Vulcan salute

From Vulcan (“(attributively) inhabitant of the fictional planet Vulcan in the television series Star Trek”) + salute. The gesture was devised by the American actor Leonard Nimoy (1931–2015) who portrayed the half-Vulcan character Spock in the television series Star Trek (originally broadcast 1966–1969); he first used it in “Amok Time”, the first episode of the second season aired on September 15, 1967.

compound

Sarek turned to the others, now offering the Vulcan salute. "Captain Kirk, Dr. McCoy, may you live long and prosper." / "Thank you, and the same to you, Mr. Ambassador," said Kirk, managing to force his hand into the proper position.

[1984 November, Jean Lorrah, chapter 3, in The Vulcan Academy Murders (Star Trek; 20), New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 22:

Hang on: You are being beamed to one of those Star Trek conventions, where grownups greet each other with the Vulcan salute and offer in reverent tones to pay $100 for the autobiography of Leonard Nimoy.

1986 December 22, Charles Leerhsen, “Star Trek’s Nine Lives”, in Newsweek, New York, N.Y.: Newsweek, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 66; quoted in Henry Jenkins III, “Star Trek Rerun, Reread, Rewritten: Fan Writing as Textual Poaching”, in Constance Penley, Elisabeth Lyon, Lynn Spigel, Janet Bergstrom, editors, Close Encounters: Film, Feminism, and Science Fiction (A Camera Obscura Book), Minneapolis, Minn.: University of Minnesota Press, 1991 (1993 printing), →ISBN, page 171:

[W]e found a stalwart model [of glove]: Kombi's Lobster, a high-tech marvel with a unique clawlike design. […] The split-finger design combines the warmth of a mitten with added dexterity, making it easier for riders to grip their boards. As a bonus, it also lets them give other riders the split-finger Vulcan salute, just like Mr. Spock on the original Star Trek.

1995 March–April, Bill Grout, “Trial Run”, in Rick Kahl, editor, Skiing, volume 47, number 7, New York, N.Y.: Times Mirror Magazines, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 24, column 2:

For what would soon become known as the Vulcan salute, I borrowed a hand signal from Orthodox Judaism. During the High Holiday services, the Kohanim (who are the priests) bless those in attendance. As they do, they extend the palms of both hands over the congregation, with thumbs outstretched and the middle and ring fingers parted so that each hand forms two vees. This gesture symbolizes the Hebrew letter shin, the first letter in the word Shaddai; in the Jewish Qabala, shin also represents eternal Spirit.

1995 October, Leonard Nimoy, “Vulcanalia or The Vulcan Grows Up”, in I am Spock, New York, N.Y.: Hyperion, →ISBN, pages 67–68:

They may exchange Vulcan salutes in greeting as a sign of in-group status—the in-group being Star Trek fans rather than Vulcans.

2005, Henry Bial, “Fiddling on the Roof, 1964–1971”, in Acting Jewish: Negotiating Ethnicity on the American Stage & Screen, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, page 69:

Ooh! The Vulcan Salute! It is easy! [She demonstrates the Vulcan Salute again.] Peace and long life. Y'all supposed to respond back to me with; "Live long and prosper."

2017, Nicholas H. Kovacs, She Wants to Dance with Me: A Script for a Theatrical Play, [Morrisville, N.C]: [Lulu.com], →ISBN, scene vi, page 35:

[B]oth he [George Takei] and [Grace Lee] Whitney […] waved and offered Vulcan salutes to the fans assembled to the south, while also doing their due diligence for the professional photographers to the north.

2019, Sherilyn Connelly, “Prologue: Star Trek—The MacArthur Premiere”, in The First Star Trek Movie: Bringing the Franchise to the Big Screen, 1969–1980, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 20:

A gesture of greeting among Star Trek fans, consisting of a raised hand with the palm forward and the thumb extended, and the fingers parted between the middle finger and ring finger.

Amok Time
International Space Station
Leonard Nimoy
Samantha Cristoforetti
Spock


石牆暴動

ㄕˊ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄠˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

Шицян Баодун

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʊŋ⁵¹/

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʊŋ⁵¹/


Disney point

Cast members are taught to use the “Disney point” when giving directions; the “Disney point” involves the entire palm or two fingers - never a single finger, which is considered rude!

2004, Rocco M. Angelo, Andrew Vladimir, Hospitality Today: An Introduction, Educational Institute of American Hotel & Motel Association:

Don't point with your index finger, either: use “the Disney point,” a reassuring two-fingered gesture (index plus middle finger, if you're wondering).

2012, Ross Perlin, Intern Nation: How to Earn Nothing and Learn Little in the Brave New Economy, Verso Books, →ISBN, page 21:

Cast members use the “Disney point” (a minimum of two fingers) to direct guests.

2016, James D. Walsh, Playing Against the House: The Dramatic World of an Undercover Union Organizer, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

The act of pointing with the index and middle finger, used by staff at Walt Disney resorts when giving directions.


美國獨立戰爭

ㄇㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄉㄨˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄓㄢˋ ㄓㄥ

Мэйго Дули Чжаньчжэн

/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵ tu³⁵ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/mei̯¹³ kʷɔːk̚³ tʊk̚² laːp̚² t͡siːn³³ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/

American Revolutionary War
American Revolutionary War


葛底斯堡演說

ㄍㄜˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄙ ㄅㄠˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄛ

Гэдисыбао Яньшо

/kɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/


葛底斯堡

ㄍㄜˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄙ ㄅㄠˇ

/kɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

葛底斯堡戰役

葛底斯堡战役

Gettysburg (a borough, the county seat of Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States)


Disneyphobe

Yet sooner or later, even the most devout Disneyphobe would break down and admit that, as a child, they'd shed an elephant tear or two for Dumbo's mummy; or felt their nose growing Pinocchio-style every time they fibbed about the dog eating their homework; or simply swooned at some gooey gouached sunset.

1997, Jonathan Romney, Short Orders: Film Writing, London: Serpent's Tail, →ISBN, page 129:

(rare) A person who hates the films or theme parks of The Walt Disney Company.


Trumpski

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

af

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

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

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


Bidenesque

en-adj

Bidenesque (comparative more Bidenesque, superlative most Bidenesque)

more Bidenesque (comparative)
most Bidenesque (superlative)

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

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

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

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

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


Bidenism

en-noun

Bidenism (countable and uncountable, plural Bidenisms)

Bidenism
Joe Biden 1988 presidential campaign

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Bidenite

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

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

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

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


Bryanism

The political philosophy associated with William Jennings Bryan


Bryanize

en-verb

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

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


Gileadean

en-adj

Gileadean (comparative more Gileadean, superlative most Gileadean)

more Gileadean (comparative)
most Gileadean (superlative)

Strictly speaking, it was not a manuscript at all when first discovered, and bore no title. The superscription “The Handmaid’s Tale” was appended to it by Professor Wade, partly in homage to the great Geoffrey Chaucer; but those of you who know Professor Wade informally, as I do, will understand when I say that I am sure all puns were intentional, particularly that having to do with the archaic vulgar signification of the word tail; that being, to some extent, the bone, as it were, of contention, in that phase of Gileadean society of which our saga treats.

1985, Margaret Atwood, “Historical Notes”, in The Handmaid’s Tale, Toronto, Ont.: McClelland and Stewart, →ISBN, page 313:

It is certainly no accident that Offred emphasizes the large collection of books she observes in her first secret unofficial visit to the Commander's study, thus linking books directly with this serious transgression of Gileadean law.

1995, M. Keith Booker, A Practical Introduction to Literary Theory and Criticism, page 262:

To equate the Gileadean repression of Offred's voice with Pieixoto's reconstruction of it is to narrow the set of possible meanings too much.

1998, John Whalen-Bridge, Political Fiction and the American Self, page 180:

The central preoccupation of the Gileadean society is human reproduction, because most members are sterile or infertile due to the build-up of toxic wastes and nuclear fallout.

1999, Virginia Olessen, Revisioning Women, Health and Healing: Feminist, Cultural, and Technoscience Perspectives, page 234:

Of, related to, or characteristic of the fictional theocratic dystopian nation of Gilead in Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel The Handmaid's Tale.


Gileadean

If I may be permitted an editorial aside, allow me to say that in my opinion we must be cautious about passing moral judgement upon the Gileadeans.

1985, Margaret Atwood, “Historical Notes”, in The Handmaid’s Tale, Toronto, Ont.: McClelland and Stewart, →ISBN, page 314:

Not surprisingly, the Gileadeans immediately distanced themselves from this act by blaming the massacre on Islamic extremists.

2010, J. Brooks Bouson, editor, Critical Insights: The Handmaid’s Tale, Salem Press, →ISBN, page 61:

The classification of the Gileadeans, for example, is explicitly based on the biblical story of Jacob, Rachel, and Bilhah (Genesis 30:1–3), with the Commanders officially assuming the role of Jacob, the Wives thereby being given the role of Rachel, and the Handmaids that of Bilhah.

2017, Maria Christou, “Food in Margaret Atwood’s Dystopias”, in Eating Otherwise: The Philosophy of Food in Twentieth-Century Literature, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 123:

Both Gileadeans and contemporary want-to-be parents foster genetic information as the imperative condition to define the baby belonging to its family, its identity, and, in consequence, familiar relationships.

2023, Esther Muñoz-González, Posthumanity in the Anthropocene: Margaret Atwood’s Dystopias (Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature), Routledge, →ISBN:

An inhabitant of the fictional theocratic dystopian nation of Gilead in Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel The Handmaid's Tale.


Trumpophilia

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

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

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


Trumpophobe

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

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

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


Trumpolini

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

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

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

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


Obamaite

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


Obama-rama

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


Trumpiana

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

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

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

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

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

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


Lincolniana

Objects, materials, or documents relating to Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), 16th president of the United States.


搖擺州

/jɑʊ̯³⁵ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/jiːu̯²¹ paːi̯³⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

/jɑʊ̯³⁵ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/jiːu̯²¹ paːi̯³⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/


Garnet

Garnet (Steven Universe)
Garnet, California
Garnet, Michigan
Garnet, Montana
Garnet, Wisconsin

census-designated place
census-designated place

Riverside County
Riverside County#English

A census-designated place in Riverside County, California, United States.

An unincorporated community in Mackinac County, Michigan, United States.

A ghost town in Granite County, Montana, United States.

Fond du Lac County
Fond du Lac County#English

An unincorporated community in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States.


Acela primary

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

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

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

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

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

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


雷根主義

ㄌㄟˊ ㄍㄣ ㄓㄨˇ ㄧˋ

/leɪ̯³⁵ kən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/

/leɪ̯³⁵ kən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/


Trumptastic

Trumptastic (comparative more Trumptastic, superlative most Trumptastic)

more Trumptastic (comparative)
most Trumptastic (superlative)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Trumpsplain

en-verb

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Spangel

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Spike and Angel from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.


Bushite

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Stjörnustríð

Stjörnustríð (indefinite nominative singular)
Stjörnustríð (accusative indefinite singular)
Stjörnustríði (dative indefinite singular)
Stjörnustríðs (genitive indefinite singular)


Svarthöfði

Svarthöfði (indefinite nominative singular)
Svarthöfða (accusative indefinite singular)
Svarthöfða (dative indefinite singular)
Svarthöfða (genitive indefinite singular)

From Old Norse Svarthǫfði. Equivalent to svartur (“black”) + höfði (“head”).


geislasverð

head

geislasverð n (genitive singular geislasverðs, nominative plural geislasverð)

geislasverðs (genitive singular)
geislasverð (nominative plural)
geislasverð (indefinite nominative singular)
geislasverðið (definite nominative singular)
geislasverð (indefinite nominative plural)
geislasverðin (definite nominative plural)
geislasverð (accusative indefinite singular)
geislasverðið (accusative definite singular)
geislasverð (accusative indefinite plural)
geislasverðin (accusative definite plural)
geislasverði (dative indefinite singular)
geislasverðinu (dative definite singular)
geislasverðum (dative indefinite plural)
geislasverðunum (dative definite plural)
geislasverðs (genitive indefinite singular)
geislasverðsins (definite genitive singular)
geislasverða (genitive indefinite plural)
geislasverðanna (definite genitive plural)


on stun

Captain James Kirk: "Set your phaser on one quarter. I'll leave mine on stun."

1966 September 8, George Clayton Johnson, The Man Trap (Star Trek), season 1, episode 1:

Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction

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(science fiction) An intensity setting of the fictional phaser energy weapon, from the television series Star Trek (1966–69), which non-lethally stuns its target.


懂王

/tʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ wɑŋ³⁵/

/tʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ wɑŋ³⁵/

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

沒有人比我更懂……

没有人比我更懂……

(neologism, slang, humorous, sarcastic) Donald Trump


奧觀海

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ou̯³³ kuːn⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ou̯³³ kuːn⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/

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

zh-l

奧巴馬／奥巴马 (Àobāmǎ, “Obama”)

Watching the ocean and listening to the roaring waves

觀海聽濤

观海听涛

(neologism, slang, humorous) Barack Obama


川建國

ㄔㄨㄢ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

Чуань Цзяньго

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

/t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ kiːn³³ kʷɔːk̚³/

/t͡sʰuan⁴⁴⁻²² kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

/t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ kiːn³³ kʷɔːk̚³/

/t͡sʰuan⁴⁴⁻²² kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²/

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

(neologism, slang, humorous) Donald Trump


懂帝

/tʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵¹/

/tʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵¹/

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


特沒譜

/tʰɤ⁵¹ meɪ̯³⁵ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰɤ⁵¹ meɪ̯³⁵ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(neologism, slang, derogatory) Donald Trump


唐床破

ㄊㄤˊ ㄔㄨㄤˊ ㄆㄛˋ

/tʰɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/

/tʰɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/

(neologism, slang, humorous, derogatory) Donald Trump


川寶

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ paʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ paʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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


川皇

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/


Bidencare

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

blend

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Hatched

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


be there and be square

From the phrase be there or be square. Originally in The Simpsons, episode "Mayored to the Mob", aired in 1998.

All nerds welcome. Be there... and be square.

2000, Network World, volume 17, number 40, page 74:

(slang, humorous) Used to encourage someone to go somewhere considered nerdy.


侵侵

/t͡sʰɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐm⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐm⁵⁵/

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

(Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, endearing) Donald Trump


McCainite

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


freedumb

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Freedom or freedumb? Which do you choose?

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

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


Sleepy Joe

/ˈsliːpi ˈd͡ʒəʊ̯/

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

coinage

Welcome to the race Sleepy Joe.

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

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

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

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

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

(US politics, derogatory) A nickname of the American president Joe Biden.


Bidenian

en-adj

Bidenian (comparative more Bidenian, superlative most Bidenian)

more Bidenian (comparative)
most Bidenian (superlative)

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

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

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

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

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


Kennedynomics

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

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

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

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

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

Clinton practices reverse Kennedynomics.

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

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

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

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

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

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


Bidenomics

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


MAGAt

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


地下鐵路

ㄉㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄨˋ

/ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu⁵¹/

/tei̯²² haː²² tʰiːt̚³ lou̯²²/

/ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu⁵¹/

/tei̯²² haː²² tʰiːt̚³ lou̯²²/

Underground Railroad
Underground Railroad


Hooverette

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

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

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

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

1937, Lucy Poate Stebbins, The Golden Carlotta:

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

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

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

Great Depression in the United States
Herbert Hoover


Hooverizer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Hoover wagon

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Hoover hog

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

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

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

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

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

1993, The Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Journal of Florida Literature:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Hoovernomics

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


Hoover flag

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Hoover blanket

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


grand électeur

fr-noun

grand électeur m (plural grands électeurs)

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


Reaganaut

/ˈɹeɪɡənˌnɔːt/

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


EQAO

(Canadian politics, education) Initialism of Education Quality and Accountability Office, a government agency in the province of Ontario that provides accountability of the province's public education system by means of standardized testing.


Retrumplican

en-adj

Retrumplican (comparative more Retrumplican, superlative most Retrumplican)

more Retrumplican (comparative)
most Retrumplican (superlative)

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

blend

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

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

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

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

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

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

Republican Party
Republican Party#English

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


valmann

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

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


瞌睡喬

ㄎㄜ ㄕㄨㄟˋ ㄑㄧㄠˊ

/kʰɤ⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

/kʰɤ⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

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

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


missile gap

Coordinate term: bomber gap

(US, military, historical) The perceived superiority during the Cold War of the number and power of the USSR's missiles in comparison with those of the United States.


bomber gap

Coordinate term: missile gap

(US, military, historical) The perceived superiority during the Cold War of the USSR's ability to deploy jet-powered strategic bombers.


cottonclad

(nautical) A wooden warship, of the Confederate States during the American Civil War, that used bales of cotton to protect it from enemy fire.


open convention

en-noun

open convention (plural open conventions)

brokered convention
brokered convention#English

(US politics) Synonym of brokered convention


brokered convention

brokered convention (plural brokered conventions)

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


特不靠譜

ㄊㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄠˋ ㄆㄨˇ

/tʰɤ⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ kʰɑʊ̯⁵¹ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰɤ⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ kʰɑʊ̯⁵¹ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(neologism, slang, derogatory) Donald Trump


Trumpanzee

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

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

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

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

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

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


挺川

/tʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/

/tʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/

(neologism, slang) to support Donald Trump


象黨

/ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ tɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ tɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(metonymically) Republican Party (United States)


驢黨

/ly³⁵ tɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ly³⁵ tɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(metonymically) Democratic Party (United States)


侵粉

/t͡sʰɐm⁵⁵ fɐn³⁵/

/t͡sʰɐm⁵⁵ fɐn³⁵/

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


川黑

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ xeɪ̯⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ xeɪ̯⁵⁵/


特粉

/tʰɤ⁵¹ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰɤ⁵¹ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(neologism, slang) Trumpster; Trump supporter


拔川

/pä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/

/pä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/

(neologism, slang) to remove Donald Trump from office


(US politics) Abbreviation of First Amendment.


pantifa

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

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

You are a pantifa? Panty Fascist

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

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

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

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

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


viruswappie

Ik verbaas me over de woede over ‘viruswappies’.

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

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

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

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

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

Tenzij je een covidioot of een viruswappie bent.

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

Unless you're a covidiot or a covidcrackpot.

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

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

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


bellwether state

bellwether state (plural bellwether states)

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


藍州

/län³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/laːm²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

/län³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/laːm²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/


紅州

/xʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/hʊŋ²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

/xʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/hʊŋ²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/


blue slip

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

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


Rose Garden rubbish

In reference to the White House Rose Garden.

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


H.Res.

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


H. Res.

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


Repräsentantenhaus

de-noun

Repräsentantenhaus n (strong, genitive Repräsentantenhauses, plural Repräsentantenhäuser)

Repräsentantenhauses (genitive)
Repräsentantenhäuser (plural)
Repräsentantenhaus (nominative singular)
Repräsentantenhäuser (definite nominative plural)
Repräsentantenhauses (genitive singular)
Repräsentantenhäuser (definite genitive plural)
Repräsentantenhaus (dative singular)
Repräsentantenhause (dative singular)
Repräsentantenhäusern (dative definite plural)
Repräsentantenhaus (accusative singular)
Repräsentantenhäuser (accusative definite plural)

House of Representatives
House of Representatives


Obamunist

Did you have the audacity to suggest ObamaCare seemed like a bad idea? Then you're a “typical wingnut douchebag.” Were you foolish enough to point out something the Obama administration did right? “Keep drinking that Obamunist Kool-Aid, dipshit.”

2011, Brian Sack, The B.S. of A.: A Primer in Politics for the Incredibly Disenchanted, page 25:

An anonymous commenter wrote into Carender's blog: "Success is yours, the Obamunists are on the run."

2012, Michael Grabell, Money Well Spent?: The Truth Behind the Trillion Dollar Stimulus, the Biggest Economic Recovery Plan in History, page 87:

The Traditional Values Coalition called for a stop to “Obamunists'” attempt to destroy private health care.

2018, Clyde Wilcox, Onward Christian Soldiers?: The Religious Right in American Politics, unnumbered page:

(neologism, derogatory) A supporter of US president Barack Obama.


24 Sussex

Ellipsis of 24 Sussex Drive or 24 Sussex Street.

ellipsis of

The official residence of the Prime Minister of Canada.

federal government
federal government#English

(metonymically) The Canadian Prime Minister's Office or the federal government of Canada.


24 Sussex

Ellipsis of le 24, promenade Sussex or 24, rue Sussex.

(Canadian politics, idiomatic) 24 Sussex; Alternative form of 24, Sussex


Dixiecratic

en-adj

Dixiecratic (comparative more Dixiecratic, superlative most Dixiecratic)

more Dixiecratic (comparative)
most Dixiecratic (superlative)

(US politics, dated) Of or relating to the Dixiecrats.


Gucci Gulch

From Gucci + gulch. From the fashion company Gucci and gulch (“ravine, valley; swallows”). An alliterative construction, matching the "GG" logo of Gucci. From lobbyists being attired in Gucci-brand fashion.

District of Columbia
District of Columbia#English

United States of America
United States of America#English

The section of K Street in Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America, where the head offices of political lobbyists are located.


Disneybounding

Named after the blog DisneyBound. Hence, Disney + -bound + -ing.

(fandom slang) Incorporating Disney-themed elements in one's fashion.


歐巴馬

/ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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

(Taiwan) A transliteration of the English surname Obama


Obamaworld

(informal) Barack Obama's circle of associates, employees and appointees.


Clintonworld

(informal) Bill and Hillary Clinton's circle of associates, employees and appointees.


Bidenworld

As Dems’ fortunes appeared to sag after a summer burst of excitement, Bidenworld began to tamp down expectations.

2022 November 9, “POLITICO Playbook PM: Biden takes a moral-victory lap”, in POLITICO, archived from the original on 2022-11-09:

(informal) Joe Biden’s circle of associates, employees and appointees.


facehoof

From face + hoof, by analogy with facepalm.

(My Little Pony fandom slang) A facepalm.


facehoof

en-verb

facehoof (third-person singular simple present facehoofs, present participle facehoofing, simple past and past participle facehoofed)

facehoofs (present singular third-person)
facehoofing (participle present)
facehoofed (participle past)
facehoofed (past)

(My Little Pony fandom slang) to facepalm.


Trump bump

Named after Donald Trump, and chosen for the rhyme.

(informal) The increase in news media consumption associated with the United States presidency of Donald Trump.


zuav

zuavi (plural)
zuav (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
un zuav (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
zuavul (accusative definite nominative singular)
zuavi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
niște zuavi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
zuavii (accusative definite nominative plural)
zuav (dative genitive indefinite singular)
unui zuav (dative genitive indefinite singular)
zuavului (dative definite genitive singular)
zuavi (dative genitive indefinite plural)
unor zuavi (dative genitive indefinite plural)
zuavilor (dative definite genitive plural)
zuavule (singular vocative)
zuavilor (plural vocative)


balance of terror

Probably coined by Lester Pearson in June 1955 at the 10th anniversary of the signing of the UN Charter: “The balance of terror has succeeded the balance of power.”

(historical) The tenuous peace that existed during the nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.


祖阿夫

/t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀä⁵⁵ fu⁵⁵/

/t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀä⁵⁵ fu⁵⁵/

Borrowed from French Zouave or Arabic زَوَاوِيّ (zawāwiyy).

(military, historical) Zouave (a kind of soldier in the French service, or the volunteer counterpart in the army of the United States in the Civil War)


QAnonsense

Will our next president need to replace Trump’s appointees with people who are loyal to our Constitution rather than Trump’s deep state swamp Qanonsense? Probably the sooner we find out the answer to that the better.

2020 June 5, Don Galloway, “After Trump is gone”, in The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, California, Friday’s Letters to the Editor:

Those who subscribe to QAnonsense are too far gone, and the relatively sane Republicans will call you a socialist no matter what.

2021 January 20, Garrett Snedaker, “Letters to the Editor”, in The New York Times, page 26:

We would be wise not to laugh at the antics of Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has spouted QAnonsense and compared mask mandates to the Nazi treatment of Jews, or else she could ride similar waves of derision to even greater political heights.

2021 June 9, John Feffer, “We’re not out of the woods yet”, in The Nation:

(derogatory) Conspiracy theories or other statements by followers of QAnon that are asserted to be nonsense.


おやびん

おやびん (canonical)
オヤビン (canonical)
Oyabin (romanization)

Alteration of 親分(おやぶん) (oyabun, “boss; father figure”).

ja-r

2020 November 6, Haruna Yamazaki, quoting an anonymous Twitter user from October 28, 2019, “Saikin Twitter de yoku miru ‘Oyabin’ tte dare no koto? [Who is this ‘Oyabin’ we see mentioned on Twitter recently?]”, in BuzzFeed Japan:

Tchina is terrible, huh. I want Boss Trump to do something.

厨国ひどいな。トランプおやびんに何とかしてもらいたい。

Chūgoku hidoi na. Toranpu-oyabin ni nantokashite morai tai.

2021 March 29, Nakayama Toshihiro, “Miete kita Baiden gaikō no rinkaku... mō ‘Toranpu-oyabin’ wa inai [A look at Biden’s diplomacy... ‘Boss Trump’ is gone]”, in FNN Prime Online:

President Trump was called Oyabin by some Japanese Trump supporters. In the Trump era, in some sense, it was good to follow Oyabin.

トランプ大統領のことを一部の日本のトランプ支持者たちは、「おやびん」と呼んでいた。トランプ時代は、ある意味、「おやびん」の後をついていけば良かった。

Toranpu Daitōryō no koto o ichibu no Nihon no Toranpu shijishatachi wa, “Oyabin” to yondeita. Toranpu jidai wa, aru imi, “Oyabin” no ato o tsuite ikeba yokatta.

(Internet slang, endearing, used by supporters) Donald Trump, American president


Green New Deal

The right rallying call is for a “Green New Deal.” The New Deal was not built on a magic bullet, but on a broad range of programs and industrial projects to revitalize America. Ditto for an energy New Deal.

2007 January 19, Thomas L. Friedman, “A Warning From the Garden”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

The claims are outlandish. The Green New Deal is, among other things, a plan to tightly regulate and upgrade the energy system so the United States gets 100 percent of its electricity from renewables in a decade.

2021 February 21, Naomi Klein, “Why Texas Republicans Fear the Green New Deal”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(US politics) A set of proposed public policy changes to address climate change along with achieving other social aims like job creation and reducing economic inequality.


ITAR

(US politics) Initialism of International Traffic in Arms Regulations.


華川粉

ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄔㄨㄢ ㄈㄣˇ

хуачуаньфэнь

/xu̯ä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/xu̯ä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(slang, neologism) Donald Trump supporter of Chinese descent


ཐེ་རོན་ཕུ

A transliteration of the English surname Trump


Lost Cause

From the generic term lost cause. The Confederacy was, of course, defeated.

Also implicit was the idea that all southerners accepted the basic tenets of the Lost Cause myth and concurred in this celebration of the Confederacy.

1993 April, H. E. Gulley, “Women and the Lost Cause: preserving a Confederate identity in the American Deep South”, in Journal of Historical Geography, volume 19, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 125–141:

The belief that the Confederate cause during the American Civil War was just and not related to slavery.


經互會

ㄐㄧㄥ ㄏㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ

/t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ xu⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ xu⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

(historical) Short for 經濟互助委員會／经济互助委员会 (Jīngjì Hùzhù Wěiyuánhuì, “Council for Mutual Economic Assistance; Comecon”).


madman theory

(US politics, historical) An element of U.S. President Richard Nixon's foreign policy, by which Nixon was portrayed as irrational and volatile toward leaders of hostile Communist nations, with the aim of making them fearful of provoking the United States.


Nixonette

The entrance to the hotel was flanked, as if it were the doors of a potentate’s private suite, with two bands and the high-kicking Nixonettes.

1969, David English and the Staff of the London Daily Express, Divided They Stand, London: Michael Joseph Ltd, →ISBN, page 285:

At the Republican convention the nominee was staying in Key Biscayne, but you could not get in the Doral because you might assassinate a Nixonette.[…]I wanted to tell a Nixonette that it was a well-known fact that McGovern is anti-music and his advisors are still trying to decide his stand on the love question … but she’d probably just grin and nod and say “that’s right” in a positively Nixonette manner … and I’d get the grues again.

1972, “August 1972”, in Patty Newman, editor, Perched Like a Weather Vane, San Diego, Calif.: World Research, Inc., pages 89–90:

But, while I was still the girl my parents expected me to be, I was asked to be a Nixonette, and I merrily, unthinkingly donned my white dress and red, white, and blue banner. One of our Nixonette duties was to stand on the curb in front of the San Marino Republican Headquarters and welcome the candidate to town.

2007, Janet Mason Ellerby, “Richard Nixon and Me”, in Following the Tambourine Man: A Birthmother’s Memoir, Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, →ISBN, section “San Marino, 1962”, page 24:

(US politics, historical) A young woman who performed as a dancer/cheerleader at campaign rallies for Richard Nixon.


brass-collar Democrat

en-noun

brass-collar Democrat (plural brass-collar Democrats)

Yellow Dog Democrat
Yellow Dog Democrat#English

(US politics, dated) Synonym of Yellow Dog Democrat


트력제

[tʰɯɾjʌ̹k̚t͡ɕ͈e̞]

Blend of 트럼프 (Teureompeu, “Trump”) + 만력제(萬曆帝) (Mallyeokje, “Wanli Emperor”, sixteenth-century Chinese ruler).
Primarily coined because Trump's rapprochement efforts with North Korea were positively compared to the emperor's extensive mobilization of Chinese forces to support Korea during an immense Japanese invasion, but for some people, it may also sarcastically allude to the Wanli emperor's notorious incompetence in governing his own country.

blend

Imjin war
Wanli Emperor
Wanli Emperor#Late reign (1600–1620)


通共

/tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵¹/

/tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kʊŋ²²/

/tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɔŋ²²/

/tʰɔŋ³³ kiɔŋ⁴¹/

/tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɔŋ²²/

/tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɔŋ³³/

/tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɔŋ³³/

/tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵¹/

/tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kʊŋ²²/

/tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɔŋ²²/

/tʰɔŋ³³ kiɔŋ⁴¹/

/tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɔŋ²²/

/tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɔŋ³³/

/tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɔŋ³³/

Another 'crime' fabricated by the Chun Doo-hwan regime against Kim Dae-jung was being procommunist, condoning communism and endorsing the policies of the northern half of the Republic (referring to D.P.R. Korea).

1980 Sept. 20, 《支持南朝鲜人民反对独裁和争取民主的正义斗争 各国政府和舆论抗议判处金大中死刑》, in People's Daily（《人民日报》）, page 6

Quán Dǒuhuàn jítuán wèi Jīn Dàzhōng luózhī de lìngyī “zuìxíng” shì tōnggòng, rónggòng, zàntóng gònghéguó běibànbù de zhèngcè.

全斗煥集團為金大中羅織的另一“罪行”是通共、容共，贊同共和國北半部的政策。

全斗焕集团为金大中罗织的另一“罪行”是通共、容共，赞同共和国北半部的政策。

to collude with or have correspondence to communist force; to be associated with or secretly support communist ideologies or activities (as a serious offence or charge against somebody in certain Western Bloc countries.)


Cannonism

(US politics, historical) Dominance over the House of Representatives and its discussions and debates, like that exerted by Joseph Gurney Cannon (1836–1926), Republican politician.


Trumpologist

Trumpologists will recall that Ivana first confronted Marla about her relationship with Donald on the slopes of Aspen.

1993 December 18, “Trump prepares to play wedding card”, in The Sacramento Bee, volume 274, Sacramento, Calif., page A2:

The big question this week among Trumpologists – practitioners of the new science of trying to decipher Donald Trump’s sequences of half-sentences that pass for speeches – is whether he has softened his rhetoric on immigration.

2016 August 31, Andrés Oppenheimer, “Donald Trump’s latest farce: ‘Humane’ mass deportations”, in The Fresno Bee, Fresno, Calif, page 2A:

When he fails to tweet for even a few hours, Trumpologists search for meaning in the silence.

2019 January 17, Ted Koppel, “Don’t expect Trump to go quietly”, in The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash., page 3:


Trumpology

Perhaps, as Eugene Robinson stated in his column (TNT, 3-15), the Chicago protest may very well be noted as “the dawn of the resistance” to this caustic Trumpology.

2016 March 21, Sam Chandler, “We’re complicit if we don’t denounce Trump”, in The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash., page 9A:

Like Kremlinology, Trumpology cannot provide definitive explanations. But it does enable us to lay out intelligent alternative interpretations of what the hell is going on.

2016 December 7, Gabriel Schoenfeld, “Could Trump’s advisers play him on Taiwan?”, in The Salinas Californian, Salinas, Calif., page 2A:

Everybody used to have an old uncle like him, and Trumpology is simply that old uncle with better lighting.

2017 March 1, Garrison Keillor, “Your crazy old uncle is now president”, in Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Ill., page 17:

In the jargon of Trumpology, the president has tossed a sop to his climate-change denying chief strategist, Steve Bannon, and disappointed his green daughter, Ivanka.

2017 June 2, Simon Jenkins, “Trump wants to shut out the world. Ditching the Paris deal proves it”, in The Guardian, London:

Here’s our guide to Trump’s Trumpology.[…]But Trumpology defies ridicule. Critics have been forced to swallow their pride and address the creeping influence of the President’s authorism in the English language, a “post-literate” style that has inflected discourse and internet hot-takes indiscriminately.[…]The Bloomberg editor Joe Weisenthal once, rather flightily, located the providence of Trumpology in Orality and Literacy, the work of 20th-century historian Walter J Ong. “Oral culture rewards redundancy, because when an audience can’t go back and consult a text, speakers must guard against distraction and confusion. Repetition is one useful technique, and Trump is a master of it.”

2020 October 21, Samuel Fishwick, “Covfefe? It’s ’uge. Donald Trump’s linguistic legacy”, in Evening Standard, London, page 7:

This is not, however, merely another addition to the annals of Trumpology.

2021 January 10, Talia Lavin, “Author examines what strongmen like Trump have in common”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Mo., page B7:

Further, American and Christian concepts of love, caring, respectfulness and selflessness are trampled upon, and replaced with Trumpology, a hateful, egotistical, selfish and bullying way of dealing with others. Trump trumps everything if we allow him to. Please start standing up to the lies and deceitfulness so our nation can move to a place of healing rather than be lea^([sic]) into destruction by Trumpology.

2021 January 21, Greg Hegman, “Trump Trump’s everything if we allow him to”, in Times-News, Twin Falls, Ida., page A11:

Reports related to Trump’s second impeachment very well reflect the Trumpology of the last four years – lie as much as you find tolerable (and the tolerance levels have been moved out extensively), and cover the truth with more lies and deception.[…]Lies, deceit and corruption – the core of Trumpology.

2021 February 11, Greg Hegman, “Same old Trump”, in Times-News, Twin Falls, Ida., page A9:


Mickey Mouse ring

en-noun

Mickey Mouse ring (plural Mickey Mouse rings)

2020 NBA Bubble
Anthony Davis (basketball)
Championship ring
LeBron James

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Mickey Mouse ring.wav

Likely from Mickey Mouse (“of inferior quality”), or in reference to the 2020 NBA Bubble shortened basketball season held at Walt Disney World, or both of these; with ring as a metonym for “championship” after the Championship ring presented to members of winning teams.

Q: I have a child’s Mickey Mouse ring. I think it’s sterling silver and from the 1930s. Could you please tell me what it’s worth?

2010 July 11, Terry Kovel, “Each cupboard had its own special purpose”, in The Flint Journal, page C3:

In addition, Pandora has also added some new charms to style alongside this limited edition piece, including a sterling silver Mickey Mouse ring, a stone-encrusted Minnie Mouse charm and an exclusive Mary Poppins capsule collection, which features an enamel umbrella charm and Mary Poppins Bag charm, decorated with clear gemstones.

2018, All India Gems, Jewels Federation, “Pandora marks 90 years of Mickey Mouse with limited edition charm”, in Policies on Gems and Precious Stones:

One time on a trip to Walt Disney World, he bought her a Mickey Mouse ring.
"She had that kind of sense of humor," he said. It wasn't a diamond, but "I think the Mickey Mouse ring probably meant more to her."

2020 March 3, Maureen O’Donnell, “Jan Brent, a giving suburban Montessori preschool teacher, dead of COVID at 72”, in Chicago Sun-Times, News:

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Mickey Mouse, ring.


Nixon shock

(economics, historical) A series of economic measures undertaken by United States President Richard Nixon in 1971, in response to increasing inflation, the most significant of which were wage and price freezes, surcharges on imports, and the unilateral cancellation of the direct international convertibility of the United States dollar to gold.


January 6

It was finally time, per Trump’s instructions, to march down Pennsylvania Avenue. The rest you know all about, despite efforts by most Republicans in Congress to hide the truth of January 6.

2021 June 14, Jeffrey Goldberg, “The Capitol Riot Was Prologue”, in The Atlantic:

The attack against the United States Congress at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.


Phinabella

I could have been your girlfriend / I could have been your fella / We might have been an item / They would have called us "Phinabella"

2015 February 20, “Act Your Age”, in Phineas and Ferb, season 4, episode 47:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Phineas Flynn and Isabella Garcia-Shapiro from the animated television series Phineas and Ferb.


TFG

(US politics, slang) Initialism of "the former guy". Specifically, the former American president Donald Trump.


Trumpdom

(Clue to today’s quiz: In her introduction to the Esquire profiles, to whom is Nora Ephron referring when she writes: “Look how happy he is in his Trumphood; look how merrily he floats in his Trumpdom; look how brightly he wallows in his Trumpness”?)

1989 June 2, Bob Sipchen, “Covering an Identity Crisis”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif., page 11, columns 2–3:

As for being “Right here,” guest David Letterman was teleported in from New York, illusionists Siegfried and Roy were pretaped at their home in Las Vegas, and Donald Trump materialized on a TV monitor from somewhere within his crumbling Trumpdom.

1990 November 2, Tom Shales, “King’s variety show a failure”, in York Daily Record, York, Pa., page 1D:

Having for all intents and purposes conquered official Trumpdom, the truth also appears to be gaining a small foothold in the GOP grass roots.

2020 November 25, Scot Lehigh, “Biden takes his cue from Muhammad Ali as he copes with a dope”, in The Boston Globe, Boston, Mass., page A10, column 3:


Trumpness

[Ira] Bachrach adds: “The more you dilute the name, the more apparent it is to people that it is just a rubber stamp being used indiscriminately, and the less it is perceived to have a unique attribute of Trumpness.”

1989 February 19, Donald Woutat, “Don Trump: The art of the name”, in The Fresno Bee, Fresno, Calif., page D6, column 1:

And the most recent and disturbing example, Mike Pence, a devout Christian, abandoning his truthfulness, tainting his ability to stand above Trumpness, by saying Trump “did not mean what he said” in calling for the Ukraine and China to dig up dirt on Biden.

2019 November 10, Greg Hegman, “Letters to the Editor”, in Idaho Statesman, volume 155, number 108, Boise, Ida., page 11B, column 2:

Indeed, the very Trumpness of his speech is the key to the President’s appeal.

2020 November 4, Philip Collins, “‘Trumpness’ of Donald’s speech is key to his appeal”, in Evening Standard, London, page 14, column 2:

The property of being like Donald Trump.


Trumanomics

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

The Eagle quotes Professor Shapiro as being “infuriated by Reagonomics.” Would he be less infuriated by Trumanomics or Johnsonomics, with another nice little war to drive the suicide rate down?

1982 November 2, John S. Kebabian, “Statistics on suicide”, in The Berkshire Eagle, volume 90, number 149, Pittsfield, Mass., page 8, column 5:

WHY, in all the recent talk about the Man from Independence, didn’t we hear anyone mention Trumanomics?

1984 May 15, William D. Tammeus, “Starbeams”, in The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Mo., page 10A, column 4:

When Dewey told Eisenhower that he wanted to limit the role of the federal government to merely underwriting the cartels, he was calling for the stabilization of Trumanomics: the preservation of the separation of government, the cartels, and the economy.

1986, H.R. Shapiro, Democracy in America: A Political History of the United States, 1620-1789/1984, page 456:

A closer look at Trumanomics is in order, since Kuttner praises the “crusty populist” and his economic adviser Leon Keyserling as friends of full employment and economic planning.

No, go for Trumanomics

1996 August 13, David Chaffey, “Letters”, in The Modesto Bee, Modesto, Calif., page A-9:

(US politics, rare) Economic policies associated with the administration of Harry S. Truman, 1945–1953.


Johnsonomics

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

With interest on the national debt at $100 billion annually, and the total debt at $1 trillion, these figures are not Reaganomics but Johnsonomics coming home to roost with an assist from Richard Nixon, Jerry Ford and Jimmy Carter.

1981 December 4, James H. Bolling, “Lundy column needs refuting”, in Tallahassee Democrat, number 338, Tallahassee, Fla., page 4A, columns 4–5:

This has been the going rate for as long as I can recall, and that goes back long before Reaganomics or Johnsonomics, or just about any nomics that can be mentioned.

1982 July 18, Jim Fox, “Weatherbird Is A Tradition That’s Hard To Buck”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, volume 104, number 196, St. Louis, Mo., page 1C, column 1:

“Reaganomics and its failure is the same as Carteronomics, Johnsonomics and Nixonomics,” David W. Ring said at an hour-long faculty seminar at the college’s Hunt Union yesterday afternoon.

1983 April 14, Diane Boyer, “Reaganomics dubbed trend, not turnabout”, in The Evening Press, Binghamton, N.Y., page 1B, column 2:

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

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

(US politics, rare) Economic policies associated with the administration of Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963–1969.


flanderization

flanderization (countable and uncountable, plural flanderizations)

Irene's whole gimmick is that she's the one woman in the world who can outwit Holmes. Although in the actual story, her victory is extremely limited, flanderization takes hold in adaptations.

2012 December 21, David Johnson, “Re: Elementary – Episode 8 – The Long Fuse”, in rec.arts.tv (Usenet):

'[Crayon] Shin-chan' can often get very repetitive with its humor, absurdity and the flanderizations of the main character; but then what more can you expect from a comedy anime that has been here since the past three decades?

2019 September 20, Dhruv Sharma, “Crayon Shin-chan: Review, Premiere Date, Recap, English Dub”, in TheCinemaholic, archived from the original on 2020-11-24:

A common form of this ["character derailment"] is flanderization, in which a character's very singular, minor, yet notable attributes exaggerate as a serial continues. […] I would attribute flanderization to Rick and/or Jerry, if anyone of the main cast.

2020, Edward K. Eckhart-Zinn, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Rick and Morty”, in The Sequel Superior, Pittsburgh, Pa.: RoseDog Books, →ISBN, page 233:

Alternative letter-case form of Flanderization


Fire-Eater

(US politics) Alternative form of fire-eater (“extreme partisan for the South before the US Civil War”)


Finnrey

People have started to look at fandom through a social justice lens, so there are now progressive/good ships (Finnrey = interracial, good) and regressive/bad ships (Reylo = white, racist, abusive and sexist = bad).

2020, Shuang, quoted in Adrienne E. Raw, "Fandom Discussion: Knowledge, Intersections, and Tensions of Self, Community, and Social Justice", dissertation submitted to the University of Michigan, page 280

FinnRey fan art

2020, Abigail Reed, "Interpretations and Receptions of Alternative Subjectivities in the Disney-Produced Star Wars Films", dissertation submitted to Florida State University, page vi

I've been following "Finnrey" a lot, which is a dark horse in the realm of shipping. Even people who don't love Finnrey recognize that the first movie did set up that Finn (played by black actor John Boyega) and Rey (white actor Daisy Ridley) had a deep emotional connection that producers later dropped.

2021, Greg Carter, quoted in "UWM historian takes on race, relationships, and representation", In Focus (University of Wisconsin-Millwaukee), January 2021, page 11

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Finn and Rey from Star Wars.


Lincolnomics

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

It’s little wonder the Republicans are always so anxious about midterm elections. They lost ground in the very first one — when Abraham Lincoln was in the White House, in 1862. The Democrats picked up 38 House seats in that election, and they might have won more if President Lincoln hadn’t used federal troops to intimidate the opposition in some of the border-state contests. Democrats even won a majority of the House seats from Lincoln’s home state of Illinois. Was it a signal to Washington that Lincolnomics had failed? Not at all.

1982 November 14, “The missing message”, in Craig Klugman, Larry J. Hayes, editors, The Journal~Gazette, Fort Wayne, Ind.: Richard Inskeep, column 1:

THE LITTLE boy next door reports that his class now is studying the Civil War and Lincolnomics.

1982 December 8, William D. Tammeus, “Starbeams”, in The Kansas City Star, volume 103, number 69, Kansas City, Mo., page 16A:

1984, John H. Hotson, Rooseveltonomics, Reaganomics, and Lincolnomics, or, How Come the Bankers Are Charging Ron 10 Percent, when FDR Got His Money at 2 Percent, and Honest Abe Got His for Nothing?, Waterloo, Ont.: Department of Economics, University of Waterloo, →OCLC

The only people practicing Lincolnomics these days are the Soviets, which may be why they can afford more missiles and tanks than we can despite a much smaller economy.

1987 February 2, Charley Reese, “Today’s civil-rights and welfare groups would jump on Lincoln”, in The Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, Fla., page A-10, column 2:

(US politics, rare) Economic policies associated with the administration of Abraham Lincoln, 1861–1865.


bronyspeak

Brony communities invented ‘bronyspeak’ and use codes of community-enforced niceness so that ‘nopony’ has to suffer social rejection.

2013 April 7, Jon Coumes, “What Do Men's Rights Activists and Bronies Have in Common?”, in The American Prospect:

This playful "ponyspeak" is innocent and easy to decode, but it inspired the much more vernacular "bronyspeak," a hybrid of this official wordplay with oral urban slang.

2015, Bill Ellis, "What Bronies See When They Brohoof: Queering Animation on the Dark and Evil Internet", Journal of American Folklore, Volume 128, Number 509, Summer 2015

In the Brony fandom, despite referencing phrases and catch phrases from the show, the bronies have created a separate language, Bronyspeak.

2016, Nicolai Puggaard Hansen, "Fandom In The Digita; Age: An Exploration of Value Co-Creation in Online Fan Communities", thesis submitted to Copenhagen Business School, page 53

(fandom slang) The special slang used within the brony community.


crisitunity

Blend of crisis + opportunity; introduced as a gag in the animated television series The Simpsons (season 6, episode 11, "Fear of Flying", first broadcast on 18 December 1994):
* LISA: Look on the bright side, Dad. Did you know that the Chinese use the same word for "crisis" as they do for "opportunity"?
* HOMER: Yes. "Crisitunity"! You're right.

Would it help to say that we misunderestimated the effects of Frankenfood and mutagenic smog, to speculate that amid all our infornography and anticipointment, some crisitunity slumbered unnoticed in a roadside motel?

2010, Nick Lantz, The Lightning That Strikes the Neighbors’ House, page 25:

Communicate the “crisitunity.” Originally coined by Homer Simpson, a “crisitunity” is the moment when crisis meets opportunity—and it has a slightly better ring than “opporisis.” Regardless of the word choice, the principle is straightforward: by communicating a time-sensitive problem your organization faces, along with how your online community can help solve the problem, people will be motivated to act.

2011, Darian Rodriguez Heyman, Nonprofit Management 101, page 267:

On lost crisitunities, vanishing post-Soviet and decolonization of thinking, being and perception.

2017, Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo of Zimbabwe: Politics, Power, and Memory, page 147:

In addition to the challenges of Chinese lending raised above, the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) presents another possibility for crisitunity (crisis-opportunity) in Africa.

2021, Gorden Moyo, African Agency, Finance and Developmental States, page 116:

(informal, rare) A crisis from which some good may come, and which may therefore be perceived as an opportunity.


Team Facha

From English team + facha. Team coined by the right-wing tweeters themselves to reappropriate the term "facha" used by leftists against rightists.

2021 July 4, Luis Abascal, “Basado, charocracia, chad o pesetas y cunetas: así habla el Team Facha”, in El Plural:

2021 June 26, Luis Abascal, “¿Qué es el 'Team Facha' y quién es España Bola?”, in El Plural:

2021 September 18, D. P., “Ylenia, inesperada musa del 'team facha'”, in El Mundo:

Si el team facha —como se llaman a sí mismos los tuiteros de derechas en su afán por reapropiarse del término en clave de humor y orgullo— encumbraba al periodista no hace tantos meses por cuestionar al comité de expertos y la desescalada marcada por el Gobierno, por responder a Echenique cuando señaló a Vicente Vallés o por su brutal repaso a Pablo Iglesias cuando señaló a la prensa durante su campaña electoral, ahora ha ido contra él.

2021 July 13, “Furia tuitera contra Carlos Alsina por sus palabras sobre Miquel Iceta”, in El Español:

Lo han definido como “el cura del Team Facha”, pero él huye de las etiquetas.

2020 November 29, “Páter Góngora: El cura de Oria y de 20.000 feligreses más gracias a Twitter”, in Diario de Almería:

politically incorrect
politically incorrect

(Spain) a Spanish group of right-wing tweeters and youtubers who support the VOX political party, Donald Trump and are anti-progres (“SJW, woke”) and politically incorrect


Chancellorsville

After George Chancellor; from Chancellor + -s- + -ville.

An unincorporated community in Virginia. Best known as the site of the Battle of Chancellorsville (1863).


Republic of Texas

United States of America
United States of America

(historical) A former sovereign state that successfully revolted from Mexico in 1839-1845 and was then annexed into the United States of America as the state of Texas.


Trump-tastic

en-adjective

Trump-tastic (comparative more Trump-tastic, superlative most Trump-tastic)

more Trump-tastic (comparative)
most Trump-tastic (superlative)


Baumian

en-adj

Baumian (comparative more Baumian, superlative most Baumian)

more Baumian (comparative)
most Baumian (superlative)

Of or relating to L. Frank Baum (1856–1919), American author of children's books, notably The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.


Trump-less

Though the tower is now Trump-less, interest remains in the 1-acre site at 111 S Ashley Drive on the Hillsborough River.

2007 May 30, James Thorner, “Trump pulls out of project”, in St. Petersburg Times, volume 123, number 310, St. Petersburg, Fla.: Times Publishing Co., page 10A, column 2:

Former New Yorkers are our signature human resource. Without them, we’d be a Trump-less backwater, an oceanfront Bradenton, a place where full-contact shopping, recreational medical treatment and Liza Minnelli tickets would be unattainable fantasies.

2009 February 25, Frank Cerabino, “New Yorkers need to feel more at home”, in The Palm Beach Post, volume 101, number 18, West Palm Beach, Fla., page 1B, column 1:

In a normal (meaning Trump-less) campaign, Bush’s address at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California would have made more of a splash.

2015 August 13, E.J. Dionne, “Meanwhile, as Jeb and Hillary were saying …”, in The Record, North Jersey Media Group Inc., page A-17, column 1:


Trumpless

Trump casinos now Trumpless; The Donald quits

2009 February 14, Asbury Park Press, Asbury Park, N.J., page A12:

It’s going to be an interesting year, all right, starting with the Trumpless debate on Fox tonight.

2016 January 28, “Donald playing the Trump card”, in Desert Dispatch, volume 106, number 120, Barstow, Calif., page A4, column 1:

But they haven’t abandoned their dreams of a Trumpless ticket just yet.

2016 February 25, John Kass, “Trump: The barbarian at the Republican gates”, in Chicago Tribune, 168th year, number 56, Chicago, Ill., page 2, column 3:


Sandersism

But Sandersism could easily become a path for becoming as substance-free as where the Republicans are.

2015 January 21, Jonathan Bernstein, “Sanders's siren song in the Democratic debate”, in BusinessMirror, page A10:

The DNC currently finds itself locked in a power struggle between Sandersism and Clintonism.

2018, Robert Gold, "What the left's surge means for the Democrats in 2020", The Highlander (University of California, Riverside), 4 December 2018, page 9

It could be that Sandersism might be a safer bet to hang on to those demographics.

2020, Amanda Wilcox, "Progressive candidates may inspire turnout", Old Black & Gold (Wake Forest University), 27 February 2021, page 9

The political philosophy of Bernie Sanders.


Sanderism

2017 April 20, Cuillin Chastain-Howley, “O'Rourke Senate bid must channel Sanderism”, in The Daily Texan, University of Texas at Austin, page 4:

[…] as noted by the rise of Trumpism and Sanderism in the U.S. presidential election of 2016.

2018, Rosemary Papa, Shadow W. J. Armfield, editors, The Wiley Handbook of Educational Policy, page 19:

It could be that the rise of Sanderism just after the withering away of those earlier movements is what makes the connection, in the minds of many, between the movements and his campaign so vivid, so strong.

2020 April, Jason E. Smith, “Life Comes At You Fast”, in The Brooklyn Rail:


BernieCare

Blend of Bernie + healthcare, after the pattern of ObamaCare, HillaryCare, etc.

2016 February 3, Paula Dwyer, “BernieCare Looks to Europe; Americans Don't”, in Liberal Opinion Week, page 8:

Senator Lindsey Graham summed up the current situation with precision when he said his main concern is that "Obamacare" is a placeholder for BernieCare."^([sic])

2017 September 29, Star Parker, “Collins irresponsibly blocks health reform”, in The Daily Corinthian, page 4A:

Now, BernieCare wants to put a lot of power and authority into the hands of the government, which has historically lead to corruption and a whole host of other problems.

2018 August 31, Eric Kim, “Why Healthcare Must Be an Exception to the Capitalist System”, in The Amherst Student, Amherst College, page 5:

(US politics) The 2017 Medicare for All bill or any other healthcare reform supported by Bernie Sanders.


Bernista

Sure, he's fond of cheesy dad-jokes, but the mayor is winning major cool-dad cred with his Bernista kids this week, getting a sit-down dinner with Bernie Sanders in Burlington.

2016 August 29, “Winners & Losers”, in City & State New York, page 42:

"It's almost like the Bernie Sanders guys are scared! The Bernistas are out in force!"

2017, Scott Conroy, Vote First Or Die: The New Hampshire Primary: America's Discerning, Magnificent, and Absurd Road to the White House, unnumbered page:

Once Trump and Clinton won the nomination of their respective parties, the Bernistas should have held their noses and votes for Clinton.

2018, Frank Perez, "Commentary: Bernie Sanders, Anthony Kennedy and the Supreme Court", Ambush Magazine, 17 July 2018 - 30 July 2018, page 36

(US politics, colloquial) A supporter of Bernie Sanders or his political philosophy.


오바마케어

ObamaCare (healthcare plan in the United States)