelävaltioissaan (inessive plural)
etelävaltioissansa (inessive plural)
etelävaltioistaan (elative plural)
etelävaltioistansa (elative plural)
etelävaltioihinsa (illative plural)
etelävaltioillaan (adessive plural)
etelävaltioillansa (adessive plural)
etelävaltioiltaan (ablative plural)
etelävaltioiltansa (ablative plural)
etelävaltioilleen (allative plural)
etelävaltioillensa (allative plural)
etelävaltioinaan (essive plural)
etelävaltioinansa (essive plural)
etelävaltioikseen (plural translative)
etelävaltioiksensa (plural translative)
etelävaltioittaan (abessive plural)
etelävaltioittansa (abessive plural)
etelävaltioineen (comitative plural)
etelävaltioinensa (comitative plural)

[ˈe̞t̪e̞læˌʋɑ̝l̪t̪io̞t̪]

(historical) The Confederate States of America


Disney World

From Walt Disney World, a resort in Florida owned by Disney which is home to a group of theme parks.

[…]a sort of Disney World of American history. All the ticket takers and street sweepers and information givers were dressed in period costumes, the women in big aprons and muffin hats, the men in tricornered caps[…]

1989, Bill Bryson, The lost continent: travels in small-town America, page 110:

Somehow one's acceptance into humanity is dependent on the kind of Disney World assumption that differences are only on the surface.

1994, Kumar Rupesinghe, Marcial Rubio Correa, The culture of violence, page 87:

There is no refuge from reality in teaching, no orderly life in a kind of Disney World of the mind where nothing really dangerous ever happens and a predictable good time is had by all.

2000, James Joseph O'Donnell, Avatars of the word: from papyrus to cyberspace, page 144:

(informal, often derogatory) A place resembling the Disney World theme park, often typified by a corporately-designed saccharine cheerfulness.


Trump

⇒ Translingual: donaldtrumpi

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The surname has two sources.
* English (Devon): an occupational name for a trumpeter, from Middle English trumpe (“trumpet”).
* German (Bavaria): from German Trump, possibly an occupational name for a drummer, from Middle High German trumbe (“drum”), although the alternative forms Trumpf, Drumpf cannot be derived from this (except by postulating them to be hypercorrections)

During their interview, Shahidi asked Clinton about the uncomfortable second presidential debate, during which Trump stalked her around the stage.

2017 December 3, Kayleigh Roberts, “Yara Shahidi Just Asked Hillary Clinton About That Very Uncomfortable Trump Debate”, in Harper's BAZAAR:

Donald Trump (b. 1946), a businessman, television personality and former president of the United States of America (2017-2021).


克林貢

ㄎㄜˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄥˋ

/kʰɤ⁵¹ lin³⁵ kʊŋ⁵¹/

/kʰɤ⁵¹ lin³⁵ kʊŋ⁵¹/


Supes

(colloquial) Superman, the DC Comics character.


juneteenth

en-proper noun

juneteenth (countable and uncountable, plural juneteenths)

Alternative letter-case form of Juneteenth


biobed

(science fiction, chiefly Star Trek) A bed equipped with biofeedback sensors for medical diagnosis.


Spockian

en-adj

Spockian (comparative more Spockian, superlative most Spockian)

more Spockian (comparative)
most Spockian (superlative)

And you can see from the Spockian ears and the raised eyebrows, he had a positive Mephistophelian look.

1989, Howard Aiken, “Early Inventors”, in Robert Slater, editor, Portraits in Silicon, The MIT Press, →ISBN:

She bit into tough, stringy meat that had a pungent, wild taste to it. "Interesting," she commented, attempting a Spockian neutrality.

1997, Alex Matthews, Satan's Silence: The Second Cassidy McCabe Mystery, Intrigue Press, →ISBN, page 135:

Most cognitive psychologists in the mideighties viewed the brain as a computer-like mechanism based on pure logic and rational thought. There was no room for emotions in their Spockian formulation.

2009, Paul Herr, Primal Management: Unraveling the Secrets of Human Nature to Drive High Performance, AMACOM, →ISBN, page 24:

Related to, or characteristic of, the character Spock from Star Trek, especially in being emotionally detached.


Amerithrax

Blend of America + anthrax; the name used for the case by the FBI.

The 2001 anthrax attacks in the United States, in which letters containing anthrax spores were mailed to news media offices and politicians.


ダース

ja-pos

ダース • (Dāsu)

From English Darth, from the Star Wars universe, where it is used as a title for Sith Lords.

ダース・ベイダー


Palinism

en-noun

Palinism (countable and uncountable, plural Palinisms)

Sarah Palin has stepped in with her peculiar style of speaking. There are literally thousands of sites catering to the insatiable appetite for Palinisms.

2008 November 13, “Thus spake Sarah Palin”, in Daily News and Analysis, India, retrieved 2010-08-20:

An entire book could be dedicated to 'Palinisms'—the gaffes made by the Republican vice-presidential candidate.

2008 December 22, Byrony Gordon, “2008 in celebrity train wrecks”, in telegraph.co.uk, retrieved 2010-08-20:

(countable) A statement or turn of phrase used by U.S. public figure Sarah Palin that is unintentionally comical due to malapropisms, dubious coherency, etc.


sacrilicious

en-adj

sacrilicious (comparative more sacrilicious, superlative most sacrilicious)

more sacrilicious (comparative)
most sacrilicious (superlative)

/sækɹəˈlɪʃəs/

Blend of sacrilegious + delicious, coined in a 1994 episode of the animated TV series The Simpsons (see quotation below).

I know I shouldn't eat thee, Lord, but... mmmm, sacrilicious.

1994 March 17, “Homer Loves Flanders”, in The Simpsons, season 5, episode 16, spoken by Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta (voice)):

Not for the modest, at those times, the secluded bar area features several TVs showing porn while you eat and drink. Mmmm, sacrilicious.

2004 October 27, Elizabeth Canning Blackwell, Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Chicago, 5th edition, Hoboken: Wiley, →ISBN, →OL, page 194:

Sellers offered VMGC T-shirts — "I ate the Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese ... It was Sacrilicious!"

2006 April 15, Susanna Paasonen, “"Virgin Mary in Grilled Cheese NOT A HOAX! LOOK & SEE!"”, in Everyday eBay: Culture, Collecting, And Desire, New York: Routledge, →ISBN, →OL, page 201:

Maybe they thought it would be inappropriate — dare I say, sacri-licious — to eat the animal the team is named after.

2007 March 1, Josh Pahigian, The Ultimate Minor League Baseball Road Trip: A Fan's Guide to AAA, AA, A, and Independent League Stadiums, Globe Pequot, →ISBN, →OL, page 44:

(slang, humorous) producing pleasure through the violation of taboos


Haŭmeo

Borrowed from Hawaiian Haumea, from hau (“ruler”) + mea (“reddish brown”).

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


zouave

Borrowed from Arabic زَوَاوِيّ (zawāwiyy).


CSM

company sergeant major
company sergeant major#English

(Commonwealth, military) Initialism of company sergeant major.

By 1968, CSM was in such a powerful position that he gave orders to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, and “worked hard to keep any President from knowing” he even existed.

1997, James Hatfield, George "Doc" Burt, The Unauthorized X-cylopedia: The Definitive Reference Guide to The X-Files, page 57:

Although the CSM has few lines, metaphorically he represents all the secret U.S. operatives of the cold war and after.

2001, Ray Pratt, Projecting Paranoia: Conspiratorial Visions in American Film, page 232:

By the way, I realize the CSM is the show’s resident villain, but the WMM has always struck me as being more sinister.

2002, Tom Kessenich, EXaminations: An Unauthorized Look at Seasons 6-9 of The X-Files, page 11:

Cigarette Smoking Man
w:Cigarette Smoking Man

(X-Files fandom slang) Initialism of Cigarette Smoking Man.


CSM

Cantiga de Santa Maria
w:Cantigas de Santa Maria

(music) Initialism of Cantiga de Santa Maria.


TNG

Star Trek: The Next Generation
w:Star Trek: The Next Generation

(television) Initialism of Star Trek: The Next Generation.


BOTUS

Marlon Bundo is not only the first Botus (Bunny of the United States), but may be the first rabbit to: a) ride in Air Force Two; b) hold an official Instagram account that documents his every bemused lollop across a seemingly endless collection of Persian rugs; and c) have an unofficial Twitter account that reveals a much harder edge.

2018 March 20, Sian Cain, “Vice-president Mike Pence disappears down the rabbit hole”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-09-04:

Bundo had gained fame as the BOTUS (Bunny of the United States), and his Instagram account has more than 32,000 followers.

2022 January 17, Bryan Pietsch, “Marlon Bundo, Pence family rabbit and unlikely gay rights figure, dies”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-01-17:

(US politics, humorous) Initialism of bunny of the United States; a tongue-in-cheek title bestowed on Marlon Bundo, a rabbit belonging to the family of Mike Pence.


klingona

eo-head

klingona (accusative singular klingonan, plural klingonaj, accusative plural klingonajn)

klingonan (accusative singular)
klingonaj (plural)
klingonajn (accusative plural)

LL-Q143 (epo)-Robin van der Vliet-klingona.wav

Ĉiam por morti klingona batalisto estas preparita.

A Klingon warrior is always prepared to die.

of or relating to Klingons, a fictional extraterrestrial warrior race in the Star Trek universe


Gleek

I'm more of a Gleek myself.

2009 September 7, Jason Wuthrich, “Re: OT what new shows are you looking forward to seeing this fall season?”, in alt.tv.american-idol (Usenet):

2010, Evie Parker, 100% Gleek: The Unofficial Guide to Glee:

Well I thought she looked quite cute, so I Googled her. I'm not yet a full on Gleek, honest!

2010 February 3, Fred X, “Re: Glee - the woman from Pushing Daisies”, in uk.media.tv.misc (Usenet):

are there any other Gleeks out here in viPhone land? I saw on my facebook today that there's a Glee app!! $2.99 so I grabbed it. maybe I shouldn't have seeing all the financial stress I'm currently under but I'm a Gleek in a big way!! so I couldn't resist!! I needed to check it out!!!

2010 April 17, "Jessica and Goldina", "anyone try the Glee app?", in "VIPhone" (Google Groups group)

Yep... I'm a "Gleek"! (I'm sure it's partially due to being in band in high school, as we usually did a medley of songs from a musical during each performance.)

2010 April 30, Zoot, “Re: Glee-------”, in alt.x.y (Usenet):

Fair warning: One is the beginning of a musical number that's been on every Gleek's watch-list since Spears tweeted this pic.

2010 September 24, Kate Stanhope, “Do You Mind That Glee Can't Keep a Secret?”, in TVGuide:

And you call yourself a Gleek...

2010 September 27, Don Del Grande, “Re: 09/26/2010 New Episode”, in alt.tv.simpsons (Usenet):

(fandom slang) A fan of the television show Glee.


Question Period

en-noun

Question Period (plural Question Periods)

Two Progressive Conservatives asked Mr Winters during the Commons question period what is being done about Parliament's electric clocks and the library of Parliament.

1955 January 24, “Parliament's Clock, Library Questioned”, in Ottawa Citizen, Canada, retrieved 2010-10-02, page 6:

Opposition members blasted the Tory budget during Question Period on Wednesday, charging that it raises income taxes on the poorest Canadians.

2006 May 3, “‘Neo-Conservative budget’ raises taxes on poor: Liberals”, in CBC.ca, Canada, retrieved 2010-10-02:

(politics, government) In Canadian federal and provincial parliaments, a period of regularly scheduled time in the lower chamber during which members of the official opposition party and other members may direct questions to the prime minister and to cabinet ministers concerning affairs of state.


Romulan

From Romulus + -an. From the Star Trek franchise, in which they are described as being from the planet Romulus, drawing inspiration from the Roman origin story of Romulus and Remus.

"Some sort of Romulan game," Riker said thoughtfully. "Trying to make us guess what they're up to."

1999, Peter Allen David, Double or Nothing:

"He looks like a Romulan." Suddenly, her attention is focused on him and she calls across the street, "Hey, monkey Romulan, sort it out!"

...the law vaporizes like a Romulan warrior into the ions of space.

2001, Michael W McConnell, Robert F Cochran, Angela C Carmella, Christian perspectives on legal thought:

A member of a fictional alien race, described as being cunning and opportunistic.


Romulan

en-adj

Romulan (comparative more Romulan, superlative most Romulan)

more Romulan (comparative)
most Romulan (superlative)

Pertaining to the fictional extraterrestrial race, or its fictional polity, the Romulan Star Empire; from Star Trek.


Romulan

constructed language
constructed language#English

A fictional language and a constructed language. The fictional language of the Romulans, a fictional extraterrestrial race from Star Trek. Created words and phrases from Star Trek have been latterly expanded upon to create a constructed language, that some among the Star Trek fandom attempt to build into a usable language.


Twihard

Getting "Twihards" who love virtuous vampires to buy the soundtrack is easy — but getting Radiohead fans to plunk down cash for a little bit of the "New Moon" universe will be a coup.

2009 October 3, Ann Donahue, “'New Moon' Rising”, in Billboard, page 19:

Beginning at popular Rialto Beach, share this classic coastline with beachcombers, dog walkers (allowed on-leash to Ellen Creek), and scores of Twihards from across the country.

2011, Craig Romano, Backpacking Washington: Overnight and Multiday Routes, The Mountaineers Books, published 2011, →ISBN, page 38:

'Not me, I'm an out and out Twihard, loved the vampires in Twilight – still do, always will – so I know what it's like when people take the mickey. My brothers drew huge fangs and devil tails on all my posters of Robert Pattinson.'

2014, Samantha Tonge, From Paris, With Love, Carina, published 2014, →ISBN:

(fandom slang) An avid fan of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight book series or the related films.


Jaspis

Blend of jasper and lapis (from lapis lazuli).

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Lazuli Jasper and Lapis Lazulifrom the Steven Universe series.


mytharc

Blend of mythology + story arc, used originally and most commonly in reference to The X-Files.

This [Neon Genesis Evangelion] is one show that -really- has me sucked in. And yes, their mytharc has to be the most perfectly constructed thing I've ever seen. :)

1999, Heath Smith, “TAN: Neon Genesis and how to do the mytharc properly”, in aus.tv.x-files (Usenet):

I think this is what you seek to avoid in mytharcs - a plot that drowns out the character-based drama and morality plays that are still Gene's finest legacy.

2000, Allronix, “An open letter to Ms. Roddenberry”, in alt.tv.earth-final-conflict (Usenet):

The mytharc is a continuous story line about the government's involvement in a plot to cover up the presence of extraterrestrials on Earth.

2008, J. P. Telotte, The essential science fiction television reader, page 234:

(fandom slang) The ongoing story arc that underpins all episodes of a television series.


Jediism

A minor modern religion based on the Jedi of the Star Wars series.


Simpsonian

Simpsonian (comparative more Simpsonian, superlative most Simpsonian)

more Simpsonian (comparative)
most Simpsonian (superlative)

Of or relating to George Gaylord Simpson (1902–1984), US paleontologist.

Of or pertaining to The Simpsons, an American animated sitcom.


Homer Simpsonian

Homer Simpsonian (comparative more Homer Simpsonian, superlative most Homer Simpsonian)

more Homer Simpsonian (comparative)
most Homer Simpsonian (superlative)

From Homer Simpson (name of a character in The Simpsons, an animated TV serial) + -ian.

Of or pertaining to the vocalizations or behavior of Homer Simpson.


Mickey Mousing

From Mickey Mouse + -ing, in reference to early Walt Disney films, where the music served to mimic the animated motions of the characters.

(animation) Synchronization of actions on screen with the accompanying music.


Vietnam War

The country’s first black president, and its first president to reach adulthood after the Vietnam War and Watergate, Mr. Obama seemed like a digital-age leader who could at last dislodge the stalemate between those who clung to the government of the Great Society, on the one hand, and those who disdained the very idea of government, on the other.

2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times:

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China

(historical) The war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975 between South Vietnam (backed by the United States and SEATO) and North Vietnam aiding the South Vietnamese communist guerrilla army known as the Vietcong (supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union) for the struggle for total Communist control of Vietnam as one state.


Sarlacc

From the Star Wars film Return of the Jedi (1983).

A fictional multi-tentacled beast known to dissolve its prey slowly, buried in a depression in the desert sands of the planet Tatooine.


minority leader

en-noun

minority leader (plural minority leaders)

Jeffries, 52, will assume the role of minority leader when the new Congress is sworn in early next year, inheriting the position held for nearly two decades by Pelosi, a towering figure in Democratic politics who was the first female speaker.

2022 November 30, Lauren Gambino, “House Democrats elect Hakeem Jeffries as first Black leader in Congress”, in The Guardian:

House of Representatives
House of Representatives

(US politics) In each of the legislative chambers of the United States Congress—the United States Senate and the House of Representatives—the elected member selected by the members of the political party with the second-largest number of elected members, who serves as principal spokesperson for the members of that party in that chamber and who plays a leading role in creating policies and strategies governing his or her party's business in that chamber.


Jedi Knight

A powerful rank of Jedi below that of Jedi Master.


Yoda

The character was introduced in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Perhaps from Sanskrit योद्धा (yoddhā, “warrior”).

A wise old Jedi Master in the Star Wars films.


Jamestown

Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions:

A large number of places in the United States:

A former settlement in the Colony of Virginia, established in 1607 and named after King James I of England.

Colony of Virginia
Colony of Virginia#English

A census-designated place in Tuolumne County, California.

census-designated place
census-designated place

A statutory town in Boulder County, Colorado.

A ghost town in Chattahoochee County, Georgia.

Chattahoochee County
Chattahoochee County#English

A small community of Ware County, Georgia.

A small town in Jackson Township, Boone County and Eel River Township, Hendricks County, Indiana; named after its founder, James Mattock.

w:Jackson Township, Boone County, Indiana

w:Eel River Township, Hendricks County, Indiana

Hendricks County
Hendricks County#English

An unincorporated community in Baugo Township, Elkhart County, Indiana.

w:Baugo Township, Elkhart County, Indiana

An unincorporated community in Jamestown Township, Steuben County, Indiana.

w:Jamestown Township, Steuben County, Indiana

The original name of New Lisbon, Henry County, Indiana.

A community of the city of Dayton, Kentucky.

A small home rule city, the county seat of Russell County, Kentucky.

A village in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.

Bienville Parish
Bienville Parish#English

A city in Chautauqua County, New York; the largest city in the United States with this name; named after early settler James Prendergast.

Chautauqua County
Chautauqua County#English

A town in Guilford County, North Carolina.

A city, the county seat of Stutsman County, North Dakota; the second-largest city in the United States with this name.

An unincorporated community in Rogers County, Oklahoma.

A borough in Mercer County, Pennsylvania.

A town in Newport County, Rhode Island; named after King James II of England.

A tiny town in Berkeley County, South Carolina.

A small city, the county seat of Fentress County, Tennessee.

An unincorporated community in Smith County, Texas.

An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, West Virginia.

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English


phonemark

en-verb

phonemark (third-person singular simple present phonemarks, present participle phonemarking, simple past and past participle phonemarked)

phonemarks (present singular third-person)
phonemarking (participle present)
phonemarked (participle past)
phonemarked (past)

Or worse, without earmarks the members of the spending committees can "phonemark" projects without anyone ever knowing

2008 June 11, “Deseret News candidate questionnaire:”, in Deseret News, Salt Lake City, Utah:

(US politics, transitive) To apply pressure on a government agency to fund a specific project as part of a more general program.


Upper South

The northern part of the South (Southern United States), typically consisting of North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, and eastern Oklahoma, sometimes also inclusive of southern Missouri, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, eastern/southern/western Maryland, and southern Delaware.


ドナルドダック

Donald Duck (one of the Disney characters)


DINO

Modelled after RINO (“Republican in name only”).

Democratic Party
w:Democratic Party (United States)

(US politics, derogatory) Acronym of Democrat in name only. Typically used by liberal members of the U.S. Democratic Party to describe Democrats whose views are conservative or perceived as conservative.


Billary

(US, slang, sometimes derogatory) The political union of Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton.


ΠΒ

Initialism of Πρόεδρος (Próedros) της (tis) Βουλής (Voulís).

(US politics) Speaker of the House of Representatives


SOTU

He intends to use the SOTU message as nothing more that another Hollywood stunt similar to the pep rally he had on the WH lawn after the impeachment vote.

1999 January 14, Al Shurgalla <keyp...@pacific.net.sg>, “Re: Will Congress Applaud At Clinton's State Of Union Address?”, in alt.conspiracy, alt.impeach.clinton, alt.politics.clinton (Usenet), message-ID <14>:

Bush won't be stressing those particular points as he hits the pre-SOTU stump circuit, but the "if it's good enough for 2006 it's good enough for now"

2003 January 10, “Person of the Week: George W. Bush”, in TIME:

Issue of civil discourse will "certainly play a role" in SOTU.

2011 January 13, “Gibbs Briefs”, in TIME:

(US politics) The annual State of the Union address of the President of the United States.


Saci

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese saci, from Old Tupi sa'si.

(folklore) A black, one-legged, prankster youngster in Brazilian folklore, who smokes a pipe and wears a magical red hat that enables him to disappear.


Cuca

An evil old hag in Brazilian folklore, said to attack children who don't go to bed early.


Mickey Mouse Protection Act

the Mickey Mouse Protection Act (canonical)

So called because it served to prevent Disney's Mickey Mouse character from entering the public domain for a further period.

(informal, derogatory) The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act.


Bluto

Fictional character name for the antagonist of Popeye coined in 1932 by cartoonist Elzie Crisler Segar.

He was built like Bluto. "Who the hell are you?" he said.

1986, Lee K. Abbott, Strangers in paradise, page 38:

For whatever reason, it'd taken her a little while to get out of the cab when they first got here, and when Chuck introduced me — she stood a full foot shorter than him, a tiny woman next to this Bluto of a man, a knitted green afghan over her shoulders, a white blouse and blue jeans.

2008, Bret Lott, Ancient Highway: A Novel, page 152:

His pit bull parts thinned out his back end but gave him a Bluto disproportion in his front end.

2010, Susan Wilson, One Good Dog, page 21:

It wasn't the black loudmouth I'd expected but a Bluto of a man almost filling the entire doorway.

2011, Shaun Attwood, chapter 25, in Hard Time: Life with Sheriff Joe Arpaio in America's Toughest Jail:

The customers sometimes called him Bluto. He earned the nickname by his tremendous build and great strength.

2015, Maryann Bouco, chapter 4, in The Last Stand:

A man who is large and muscular in top-heavy proportions, often combined with a comically brutish and aggressive personality.


birtherism

/ˈbɝθɚˌɪz(ə)m/

But Obama's plunge into the fever swamp of birtherism was just the latest detour on what had already been a long, strange trip—with many miles still to go.

2013, John Heilemann, Mark Halperin, Double Down, →ISBN, page 12:

United States of America
United States of America

(slang, often derogatory, US politics) A movement in the United States of America that doubts or denies that the 44th President, Barack Obama, is a natural-born U.S. citizen, thus implying that he is ineligible to be President.

Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories


Speedy Gonzales

After a fast-running animated mouse in Warner Bros. cartoons.

(idiomatic, informal) A fast person; someone who does something very quickly.


Betty Boop

A feminist she is not, and we see her with many a Betty Boop look of horror as her two loutish pals make matchsticks out of every piece of barroom furniture in sight.

1997, David Howard Day, A Treasure Hard to Attain: Images of Archaeology in Popular Film, page 89:

He sits astride a motorcycle and fingers the hem of a bright red dress worn by a pert, blonde, cherry-lipped model. Her mouth is open in a Betty Boop "ooh."

2002, Catherine Orenstein, Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked: Sex, Morality, and the Evolution of a Fairy Tale, page 192:

She had straight black hair with a Betty Boop bob cut and ruby red sweetheart lips.

2005, Stephanie Lehmann, Are You in the Mood?, page 188:

Betty: Shall we? (Her voice has now assumed a Betty Boop pitch.)

2007, James Fitzgerald, The Joys of Smoking Cigarettes, page 22:

Thirty years old when the song came out, Lauper was playacting at being a girl — and the ultimate girl, at that — with her Betty Boop voice and crazy dress-up outfits.

2010, Marisa Meltzer, Girl Power: The Nineties Revolution in Music, page 75:

A fictional female entertainer introduced in 1930s cartoons, characterized by a high-pitched singing and speaking voice, short and curly black hair, and sexually provocative clothing, mannerisms, and facial expressions.


Rin Tin Tin

From the name of a good-luck charm that French children often gave to American soldiers.

A name given to several related fictional German Shepherd dogs, particularly from the 1920s and the 1930s.


Rin-Tin-Tin

Alternative spelling of Rin Tin Tin (“the name given to certain fictional dogs”)


Scooby-Doo

Frank Sinatra
Scooby-Doo
Strangers in the Night

Uncertain. scooby doo appears as a vocable scatted in "The Boppenpoof Song" written in 1954, as the name of a band (The Scooby-Doo All-Stars) in 1956 and the title of a song by the Jerry Lieber Beat Band published by Zephyr Records in 1959 (both of which were signed to Zephyr Records). It is likely that such uses were an influence on the creators of the cartoon but they may also have been partially influenced by Frank Sinatra's "doo-be-doo-be-doo" improvisation in "Strangers in the Night" released in 1963 a few months prior to the first episode of Scooby-Doo being shown (also in 1963).

I knew I had to be very careful when I was crafting the story, so that it wouldn't be a Scooby Doo moment—you know, the one where the villain rips off his mask and tells you why he did it—and that he would have gotten away with it, if not for those pesky kids!

2007, Jodi Picoult, "Reader's Companion" (Washington Square Press) to the author's Plain Truth (Simon and Schuster, 2000) p.414

A mile out of town, off the Combe Martin road, discover a real Scooby Doo experience at Chambercombe Manor. It's shrouded in ghost stories and has starred in TV shows about the paranormal.

2008, Simon Heptinstall, Devon (Crimson Publishing) page 137

It was a Scooby-Doo moment: everybody looks down, everybody looks up. Maddy looks surprised. Pat looks guilty. Oh, those meddlesome kids.

2010, J. Wachowski, In Plain View, Carina Press, page 314:

"I love the Scooby-Doo of it all." And it was fun, combing through old books and papers for recognizable names.

2010, Buzzy Jackson, Shaking the Family Tree: Blue Bloods, Black Sheep, and Other Obsessions of an Accidental Genealogist, Simon and Schuster, page 171:

An American cartoon franchise, named for one of the main characters, a large dog, and featuring as protagonists four "meddling" teenagers who unravel seemingly supernatural mysteries.


Goofy

A Disney character: a slow-witted anthropomorphic dog with a goofy laugh.


Eastern Bloc

Coordinate term: Western Bloc

(geopolitics, historical) The largely Communist countries of the eastern world, usually Eastern Europe and especially in the Cold War era.

اَلْكُتْلَة الشَّرْقِيَّة

the communist countries of the eastern world


Care Bear

Brand name. The characters were introduced in 1981 for use on greeting cards and turned into plush toys in 1983.

The baby or toddler who goes to sleep alone (with a Care Bear, with his favorite blanket, or by sucking his thumb) learns valuable self-quieting behaviors that can be used for many years to come.

1994, Edward R. Christophersen, Pediatric Compliance: A Guide for the Primary Care Physician, page 171:

But the domestic turkey is about as remote from the wild animal as a Care Bear is from a grizzly.

2004, Jerry Sullivan, Hunting for Frogs on Elston, and Other Tales from Field & Street, page 68:

One of my real aspirations of this is I wanna see interstellar wars between Care Bears and Klingons.

2007 March 13, Will Wright, keynote, South by Southwest, Austin

Any of a brand of cheerful bear figures, seen on greeting cards and as stuffed toys.


Brezhnev Doctrine

Named after Soviet Communist Party General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev.

named-after

A policy which stated that the Soviet Union had the right to intervene in places where capitalism threatened communism.


Mickey Mouse glove

en-noun

Mickey Mouse glove (plural Mickey Mouse gloves)

Worn by the animated character Mickey Mouse.

A glove that is white and usually four-fingered.


Mickey Mouse hat

Mickey Mouse hat (plural Mickey Mouse hats)

Mickey Mouse cap
Mickey Mouse cap#English


Mickey Mouse cap

Mickey Mouse cap (plural Mickey Mouse caps)

A black cap with two round appendages that imitate the ears of Mickey Mouse.


Nancy Reagan gaze

Nancy Reagan gaze (plural Nancy Reagan gazes)

From the attentive look Nancy Reagan was noted for fixing on her husband, Ronald Reagan, U.S. President from 1981 to 1989, when he made public appearances.

Pat Nixon held the title for most stoic [Washington] wife until Maureen Dean gave an Oscar-winning performance during her husband's Watergate testimony, sitting primly behind him, blond hair pulled back, holding the Nancy Reagan gaze before there was a Nancy Reagan gaze.

1989, Margaret Carlson, "I'M Nobody, Who Are You?", Time, May 8, 1989, ISSN 0040-781X

Peter Chernin, the head Fox TV programmer, … will titularly replace Roth and serve as Murdoch's malleable functionary. He looks at his boss with a sort of adoring Nancy Reagan gaze.

1992, Laureen Hobbs, "The Industry & The Webs", Spy, December 1992/January 1993 p. 18 ISSN 0890-1759

Joan’s attention appeared to be wandering from her leader. Instead of fixing him with the requisite Nancy Reagan gaze, she kept sneaking glances out the window.

2011 February 12, Miriam Lord, “Hard to keep up the Nancy Reagan gaze when a rugby hero undresses”, in The Irish Times:

A transfixed look upon a person taken as showing absolute devotion or affection.


Xenaverse

Many wonderful people and events have come into our lives from being part of the Xenaverse.

2002, Jo Marriott, Carly Bramwell, “Maid Marion, Meet Xena”, in Nikki Stafford, editor, How Xena Changed Our Lives: True Stories by Fans for Fans, page 72:

The task of mapping the online Xenaverse is, of course, an impossible one. The Xenaverse is too expansive, too unstructured, too fluid and fast moving to be charted; […]

2003, Sara Gwellian-Jones, “Histories, Fictions and Xena: Warrior Princess”, in Will Brooker, Deborah Jermyn, editors, The Audience Studies Reader, page 188:

For instance, when I lived in Italy a couple of years ago, I stumbled across the Italian Xenaverse.

2005, Anik LaChev, "Fan Fiction: A Genre And Its (Final?) Frontiers", Spectator, Volume 25, Number 1, Spring 2005, page 91

(fandom slang) The fandom of Xena: Warrior Princess.


Dipper

But the Dippers should hold their applause, since their party doesn't have the grassroots organization or the roster of good candidates it needs to capitalize on their leader's popularity.

2011 April 11, Lysiane Gagnon, “In Quebec, the NDP Is No. 2”, in The Globe and Mail, Toronto, archived from the original on 2011-04-15:

New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party

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

It's either that or watch Dipper hopes of big overall seat gains dashed May 2 in Ontario.

2011 April 27, David Olive, “Historic Shift to NDP Confirmed in New Poll”, in Toronto Star, archived from the original on 2013-06-28:

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


Socred

(Canadian politics) A member of the Social Credit Party.


créditiste

fr-noun

créditiste m or f by sense (plural créditistes)

Ralliement créditiste
Ralliement créditiste

(Canadian politics) a Socred — a member of the Social Credit Party (Ralliement créditiste)

(Canadian politics) a socred — a person who subscribes to social credit (crédit social) political philosophy


Parti conservateur

(Canadian politics) Conservative Party or Conservative party


Nouveau Parti démocratique

(Canadian politics) New Democratic Party


Conservative Party

Progressive Conservative Party
Progressive Conservative Party#English

(Canadian politics) Clipping of Progressive Conservative Party.

Conservative Party of Canada
Conservative Party of Canada#English

(Canadian politics) Clipping of Conservative Party of Canada.


BMP

w:Best management practice for water pollution

(US politics) Initialism of Best Management Practice; management practices to prevent or reduce the pollution of waters in the USA and Canada.


Super Saturday

Coordinate term: Super Tuesday

(US politics) A Saturday on which a large number of U.S. states hold caucuses (elections) for the process of nominating presidential candidates.


ネズミーランド

Blend of ネズミ (nezumi, “mouse; rat”) + ディズニーランド (Dizunīrando, “Disneyland”)

blend

ディズニーランド ディズニーランド#Japanese

(slang) Synonym of ディズニーランド (Dizunīrando, “Disneyland”)


CWT

Central War Time
Central War Time#English

(US, historical) Initialism of Central War Time.


Buffy

A pet form of Elizabeth (cf. Bethy), based on a child's unsuccessful attempts to pronounce the name. Popularized by the Buffy the Vampire Slayer franchise.

A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth.


Johnsonian

en-adj

Johnsonian (comparative more Johnsonian, superlative most Johnsonian)

more Johnsonian (comparative)
most Johnsonian (superlative)

(US politics) Of or pertaining to Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973), American politician and president of the United States from 1963 to 1969.


X-Verse

2009, Rebecca Housel, Jeremy Wisnewski, editors, X-Men and Philosophy: Astonishing Insight and Uncanny Argument in the Mutant X-Verse, John Wiley & Sons.:

First and most common is the charge that numerous characters in Heroes have powers of preexisting comic book characters, especially from the X-Men.[…]Even Isaac Mendez's power to paint the future predates him in a character from the X-verse—Nemesio from District X.

2009, David Kyle Johnson, Heroes and Philosophy: Buy the Book, Save the World, page 50:

And if Parfit is right, it should make you think twice about how quickly you judge all of the characters in the X-Verse (and the real world).[…] In the X-Verse we should be less dubious of Emma Frost working with the X-Men; […].

2010, William Irwin, David Kyle Johnson, Introducing Philosophy Through Pop Culture: From Socrates to South Park, page 88:

(fandom slang) The fictional world, or universe, which serves as the setting for the Marvel Comics and film series featuring the characters the X-Men.


Lincolnian

Lincolnian (comparative more Lincolnian, superlative most Lincolnian)

more Lincolnian (comparative)
most Lincolnian (superlative)

Of or pertaining to Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), 16th president of the United States.


politiquera

“I’ve been a politiquera for 20 years,” Ms. Espinoza said in an interview last week outside her trailer in the town of Pharr.

2008 May 13, Michael Luo, “A Usually Legal Practice That Wears Black Eyes”, in New York Times:

(US politics) One who is paid by an election campaign to issue fliers to householders and encourage them to go and vote for a particular candidate.


snogger

They're nearly as pathetic as those snoggers (sad, deluded morons who believe DD and GA should be together!).

2001 July 12, Caffeine Cal, “Re: *Nasty* Doggett-Haters Website :(”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

It's a bit sad when snoggers write in to the IMDB to pass on the false information that DD has "filed for divorce" from TL: […]

2002 August 27, pam, “Re: Doggett to come back to Fox”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

While I'm not a snogger (don't look at me like that!), I do think, from what little I know of them, that David and Gillian had a kind of working relationship that in some weird cosmic way must have reflected what we saw on the screen between them.

2005 June 17, Robert Cook, “Re: Speaking of "Lost"”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

(X-Files fandom slang, derogatory) A fan who believed Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny were romantically involved or shipped them together.


veepstakes

Blend of veep (“(informal) Vice President of the United States”) + sweepstakes (plural of sweepstake (“lottery in which the prize or prizes constitute all the money paid by the participants”)).

blend

The candidate for the challenging party was undergoing a veepstakes.

What America needs now is comedy—so hurray, we're getting ready to elect a Vice-President! Sure, we elect a Boss Man too, but it'll be the Veepstakes that'll provide the laughs.

1952 May 13, Earl Wilson, “It happened last night: Veepstakes provide laughs even in serious campaign”, in W. E. Christenson, editor, Evening World-Herald, number 222, Omaha, Neb.: World Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 25, column 3:

[Barbara] Mikulski, who is 47, is the least chic of the women mentioned in the veepstakes. Barely 4 feet 11 inches tall, she barrels through the halls of Congress like a small tank. Her facial expressions swing from a pugnacious frown to an impish grin.

1984 June, Kaye Northcott, “Campaign 84: Only a Heartbeat Away: Will the Next Vice President of the United States be a Woman?”, in Deirdre English, editor, Mother Jones, volume IX, number V, San Francisco, Calif.: Foundation for National Progress, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 40, columns 1–2:

If [Spiro] Agnew abandoned his inflammatory rhetoric during the 1972 campaign, he did not abandon his corrosive wit altogether. The more restrained Agnew twitted Sargent Shriver, the Democratic candidate in the Veepstakes, on his personal wealth.

1994, Gerald [Clifford] Gardner, “Campaign 1972: So I Made a Mistake”, in Campaign Comedy: Political Humor from Clinton to Kennedy (Humor in Life and Letters), Detroit, Mich.: Wayne State University Press, →ISBN, page 194:

He laughed again and we talked vividly, I recall, on the topic of how many people in Washington are obsessed with where they rank, how they’re perceived. It’s a particularly acute concern in television and politics—ratings, veepstakes, poll numbers, the kind of things that mean everything and nothing in Washington.

2008 June 15, Mark Leibovich, “Tiny town: Washington after a fall”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-01:

Mr. [Chuck] Todd, whose ubiquity as a running-mate handicapper at his network is akin to Mel Kiper Jr.’s as an N.F.L. draft expert on ESPN, said that all the time and energy devoted to the veepstakes these days is well spent.

2008 June 22, Mark Leibovich, “The great American float”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-11-26:

The above is worth remembering as the presidential race turns the corner into its most feverishly speculative, excessively breathless phase: the veepstakes.

2012 April 2, Frank Bruni, “And now, the veepstakes”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-06-17:

Harris’s choice will come down to “who can have the hard conversations”, a former Harris aide turned US senator said as the “veepstakes” neared their conclusion.

2024 August 3, Martin Pengelly, “Crunch time in ‘veepstakes’ as Kamala Harris prepares to choose running mate”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(US politics, slang, humorous) The process by which candidates for the Presidency of the United States choose a running mate to become the Vice President if elected.


Xenaphile

[…] but devout Xenaphiles end up squinting at blurry, freeze-framed images on their TV screens in hopes of finding out which mythological entity was not injured or otherwise inconvenienced this week.

1998, Greg Cox, Battle On!: An Unauthorized, Irreverent Look at Xena: Warrior Princess, page 8:

In light of this inexplicit story line — what gay and straight Xenaphiles refer to casually as "the subtext" — the opening voice-over's weekly refrain, "In a time of ancient gods, warlords, and kings," begins to sound gendered.

1998 April, Heather Findlay, “Xena-philia!”, in Girlfriends, page 29:

New York correspondent and Xenaphile Dan Scapperotti provides this issue's look behind-the-scenes at the making of the show, including an exclusive interview with New Zealand star Lucy Lawless.

1999, Cinefantastique, volume 31, numbers 1-6, page 3:

(fandom slang) A fan of the television series Xena: Warrior Princess.


domino theory

An allusion to a row of dominoes in which the fall of one leads to a cascade of falling pieces.

(politics, historical) Synonym of domino effect


HillaryCare

Blend of Hillary + healthcare, after Hillary Rodham Clinton, chair of the task-force that developed the plan.

(US politics, chiefly derisive) The Clinton health care plan of 1993.


stardate

Captain's log, stardate 3087.6. While investigating an uncharted planet, the Enterprise and at least this entire quadrant of space, has been subjected to violent, unexplained stress and force.

1967, Star Trek, The Alternative Factor, season 1, episode 27, spoken by William Shatner:

And to avoid any quantum entanglement, make sure that if you visit the show before it closes on the stardate equivalent to Sept. 20, your transporter is in working order.

2009 May 30, Edward Rothstein, “The U.S.S. Enterprise, in Strange New World of Museum”, in New York Times:

(science fiction) A date according to the fictional system of time measurement developed for Star Trek.


Tecumseh

An unincorporated census-designated place in eastern Fayette Township, Vigo County, Indiana, United States.

census-designated place
census-designated place

An unincorporated community in Fairfield Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States.

Tippecanoe County
Tippecanoe County#English

An unincorporated community in Shawnee County, Kansas, United States.

A city and township in Lenawee County, Michigan, United States.

An unincorporated community in Ozark County, Missouri, United States.

A city, the county seat of Johnson County, Nebraska, United States.

A city in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States.

Pottawatomie County
Pottawatomie County#English


deather

(US, derogatory) One who favours the rationing of healthcare in the United States (from the perspective of those who believed that US president Barack Obama's healthcare legislation would include rationing).