riddle me that, Batman

From the formulaic phrase riddle me this, additionally referring to the Batman comic book universe, in which the fictional supervillain the Riddler would pose puzzles for Batman to solve (riddle).

"That too. But it's this: how can a benevolent being let such bad things happen? Terrorism, world hunger, AIDS, people dying too young of cancer. Riddle me that, Batman.”

2009, John C. Stipa, No Greater Sacrifice, page 55:

"You have no idea what's going on, Melanie," she snarled. "No. Freaking. Clue. I'm going to have to join witness protection, and then where will you be, huh? Riddle me that, Batman!"

2014, Marni Bates, Awkwardly Ever After, page 77:

Why can't Jerry and I be together forever like a real couple? Riddle me that, Batman? Society? No. Idiots.

2014, Jason Medina, The Diary of Audrey Malone Frayer, page 135:

Said to demand that the listener take notice of a question or situation just mentioned, especially one that is particularly difficult to solve or explain.

riddle me this

a demand that the listener solve a conundrum


Great Rebellion

(historical, chiefly Northern US) The American Civil War of 1861 to 1865.


Duchovnik

His bangs fall in the right way, they're the right length...if I were DD, I'd get a still from this ep and tell the hair stylist "Just make it look like this." And I'm not even a Duchovnik, really. It just stood out that much.

1998 July 12, Stephanie Martinez, “Re: Totally Irrelevant Preferences”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

while i may not be a Duchovnik, i can still adore Mulder.

2001 April 3, clarkal, “Re: DEADALIVE.... what a weak way to bring Mulder back (Spoilers)”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

I posted opinions in the hope that changes might have been made that might have brought back all the departed viewers (do you really think that all the viewers who defected were die-hard Duchovniks??) and allowed a truly groundbreaking show to continue.

2002 February 21, Fiona, “Re: spoil-sports (not OT)”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

(fandom slang) A fan of American actor David Duchovny (born 1960).


Liberal Republican

en-noun

Liberal Republican (plural Liberal Republicans)

(US politics, dated) A member of the Liberal Republican Party, a third way party that existed briefly in the 1870s.


Sanderista

From Sanders + -ista. Blend of Sanders + Sandinista. Coined in reference to the Sandinistas.

7/83 Space Wars; Micronesia vs. nukes; Green Party & Sanderistas; also Spring Books Pt. 2

1983, WIN: Peace and Freedom Through Non-violent Action, volume 19, Workshop in Nonviolence Institute, page 38:

A special approach of the Sanderista coalition has been to mobilize this complex of popular groups into an independent political force.

In other cases, groups fostered the creation of current organizations and movements, for example, PACT (tenants' rights) in Burlington, Vermont, laid the groundwork for the Sanderistas.

2012, Joan Roelofs, Foundations and Public Policy: The Mask of Pluralism, page 152:

Call it what you will—a Sanderista cult, a brand, a following—Vermonters responded to Sanders.

2015, Harry Jaffe, Why Bernie Sanders Matters:

During the war that continued for the rest of the 1980s, Burlington's Progressives identified strongly with the FSLN, to the point of earning for themselves the nickname "Sanderistas."

2015, Janet Biehl, Ecology or Catastrophe: The Life of Murray Bookchin, page 223:

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


Trumpism

What is Trumpism? Or, to put it more tartly, is there a coherent political philosophy underlying his candidacy?...There can be Reaganism without Reagan. There can be no Trumpism without Trump...Trumpism is not so much a theory of government as a celebration of one individual's claimed capacity to govern.

2015 August 25, Ruth Marcus, “A look inside Trump's political philosophy”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, retrieved 2022-10-02:

Given Latin America's right-wing turn’s affinities with Trumpism, it is tempting to see it as part of the global wave of right-wing populism making its way through the United States and Western Europe.

2018 April 16, Omar G. Encarnación, “The Trumpification of the Latin American Right”, in Foreign Policy:

In fact, when you review the history of Republican climate denial, it looks a lot like Trumpism.

2018 December 3, Paul Krugman, “Climate Denial Was the Crucible for Trumpism”, in New York Times:

A mixture of isolationism, cronyism, nativist rhetoric, somewhat performative authoritarianism, corporate tax cuts and personality cult, Trumpism is what the president says it is.

2020 November 5, “Trump and Trumpism”, in The Economist, →ISSN, retrieved 2022-10-02:

Few are predicting an end to global Trumpism, the nation-first, people-dividing style of governance with a hint of authoritarianism that began to gain traction in Europe and Asia well before Trump's 2016 election.

2020 November 8, “The world's populists are losing their White House ally, but global Trumpism is far from over”, in The Washington Post:

Why Trumpism will endure...Trumpism was a long time coming, and it will be a long time going...The durability of Trump and Trumpism is bringing into harsh relief many of the deeper flaws in the U.S. political system...Emerging class differences had just as much to do with today’s political polarization as race did, and this also helps to explain the continuing populist appeal of Trumpism.

2022 September 4, Michael Hirsh, “Why Trumpism Will Endure”, in Foreign Policy, retrieved 2022-10-02:

The philosophy and politics espoused by Donald Trump.

trumpisme

the philosophy and politics espoused by Donald Trump


Trumpish

en-adj

Trumpish (comparative more Trumpish, superlative most Trumpish)

more Trumpish (comparative)
most Trumpish (superlative)

Similar to Donald Trump in action, speech, or style.


Donald Trumpish

Donald Trumpish (comparative more Donald Trumpish, superlative most Donald Trumpish)

more Donald Trumpish (comparative)
most Donald Trumpish (superlative)


Donald Trumpesque

Donald Trumpesque (comparative more Donald Trumpesque, superlative most Donald Trumpesque)

more Donald Trumpesque (comparative)
most Donald Trumpesque (superlative)


Trumpesque

Trumpesque (comparative more Trumpesque, superlative most Trumpesque)

more Trumpesque (comparative)
most Trumpesque (superlative)

The day before Trump was presented as an egg on legs in the New York Post, the paper celebrated the re-election of Ron DeSantis, the Trump-esque Florida governor rumored to be planning a presidential run, with a front page which declared him “DeFuture”.

2022 November 10, Adam Gabbatt, “Has ‘Trumpty Dumpty’ taken a great fall from Rupert Murdoch’s grace?”, in The Guardian:


Donald Trumpian

Donald Trumpian (comparative more Donald Trumpian, superlative most Donald Trumpian)

more Donald Trumpian (comparative)
most Donald Trumpian (superlative)

Unfortunately, frequent heartburn is a common occurrence during many pregnancies, not just for moms who give birth to babies with Donald Trumpian locks.

2006, Carley Roney, The Nest Newlywed Handbook: An Owner's Manual for Modern Married Life, Clarkson Potter, →ISBN, page 212:

A middle-aged man with a Donald Trumpian comb-over sat at the curb in an expensive Lexus.

2008, Scott Sherman, First You Fall: A Kevin Connor Mystery, Alyson Books, →ISBN, page 106:


Adamsite

(US politics, historical) A supporter of John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), American statesman who served as the sixth president of the United States from 1825 to 1829.


get to the fireworks factory

en-verb

get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> to the fireworks factory

get to the fireworks factory (third-person singular simple present gets to the fireworks factory, present participle getting to the fireworks factory, simple past got to the fireworks factory, past participle (UK) got to the fireworks factory or (US) gotten to the fireworks factory)

gets to the fireworks factory (present singular third-person)
getting to the fireworks factory (participle present)
got to the fireworks factory (past)
got to the fireworks factory (UK participle past)
gotten to the fireworks factory (US participle past)

From the 1997 Simpsons episode "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show", which shows an episode of the fictional Itchy & Scratchy Show in which the characters' journey to a fireworks factory is interrupted by the anticlimactic arrival of a new character, Poochie; while watching the episode, Milhouse Van Houten wails, "When are they going to get to the fireworks factory?!".

Jesus falls again, and now some woman brings him a drink. I'm getting so tired of this whole sequence. When are they going to get to the fireworks factory!?

2004 April 9, Johan Gustafsson, “[TAN] Once more, with Passion...”, in rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan (Usenet):

Is Raven ever going to wrestle on TV? Or at least get to the fireworks factory?

2005 November 5, Poot Rootbeer, “Poot's post on TNA iMPACT! primetime, 11/3/05”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet):

No, that's a different crazy Egyptian tycoon, and that's assuming he even is crazy, which is a pretty safe assumption because once Diana Spencer marries into your family all her new relatives are automatically crazy, especially if any of them produced the terrible Spielberg movie "Hook" in which Robin Williams takes forever to get to the fireworks factory.

2006 September 22, James Kibo Parry, “Re: Further research into the word "braintanning"”, in alt.religion.kibology (Usenet):

The narrative going around about the new Godzilla, which waits about an hour before it finally gets to the fireworks factory, is that it’s a radical return to this kind of old-fashioned creature-feature restraint.

2014 May 17, Forrest Wickman, “When Should You Show the Monster? The Rules of “Cinematic Foreplay.””, in Slate:

Punching up and punching down. I've flirted with these terms a bit already, without adequately exploring their trajectories. Here, in Chapter 3, we finally get to the fireworks factory.

2024 April 9, David E. Low, Transgressive Humor in Classrooms: Punching Up, Punching Down, and Critical Literacy Practices, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 1986:

(fandom slang, idiomatic) To reach the most interesting, eventful or important part of a storyline.

Milhouse Van Houten
The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show
The Itchy & Scratchy Show
The Simpsons


Kačer Donald

Kačer Donald (nominative singular)
Kačeři Donaldové (nominative plural)
Kačera Donalda (genitive singular)
Kačerů Donaldů (genitive plural)
Kačeru Donaldovi (dative singular)
Kačerům Donaldům (dative plural)
Kačera Donalda (accusative singular)
Kačery Donaldy (accusative plural)
Kačere Donalde (singular vocative)
Kačeři Donaldové (plural vocative)
Kačeru Donaldovi (locative singular)
Kačerech Donaldech (locative plural)
Kačerem Donaldem (instrumental singular)
Kačery Donaldy (instrumental plural)


Trumpist

The centrão secured the firing of the Trumpist foreign minister, Ernesto Araújo, for his failure to buy vaccines;

2021 April 10, “Brazil’s army is trying to distance itself from Jair Bolsonaro”, in The Economist:

[...] people dressed in Trumpist apparel, waving Trump flags, and chanting Trumpist slogans stormed the Capitol building.

2023 May 23, Nathan L. King, Keith D. Wyma, “Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, and Intellectual Character”, in Michael W. Austin, Gregory L. Bock, editors, QAnon, Chaos, and the Cross: Christianity and Conspiracy Theories, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, →ISBN, unnumbered page:

Not every right-wing judge is as blatantly ideological in their decision making as Kacsmaryk, nor is every Republican appointee a Trumpist zealot.

2024 [2023 December 5], Adam Serwer, “A MAGA Judiciary”, in The Atlantic, volume 333, number 1, →ISSN, page 41:

(politics) Pertaining to or resembling characteristics of Trumpism. Synonym of Trumpian.


Trumpist

(US politics) An admirer or fan of Donald Trump.

2016 November 18, “Neil Woodford: right-wing Trumpists could topple euro”, in CityWire (UK):

He [Scott Morrison] remains afraid of the far-right extremist fringe dwellers who make up the bedrock of his personal support and who he cultivates through the avatars of Trumpists and conspiracy theorists like Craig Kelly and George Christensen.

2021 April 10, “'PM afraid of the far-right extremists, Trumpists and conspiracy theorists': Albanese”, in Sky News Australia:

(politics) A person exhibiting characteristics of Trumpism.


Trumpist

de-noun

Trumpist m (weak, genitive Trumpisten, plural Trumpisten, feminine Trumpistin)

Trumpisten (genitive)
Trumpisten (plural)
Trumpistin (feminine)
Trumpist (nominative singular)
Trumpisten (definite nominative plural)
Trumpisten (genitive singular)
Trumpisten (definite genitive plural)
Trumpisten (dative singular)
Trumpisten (dative definite plural)
Trumpisten (accusative singular)
Trumpisten (accusative definite plural)

Trumpist (male or of unspecified gender).


Confederate States

Confederate States of America
Confederate States of America#English

Synonym of Confederate States of America


Edison bulb

From Thomas Edison, inventor of the light bulb, due to the appearance of the light bulb, filament, and light produced, mimicking the appearance of bulbs produced during Edison's era.

the light bulbs produced by Thomas Edison and companies from the early era of electric lighting


set phasers to

In reference to the 1960s US television series Star Trek, in which the crew could set their phaser weapons either to stun or to kill.

(humorous) Prepare to; commence (used with a following verb or noun)


cheese monkey

From cheese-eating surrender monkey, a term coined in a 1995 episode of The Simpsons.

> Ahem, I'm not French ;-)
Darn, right you're not! You used to be a pure cheese monkey. Now, you're simply pure spud.

2003 March 13, Orchid, “OT: naked war protests”, in alt.games.diablo (Usenet), retrieved 2022-08-23:

You'll notice a common cause among all international liberals--the sheep fucker in Australia (192 Day Road, Sydney), the cheese monkey in France, John Kerry--they're all together somehow, all operating along similar lines of force. Is it love of America that unites them? No? Then what is it?

2004 June 20, Jones, “OK, so no WMD and now no link between Iraq and Al-q. My question is........”, in rec.music.beatles (Usenet), retrieved 2022-08-23:

Republicans don't deny Bush has isolated the USA. However, they say "Fuck the world. Fuck the UN. The French are surrendering cheese monkeys. The Canadian are cheeseheads, the .... "

2004 September 18, Roedy Green, “Bush isolates more and more the USA in front of the world”, in alt.politics.bush (Usenet), retrieved 2022-08-23:

> Vive la France!
>
Viva for the cheese monkeys? That's how you must have call them in 2003.

2007 May 7, dapra, “The French Revolution”, in us.military.army (Usenet), retrieved 2022-08-23:

So what I'm gonna propose as governor of this state is that we plan a massive invasion force and go ahead and invade France. Because if there's one country we can beat in a goddamn arm-wrestle it's them limp-wristed patronizing cheese monkeys.

2013, Jock Cranley, quotee, Grand Theft Auto V, scene: Blaine County Talk Radio:

(slang, derogatory, humorous, uncommon) A French person.


Star Wars Day

(fandom slang) A fan holiday celebrating the Star Wars franchise, on May 4th.


libtardation

(colloquial, derogatory, offensive) Politically liberal thinking.


GAR

He was a Yankee and they say he would not hang a man who had been in the G.A.R.

Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army of the Republic#English

(US, historical, military, mid-19th century) Initialism of Grand Army of the Republic.


fall of the wall

(history) The deconstruction of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and 1990.


Rodman gun

Designed by Union artilleryman Thomas Jackson Rodman (1815–1871).

Any of a series of heavy columbiads with a curved bottle shape, designed to fire both shot and shell, and used in the era of the American Civil War.


red pill

From a scene in the film The Matrix (1999), where the main character, who lives in a virtual world known as the Matrix, is given a choice between a red pill that will allow him to learn the truth about the Matrix and a blue pill that will return him to his simulated life.

To take the red pill is to choose to take responsibility for our lives, both on the personal and larger social levels.

2003, Glenn Yeffeth, Taking the Red Pill, page 148:

Do you want to continue to live in the false world of dieting, where emotional pain is numbed, health risks are ignored, and false promises are made? Or do you want to take the red pill, as it were, and see the reality of a world in which food and eating don't dominate or take over your life?

2011, Stephen Arterburn, Linda Mintle, Lose It for Life: The Total Solution, →ISBN, page 49:

We can offer ourselves the option of taking the red pill and, when the circumstances are right, we shall not be able to resist the lure of the naked truth; however hard it may be to stare it in the face.

2012, Yanis Varoufakis, Joseph Halevi, Nicholas Theocarakis, Modern Political Economics: Making Sense of the Post-2008 World, →ISBN:

Until the media and economy are democratically structured and regulated, the best people can do is take the red pill -- that is, utilize the alternative media for information and thereby purge their neurological systems of large misleading segments of their past education and the mainstream popular media.

2013, John C Alessio, Social Problems and Inequality, →ISBN:

As you choke down the red pill, we will begin to expound on that eternally important question that few people have bothered to ask, save once, likely around the tender age of four [...] the eternally important question, "What is money?"

2013, David Mint, What is Money? A Quest to Answer the Question of the Ages:

(informal) Something that enables or compels a person to overcome illusion and perceive harsher reality.

Most red pill thinkers will have already debunked this one and replaced it with a better story.

2017, Peter Wright, Red Pill Psychology: Psychology for men in a gynocentric world:

With the growth of 'the red pill' and similar such groups among men there is a growing realisation that life is very different in dating for 'alpha males' compared to everyone else.

2017, Player Mastermind, Gold Diggers and Sugar Daddies: The Red Pill Guide to Hypergamy:

The problems faced by men in America—the problems the Red Pill community points to as proof that we live in a gynocentric society—have deep historical roots; however, the Red Pill represents a new, dangerous phase of American masculinity in the internet age.

2018, Donna Zuckerberg, Not All Dead White Men: Classics and Misogyny in the Digital Age:

Indeed, this is the surprising core of the whole Red Pill theory of seduction: never stop begging for it.

If you are attracted to the truths presented in Red Pill culture, but are put off by any morality or atheism present, this book is for you.

2019, James a Deprisco, The Catholic Red Pill: A Guide for Men:

(slang, by extension) The subculture of men who share a belief in the gynocentrism of modern society; manosphere.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, pill.


red pill

en-verb

red pill (third-person singular simple present red pills, present participle red pilling, simple past and past participle red pilled)

red pills (present singular third-person)
red pilling (participle present)
red pilled (participle past)
red pilled (past)

black pill

to adopt a nihilistic far-right worldview

Fuck's sake. All this brainful red-pilling and you just trying to throw me off the trail again.

Being “red pilled” would surely soon become the rage.

2019, Jack Suss, Soul Enticed II: More Essays in Unlearning, page 146:

Now, I believe Q is President Trump, working possibly with Stephen Miller, to drop this information behind the scenes to get a campaign going, to red-pill people as to what is going on with the Storm, and their takedown of the Deep State, which includes the Deep State pedophile scene.

2020, David Neiwert, Red Pill, Blue Pill: How to Counteract the Conspiracy Theories That are Killing Us, page 87:

(transitive, intransitive, informal) To enable a person to overcome illusion and perceive harsher reality.

rougepiluler

YouTuber and sister traditionalist Lacey Lynn commented on this video, extolling Faucheux and Collett because they had “red pilled me and I owe yall so much.

2019, Alexandra Minna Stern, Proud Boys and the White Ethnostate:

(transitive, intransitive, slang) To cause someone to believe in gynocentrism in modern society.


Bushtard

Notice Bushtards have given up on even trying to defend Bush's intelligence and just resort to mud-slinging? That debate pretty much sealed the deal on his intellectual capabilities.

2004 October 4, Tim Farrow, “Undecided voter?”, in alt.rush-limbaugh (Usenet):

And our life isn't exactly revered by the Bushtards.

2006 September 10, zakintosh, “They're back, with a vengenace!”, in Windmills of My Mind:

The Bushtards have gone to great lengths to change the balance of wealth in this country for a result like this to not be intentional.

2007 March 12, Robert Peard, “The Bushtard War On The Poor: Thousands Lose Medicaide.”, in The Conservatard:

Iran is nothing more than an excuse for the Bushtards to yell for another conquest.

2007 April 3, Chad Bryant, “Iran kidnaps British soldiers... and it's all the US's fault!”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet):

Of course, the corruption and incompetence of Bush does not justify the corruption and incompetence of Obama, but please try to acknowledge the former's failures before ripping into his successor. (This is unnecessary for me, since I freely criticized Bush and called for his impeachment, but you are a Bushtard.)

2013 April 6, Dänk 42Ø, “Re: ANOTHER Green Company Goes Down - Thanks Obama for Wasting Our Money”, in alt.society.liberalism (Usenet):

Tomorrow, Donald Trump should win Florida eliminating the last of these Bushtards (Marc-go Rubio) that irritate me so much from consideration for the Republican Party.

2016 March 16, “The Enemy of My Enemy”, in Voltaire Politics:

Liberals knew powell was full of crap WAAAAAY back in 2001, when trumptards like bigdog were bushtards and wetting their diapers over every word that came out of the texas tard's warmongering ass.

2021 October 19, Molly Bolt, “RINO Colin Powell kicks the bucket”, in talk.politics.guns (Usenet):

(US, slang, derogatory) A supporter of George W. Bush.


Tealiban

2013 October 20, Abraham Todd, “Re: The same business interests who created the Tealiban to fight against Obama the Socialist are now lining up to destroy the Tealiban”, in alt.politics.liberalism (Usenet):

2013 October 24, Kickin' Ass, Takin' Names, “No doubt about it -- the Tealiban and GOTP are a resurrected Confederacy, complete with return to slavery”, in alt.politics (Usenet):

2013 November 7, Claudette Latosha Duffy, “Re:Tealiban loser in Alabama shows how not to give a concession speech . . . at the same time, shows how and why the Tealiban loses”, in alt.politics.democrat (Usenet):

The American Tealiban will make sure that Sharia, erm, Biblical law governs us again, and we will keep our military as strong as possible so we can go on Crusades against the infidels in Muslim lands, and we will, naturally, liberate the Holy Land from the nasty Muslims (and maybe the dirty Jews, as long as we're there anyway).

2014 July 2, Tom McDonald, “Re: IRS caught LYING”, in alt.atheism (Usenet):

(derogatory) The Tea Party party movement in twenty-first-century American politics, when considered to be a conservative religious movement similar to the Taliban.


特朗普

/tʰɤ⁵¹ lɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tɐk̚² lɔːŋ¹³ pʰou̯³⁵/

/tʰɤ⁵¹ lɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tɐk̚² lɔːŋ¹³ pʰou̯³⁵/

A transliteration of the English surname Trump


川普

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ pʰou̯³⁵/

/t͡sʰuaŋ³³⁻²³ pʰou⁵²/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ pʰou̯³⁵/

/t͡sʰuaŋ³³⁻²³ pʰou⁵²/

Donald Trump, male, born on June 14 1946, (lives in) 725 Fifth Avenue, NYC

2015 May 18, 北京市高级人民法院 (Beijing Intermediate People's Court), 唐纳·川普与中华人民共和国国家工商行政管理总局商标评审委员会其他二审行政判决书

Tángnà Chuānpǔ, nán, 1946 nián 6 yuè 14 rì chūshēng, Niǔyuē Shì Dì-Wǔ Dàdào 725 hào.

唐納·川普，男，1946年6月14日出生，紐約市第五大道725號。

唐纳·川普，男，1946年6月14日出生，纽约市第五大道725号。


(US politics, slang) Joe Biden, as the forty-sixth president of the United States.


Matrix defense

From the plot of the film The Matrix (1999), whose protagonist is woken from an illusionary simulated world into the dystopian reality.

There is now a legal strategy called the "Matrix defense," which has been an effective form of insanity defense. The film evidently had a part in inspiring Lee Malvo, the Washington D.C. sniper, and it has been mentioned in connection with the Columbine High School killings, which happened less than a month after the release of The Matrix.

2012, C. Stephen Jaeger, Enchantment: On Charisma and the Sublime in the Arts of the West, University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 41:

(US, law) A legal defense in which the defendant claims to have committed a crime in the belief that he/she was not in the real world, but in a simulated reality.


nerfherder

/ˈnɜːfˌhɜːdə/

/ˈnɝfˌhɝːdɚ/

Coined by American filmmaker George Lucas in the 1980 film The Empire Strikes Back.

coin

How can you think that loser has anything od^([sic]) value to say? He's a misinformed, slimey looking nerfherder, which doesn't belong anywhere on that side of a camera.

2000 March 9, Dion Turner, “Re: the panel”, in aus.tv (Usenet), retrieved 2017-04-28, message-ID <38C7686B.8B5B3177@uq.net.au>:

First of all, Ducttape^([sic]) is not an acceptable substitute for electrical tape you DB! I'd rather you didn't use electrical tape either. QUIT CUTTING WIRES!! And seriously, is this a LAMP CORD running the length of my pretty black and blue nighthawk??? Wtf man? You couldn't do any better than a frapping lamp cord? What a real nerfherder! And if you're going to splice into a wire, why do it after the connector? You just disabled the purpose of the quick disconnect you inbred monkey hugger! Now I gotta unducttape^([sic]) and unwrap the mess you made to get the blinker off!

2010 August 18, Kyle Munz, “[Nighthawk Lovers] Group rules regarding profanity.”, in nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com (Usenet), retrieved 2017-04-28, message-ID <AANLkTinf9kz8X299POXzbKkXTB5jJfVwZ623zCXF2zPX@mail.gmail.com>:

Like when Aragorn starts on the paths of the dead bookwise he and his Dunedain are regarded, despite their small size, among the most powerful companies in the area. And then with the dead, he defeats armies in southern Gondor _and_ rallies those people to fight at his command, showing his ability as a king. When he gets to Minas Tirith he is leading an army as great as Rohan instead of a handful and a ship of vapours that would have been laughed at by orcs and ringwraiths. Moviewise he's never more than a nerfherder with ideas above his station stealing Arwen and betraying Elrond.

2016 October 30, Siri Cruise, “Re: Ye olde burbs & rural mythology”, in alt.politics.liberalism (Usenet), retrieved 2017-04-28, message-ID <chine.bleu-371DA6.12162630102016@news.eternal-september.org>:

Hey nerfherder, yeah you! I'm gonna need those for the B-wings!

2017, Rowan's sis, “Trouble on Tibalt”, in LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures, season 2, episode 2:

(derogatory, fandom slang) A term of abuse.

20th Century Fox
Carrie Fisher
Lawrence Kasdan
Leigh Brackett
Lucasfilm
Princess Leia
The Empire Strikes Back


Dr. Strangelove

en-noun

Dr. Strangelove (plural Dr. Strangeloves)

[ˈdɑk̚tɚ ˈʃt͡ʃɹeɪ̯nd͡ʒɫʌv]

From the character Dr. Strangelove in Stanley Kubrick's 1964 film Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.

When it was important in 1969 for Henry Kissinger to gain a reputation as a “secret swinger” to create a Dr. Strangelove reputation and provide cover for secret trips, he would appeal to White House wags and their friends (Richard Moore, television producer Paul Keyes, and this writer) for lines making that point.

2008, William Safire, Safire's Political Dictionary, →ISBN, page 654:

Just as the central question of the nuclear age was how to keep a Dr. Strangelove from pushing the button, the central question of the geoengineering age will be how to prevent a Dr. Strangelove from hacking the climate.

2010, Jeff Goodell, How to Cool the Planet, →ISBN:

His game theory became the foundation for modern finance. Dr Strangelove went to work on Wall Street.

2015, Katrine Marcal, Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner?, →ISBN, page 62:

In both the world of new science and that of quick-fix military technology we need, more than ever, to be on perpetual guard against the Dr Strangeloves of the future.

2012, Dr J Richardson, War, Science and Terrorism: From Laboratory to Open Conflict, →ISBN:

The Darth Vaders, Dr. Strangeloves and many people in positions of power have advocated the use of nuclear weapons to resolve conflicts.

2014, Jerry Kroth, Implosion: Delusion, denial, and the prospect of collapse, →ISBN, page 240:

But CIA observers everywhere choked when CNN announced that a psychological trauma team, mustered by the American Psychological Association, would converge in Oklahoma City to treat survivors of the explosion and the victims' families—led by none other than Dr. Louis Jolyon West of UCLA's Neuropsychiatric Institute, the breeding ground of some of the most necrotizing Dr. Strangeloves in the mind control business.

2014, Alex Constantine, Virtual Government: CIA Mind Control Operations in America, →ISBN, page 255:

Someone who is likely to launch a nuclear attack or otherwise destroy the world.


Fox Newsian

en-adj

Fox Newsian (comparative more Fox Newsian, superlative most Fox Newsian)

more Fox Newsian (comparative)
most Fox Newsian (superlative)

Despite being a raging liberal, he was always mindful of my pretention-fueled, Fox Newsian conservatism.

2014, Amy D. Brooks, My Name is Amelia, and I'm a Sociopath, page 15:


Obamabot

(US politics, derogatory or humorous) A supporter of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States.

(US politics, derogatory or humorous) A person paid to post pro-Obama articles on the Internet.


half eagle

(US, numismatics, historical) A gold coin with a face value of five dollars, formerly used in the United States, one-half the value of the US eagle coin.


my spider sense is tingling

From Marvel Comics' "Spider-Man" comic books, in which the main character (Spider-Man) has a superpower called "spider sense" (sometimes called spidey sense) that would forewarn him about dangerous events. He would often say his spider sense was "tingling" when it was warning him of something.

(colloquial) My intuition (spider sense) tells me that something wrong or dangerous is happening or about to happen.


Tea Partier

(US politics) A supporter of the Tea Party political movement.


American Revolution

American Revolutionary War
American Revolutionary War

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


Johnsonism

en-noun

Johnsonism (countable and uncountable, plural Johnsonisms)

(US politics) The ideology, doctrine and practice of United States President Lyndon B. Johnson.


War of 1812

United States of America
United States of America

(historical) A military conflict that lasted from 1812 to 1815, fought between the United States of America and the United Kingdom, its North American colonies, and its North American Indian allies.


wookie

(Star Wars) Wookiee, Wookie (a tall hairy humanoid fictional race from Star Wars)


Wakanda

Most likely borrowed from Omaha-Ponca Wakanda, Chiwere Wakanda, Kansa Wakanda, Osage Wakanda.

The supreme being or Great Spirit of the Osage, but also Omaha, Caddo and Ponca peoples of North America.


Bat-

Originally of the nature of a noun adjunct forming compound nouns, first bat + man = the batman or the Bat-Man = Batman, then later bat-phone = Bat-phone, bat-signal = Bat-signal, and so on.

Holy unsafe sex, Batman! Did you forget to use your Bat-condom?

2002 October 27, Richard B. Becker, “Re: The most implausible thing about BoP (no spoilers)”, in rec.arts.comics.dc.universe (Usenet), message-ID <3DBCA45A.F8B8C1AF@mindspring.com>:

Belonging to or associated with Batman; sometimes said of bat-themed objects used by him.


MLP

abbreviation of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic


LNC

Libertarian National Committee
w:Libertarian National Committee

(US politics) Initialism of Libertarian National Committee.


LNC

Libertarian National Convention
w:Libertarian National Convention

(US politics) Initialism of Libertarian National Convention.


RNC

As RNC chair, Priebus said, he speaks “every day” with Trump.

2016 August 28, Tom McCarthy, quoting Reince Priebus, “Reince Priebus on Trump campaign hires: ‘I go with the flow’”, in The Guardian:

Republican National Committee
w:Republican National Committee

(US politics) Initialism of Republican National Committee.


RNC

Coordinate term: DNC

Republican National Convention
w:Republican National Convention

(US politics) Initialism of Republican National Convention.


superman punch

superman punch (plural superman punches)

Probably from Superman, a comic-book superhero with superhuman strength and speed.

mixed martial arts
mixed martial arts#English

A technique used in Muay Thai, Sanshou, kickboxing, ITF-style taekwondo and mixed martial arts, which involves bringing the rear leg forward to feign a kick, then snapping the leg back while throwing a cross, resulting in greater power behind the punch.


Porkulus

Blend of pork + stimulus, coined by Rush Limbaugh in January 2009. See pork barrel (“local or regional state funds”).

(US politics, informal, derogatory) The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.


Trumponomics

The managerial precepts popularized by Donald Trump in the mid-2000s (decade) in his books and reality TV shows

Sure, the guy is by far the biggest employer and financial force in Atlantic City and southern New Jersey and Trumponomics is a major concern to the city and the region.

1990 April 9, Martin DeAngelis, “Don't Worry About Donald Trump's Money; Worry About Your Own”, in The Press of Atlantic City:

2005, November 14, Mary Umberger, "Trumponomics 101", Houston Chronicle

While Trump has not provided specifics much beyond the 'Make America Great Again' slogan featured on his often-present baseball cap, strands of Trumponomics have trickled out amid the stream of braggadocio and ad-hominem attacks on his critics.

2015 August 17, “Donald Trump's Economic Muddle”, in Qatar Tribune:

The trouble is, the choice is a dismal one. If you think Corbynomics is wacky, take a look at Trumponomics.

2015, December 15, Matthew Lynn, "Whoever wins the US presidency, the economy is going to be the loser", The Daily Telegraph

ONE of The Donald's trump cards, if you will forgive the pun, is the economy - what he calls Trumponomics. In the finest traditions of the Republican Party he would take an axe to tax.

2016, March 4, Chris Roycroft-Davis, "His economic plan could be a trump card for Donald", The Express (London)

Yes, I know there`s a Moody`s study claiming that Trumponomics would be a yuuge job destroyer, but I really don`t know where they got that result; the best guess seems to be that they`re assuming that former spending on imports just goes away, which is not a good assumption.

2016 April 9, awouk [username], “Paul Krugman Blog: Why Cruz Is Worse Than Trump”, in soc.retirement (Usenet):

Trumponomics consists of three main elements: big tax cuts that are skewed toward the rich; drastic immigration reform, including the deportation of millions of undocumented workers; and protectionist measures, like hefty tariffs on goods from China and Mexico.

2016 June 21, John Cassidy, “Getting Serious About Trumponomics”, in The New Yorker:

Of course, that’s what they all say. But Trumponomics goes beyond the usual Republican assertions that cutting taxes on corporations and the rich, ending environmental regulation and so on will conjure up the magic of the marketplace and make everyone prosper.

2016 July 4, Paul Krugman, “Trump, Trade and Workers”, in The New York Times:

Just like Teddy Roosevelt before them, Donald J. Trump, Lou Dobbs and other proponents of Trumponomics seem to admire the fierce economic efficiency of Wilhelmine Germany – notably the notion that only the coordinated efforts of a strong, centralized government working hand-in-hand with ‘big business’ can generate trade surpluses over a sustained period.

2017 January 26, M. Nicolas J. Firzli, “'Understanding Trumponomics'”, in Revue Analyse Financière:

The economic ideas and policies of U.S. businessman and president Donald Trump.


Texit

* (Texas): Blend of Texas + exit, modelled after Brexit, Grexit, etc.
* (Tasmania): Blend of Tasmania + exit, modelled after Brexit, Grexit, etc.

(US politics) The proposed secession of Texas from the United States.


Skate

But 'Skate' fans ended the series quite disappointed in him, as it seems that even after leaving with Kate, they couldn't be together.

2010, Robert Dougherty, Lost: It Only Ends Once: An Unofficial Last Look, page 294:

(I've never subscribed to either of the Kate ships on the show, but even I was almost a Skate convert in that moment.)

2010, Nikki Stafford, Finding Lost, Season Six, unnumbered page:

And while, as a Skate fan, I have to admit I was a bit disappointed that my side of the love square ultimately didn't win out (Sawyer ended up with Juliet, Jack ended up with Kate), I have to say I adored this small scene between my couple!

2015, James O'Ehley, Erin Willard, editors, The Take2 Guide to Lost: The Ultimate Compendium, unnumbered page:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters James "Sawyer" Ford and Kate Austen from the television series Lost.


Q clearance

(US) A security clearance issued by the United States Department of Energy, allowing access to top-secret material.


R+L=J

This is particularly true of the “R+L=J” phenomenon, the theory that Jon Snow is actually the son of Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark, which is commonplace on “Westeros.org,” “Tower of the Hand,” and other sites of online fandom.

2015, Andrew Howe, "The Hand of the Artist: Fan Art in the Martinverse", in Mastering the Game of Thrones: Essays on George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire (eds. Jes Battis & Susan Johnston), page 250

R+L=J: This is a heavily supported theory that has been referenced in the books.

2015 March, Ford Maddox Brown, “The Hand of the King”, in Starburst Magazine, page 21:

Still, this evidence was strong enough that R+L=J was the default theory for most readers, to the point where some believed that the strongest evidence against it was that it was too obvious.

2017, Rowan Kaiser, 100 Things Game of Thrones Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die, page 102

(fandom slang) The theory that the character Jon Snow, initially presented in A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones as the bastard son of Ned Stark by an unknown woman, is actually a secret child born of the union of Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark.


GOTV

get out the vote
get out the vote#English

(chiefly US politics) Initialism of get out the vote.


Black Panthers

(US politics) A Black Power political party in the United States from the 1960s to the 1980s.


demòcrata

ca-noun

demòcrata m or f by sense (plural demòcrates)


ULP

Settlement of an ULP charge which required the parties to reopen the existing collective bargaining agreement did not remove the collective bargaining agreement as a bar.

1996 May 5, The Judge Advocate General's School, “The Representation Process”, in The Law of Federal Labor-Management Relations, Charlottesville: US Army, JA 211, page 21:

unfair labor practice
unfair labor practice#English

(US politics) Initialism of unfair labor practice.


Korrasami

Not only did the creators openly confirm that the ending was intended — and Korrasami shippers aren't just reading too much between the lines — a ton of artwork has been created and sold to benefit LGBTQ suicide prevention.

2015, Nick Havey, "Bisexual stereotypes need to go bi bi bi", The Daily Wildcat (Arizona University), Volume 108, Issue 119, 25 March 2015, page 4

The redeeming feature of Korrasami (as the pairing has become known among fans) is that the show's producers very clearly stated that both characters are bisexual and definitely in a relationship.

2018, Kate Harrad, editor, Claiming the B in LGBT: Illuminating the Bisexual Narrative, unnumbered page:

While the “Korrasami” pairing was confirmed at the ending, fans desired to see more and engaged in slash activities to portray the relationship.

2018, Nicolle Lamerichs, “When Production Is Over: Creating Narrative Closure in Fan Edits”, in Rebecca Williams, editor, Everybody Hurts: Transitions, Endings, and Resurrections in Fan Cultures, page 147:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Korra and Asami from the animated series Avatar: Legend of Korra.


Gaang

Avatar: The Last Airbender
w:Avatar: The Last Airbender

(fandom slang) A fan nickname for Aang and his friends in Avatar: The Last Airbender.


Mane Six

(fandom slang) A fan nickname for the six main characters in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.

Mane Five

My Little Pony: A New Generation or G5 main characters


clown-car primary

en-noun

clown-car primary (plural clown-car primaries)

2016, Joshua Holland, The Nation, "Big GOP Donors Are to Blame for Their Party's Clown-Car Primary"
They can shake their heads over the seething anger in the Republican electorate, but this nasty and never-ending "clown car primary" is a problem of their own creation.

The Republicans held a clown-car primary in 2012 with a dozen debates where their credo of hewing to the party line (more conservative than thou) prevented any candidate from emerging looking presidential.

2015, Michael Page, This Is Your Government On Drugs, Xlibris Corporation, page 282:

2012, Jon Ponder, Pensito Review, Two Months into Republicans' Clown Car Primary, WSJ/NBC Poll Finds Voters Turning against the GOP - Again:

(US politics, chiefly derogatory) A primary election with a large number of serious candidates, usually more than four, making it possible that the winner will have been chosen by only a small portion of the electorate.


OITNB

Orange Is the New Black
w:Orange Is the New Black

Initialism of Orange Is the New Black. (television series)


DCAU

DC Animated Universe
w:en:DC Animated Universe

(fandom slang) Initialism of DC Animated Universe (“a shared universe centered on DC Comics-based TV animation beginning in the 1990s”).


TBBT

The Big Bang Theory
w:The Big Bang Theory

(television) Initialism of The Big Bang Theory, an American television sitcom.


HIMYM

How I Met Your Mother
w:How I Met Your Mother

(television) Initialism of How I Met Your Mother, a US sitcom first aired in 2005.


Bushie

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


Trumpette

From Trump + -ette. Named after American celebrity, businessman, politician and President Donald Trump

named-after

Toward the end of dinner, my three Trumpettes and I did a "live" iPad interview with Good Morning Great Britain. We enthusiastically told all the Queen's men and women how excited we were and how we knew our man would win.

2019 January 9, Toni Holt Kramer, Unstoppable Me, Dog Ear Publishing, page 360:

Perhaps the Trumpers and Trumpettes should make new hats with MASA — Make America Sick Again.

2020 April 30, Marilyn Sisk, “Sensible steps”, in Traverse City Record Eagle, page 4:

In light of the above, it should be no surprise that white women are the backbone of today’s white nationalist movement. Tradwives, Mommy Vloggers, Trumpettes, and other white women's groups are the hidden movers of today’s white supremacist politics.

2022 May 31, Christina Cavener, “United by White Supremacy: Women's Contributions to a "Whites Only" Citizenship Across the Generations”, in JAm It! Journal of American Studies in Italy, number 6, →DOI, →ISSN, page 98:

(US politics) A female supporter or fan of Donald Trump, especially during his Presidential campaign to become President of the United States of America


jungle primary

en-noun

jungle primary (plural jungle primaries)

(US politics) A primary election in which all candidates run against each other, regardless of political affiliation, with a possible runoff if no candidate wins an absolute majority.


USMJP

(US politics) Abbreviation of United States Marijuana Party.


USMJ

(US politics) Abbreviation of U.S. Marijuana Party.


trumpista

es-noun

trumpista m or f by sense (plural trumpistas)


trumpista

es-adj

trumpista m or f (masculine and feminine plural trumpistas)

Sólo la disonancia cognitiva de la base trumpista le permite ignorar su fraudulencia.

2018, Vicente Fox, Sulay Hernández-Elhussein, Sigamos adelante: Más allá de miedos y falsos profetas, Grijalbo, →ISBN:

Only the cognitive dissonance of the Trumpist base allows them to ignore his fraudulence.


Trumpista

(US politics, slang, derogatory) A Trumpist.


Trumpiness

But if you put all these theories aside, and look instead at his personality, then something different emerges--not Trump, but Trumpiness.

2016, Martin Boroson, “The Rise of Trumpiness”, in Huffington Post:

2016, “The increased Trump-iness of the second debate, in 2 charts”, in Washington Post:

The overwhelming, suffocating, insurmountable Trumpiness may work at some place like Disney World, where the brand stands for decades of family-friendly, unadulterated joy.

2016, Emily Jane Fox, “Trump’S D.C. Hotel is a Frightful Dump — And A Scary Metaphor For The Trump Presidency”, in Vanity Fair:

If there were a cure for Trumpiness, the Koch brothers would be sneaking it into Trump’s soft drinks the way Russian President Vladimir Putin’s agents allegedly sneak polonium-210 into journalists’ cocktails.

2016, Jason Sattler, “Trump finds a foe he can beat in November: Trump”, in Visalia Times-Delta:

(informal) The property of being Trumpy, being like Donald Trump


Trumpy

en-adj

Trumpy (comparative Trumpier, superlative Trumpiest)

Trumpier (comparative)
Trumpiest (superlative)

Trouble was, that made him [Ron DeSantis] too Trumpy for those Republicans eager to move on, and not Trumpy enough for the Maga hardcore.

2024 January 19, Jonathan Freedland, “There is still a way to stop Donald Trump – but time is running out”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(informal) Characteristic of Donald Trump.

Trump is in trouble. Trumpy Republicans want the real thing, not an imitation. Non-Trumpy Republicans just aren’t impressed.

2023 August 16, Jonathan Rauch, “Why Not Pence?”, in The Atlantic:


Trumpy

(informal) A political supporter of Donald Trump.


Trumper

A political supporter of former president Donald Trump or his MAGA movement.


Big Red One

The shoulder insignia of this unit is emblazoned with a red numeral one.

(US, informal) The United States 1st Infantry Division.


Trumpean

Trumpean (comparative more Trumpean, superlative most Trumpean)

more Trumpean (comparative)
most Trumpean (superlative)


Drumpf

From German Drumpf, an old form of the surname of the Trump family. Coined by British comedian John Oliver in his February 2016 segment "Donald Trump" of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. The form has been confirmed by German officials.

(derogatory, US politics) Nickname for Donald Trump.

Donald Trump (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver)


ライトセーバー

ja-noun

ライトセーバー • (raitosēbā)


φωτόσπαθο

head

φωτόσπαθο • (fotóspatho) n (plural φωτόσπαθα)

fotóspatho (romanization)
φωτόσπαθα (plural)
φωτόσπαθο (nominative singular)
φωτόσπαθα (nominative plural)
φωτόσπαθου (genitive singular)
φωτόσπαθων (genitive plural)
φωτόσπαθο (accusative singular)
φωτόσπαθα (accusative plural)
φωτόσπαθο (singular vocative)
φωτόσπαθα (plural vocative)

From φωτο- (foto-, “light”) + σπαθί (spathí, “sword”); calque of English lightsaber.

prefix

(science fiction, weaponry) lightsaber (sword having a blade made of a powerful beam of light)


Calexit

Blend of California + exit, modelled on earlier Brexit.

(US politics) The (possible) act of California's secession from the United States.


PMV

en-noun

PMV (countable and uncountable, plural PMVs)

On the other side, there are thousands of pony videos on sites like Youtube,^([sic]) including mashups with movies, fan-made show-quality animations with original voice acting, and Pony Music Videos or “PMVs” which sync up clips from the show with popular music.

2013 April, Peter Berg, “My Little Pony takes Internet by storm”, in Young D.C., archived from the original on 2013-12-09, page 7:

For Chris, this problem was not resolved through disassociating from fandom, but rather through fan content itself. Browsing pony music videos (PMVs) on YouTube, he recalled that ‘one of the PMVs actually had a Christian song under it, which literally had the message: ‘“Even if you can’t . . . Even if you can’t bring me anything thenI still don’t look down on you and love you”. And I could only hear that because I was watching PMVs.’

2019, Andrew Crome, “Cosplay in the pulpit and ponies at prayer: Christian faith and lived religion in wider fan culture”, in Culture and Religion: An Interdisciplinary Journal, volume 20, number 2, page 139:

I am a PMV artist that has won several PMV contests from various conventions such as BronyCon, contributed in many ways to the PMV sub-community, and have worked with the likes of Sawtooth Waves and Ponies the Anthology.

2021, Daspacepony, Midair Pony Fair: Con Book:

Initialism of pony music video. (A fan-made music video of clips from My Little Pony animated cartoon TV shows).


Mouse

The surname is sometimes an Americanized spelling of German Maus.

At Disney, on the other hand, there was only one landowner and one government; public and private were fused. […] Spawned by the Mouse's arrival, I-Drive (as it is known locally) runs parallel to I-4, lying partly in Orlando and partly[…]

2001 January 1, Richard E. Foglesong, Married to the Mouse: Walt Disney World and Orlando, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 93:

They are cut off from their regular jobs to see how the Mouse operates. Eisner told the Harvard Business Review.
Synergy happens at Disney because it should. Our products scream out for synergy.

2005, Ralph E. Hanson, Mass Communication: Living in a Media World:

[…] take eventually eked up to $33 million worldwide, but not before Walt Disney Studios declared the whole experiment a disappointment. […] But when the Mouse cut bait, MAGI was forced to close its LA office and sell off Synthavision.

2013, Tom Sito, Moving Innovation: A History of Computer Animation, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 165:

This has led to the public believing that every animated film is made by the Mouse or, at least, is family-friendly entertainment. (A similar situation: Many people refer to all 3D animated films as “Pixar” films.) The cause dates back to Walt Disney's early days as an animator.

2017 August 11, Whitney Grace, Lotte Reiniger: Pioneer of Film Animation, McFarland, →ISBN:

(US, metonymically, uncountable, with "the") The Walt Disney Company.


In fact, I think one of the main reasons people write and read Treksmut (tm), is that the show very rarely shows these extremely attractive and appealing characters in romantic situations or settings, except for one-episode flings, which are usually conveniently forgotten by the next show, although this is refreshingly rare on DS9 and Voyager.

1997 May 5, Joanne Collins, “Re: TrekSmut, PWPs and Emotional Subtexts (Long and involved)”, in alt.startrek.creative (Usenet):

I've had hardcore Fivers point to both Jadzia Dax AND Kira as ripoffs of Ivanova (they can't decide which, I suppose) despite the fact that both premiered on DS9 first, and JMS didn't get rid of Ivanova until AFTER The Gathering, which showed when DS9 first came around.

2001 September 25, Steve Garrett Jr., “Re: The breen: total ripoffs of Star Wars”, in alt.startrek.vs.starwars (Usenet):


迪斯尼

(Mainland China) A transliteration of the English surname Disney


Filegate

(informal) The White House FBI files controversy of the late 1990s.


Travelgate

(informal, US politics) The White House travel office controversy of 1993.


Pardongate

Newly elected Senator Hillary Clinton suddenly found herself caught up in Pardongate's swirl, as prosecutors began reviewing her husband's grant of clemency for four upstate New York rabbis whose village voted for her […]

2004, Carl Limbacher, Hillary's Scheme: Inside the Next Clinton's Ruthless Agenda to Take the White House:

[…] hearings on Pardongate, Clinton's eleventh-hour clemency spree, were still under way.

2006, Lynn Vincent, Robert Stacy McCain, Donkey Cons: Sex, Crime, and Corruption in the Democratic Party:

Nicknamed “Elvis,” Clinton is considered a “rock star” by the left wing of the Democratic Party, perhaps because he left the White House in shambles after his presidential tour. Whitewater, Travelgate, Monicagate, and Pardongate […]

2017, BusinessNews Publishing, Summary: The Clinton Crack-Up: Review and Analysis of R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.'s Book:

(informal) The 2001 controversy around Bill Clinton's pardons of 140 people, including Patty Hearst, on his last day in office as President of the United States.


Chinagate

(informal, US politics) The 1996 United States campaign finance controversy.


Emailgate

(informal, US politics) A 2015 controversy around Hillary Clinton's use of a private email account and server, in violation of federal security and transparency guidelines.


Debategate

(informal, US politics) A 1980s political scandal affecting the administration of Ronald Reagan, where Reagan's team somehow acquired President Jimmy Carter's briefing papers for a debate with Reagan.


Buffyology

The academic study of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.


バットマン

2015, バットマン アーカム・ナイト [Batman: Arkham Knight], spoken by Batman (Shinshū Fuji), Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, via Rocksteady Studios:

I am vengeance! I am the night! I am Batman!

私は「報復」！私は「夜」！私はバットマン！

Watashi wa “hōfuku”! Watashi wa “yoru”! Watashi wa Battoman!


Donaldville

From Donald (“Donald Duck”) + -ville (“-ville, -burg”), partial calque of English Duckburg.

af

Duckburg (fictional city where Donald Duck lives)


ダックバーグ

[da̠k̚kɯ̟ba̠ːɡɯ̟]


Duckburg

Carl Barks
Duckburg
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories

From duck + -burg. Coined by Carl Barks in 1944, for Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #49.

Self-contempt follows megalomania fast on its heels: The Vorarlberg Rhine valley has the settlement structure of Los Angeles – a Duckburg-like reduced Los Angeles to be sure, in which almost only Mickey Mice live, scarcely a Donald Duck, surely no Uncle Scrooge Duck, not even a Gladstone Gander (but many who conduct themselves as such).

1999, Kathleen Sagmeister with Otto Kapfinger and Kunsthaus Bregenzaut, Architecture in Vorarlberg Since 1980: A Guide to 260 Noteworthy Buildings, Hatje, →ISBN:

And [Springfield is] east to Duckburg, Calistoa?^([sic])

1999 August 6, grosse, “Re: where is springfield?”, in alt.tv.simpsons (Usenet), message-ID <1AEq3.97$l53.8405@typ12.nn.bcandid.com>:

The nation 'Nationwide', like the inhabitants of Duckburg, seems to be principally concerned with the process of consumption. Unlike Duckburg, though, we consume principally in families -- entering the Supersize competions (Monday nights 1975) together, and even enlarging our family size together ('Citizen '76' Monday nights 1976).

2005, Charlotte Brunsdon, David Morley, The Nationwide Television Studies, →ISBN:

To this day, I am still confused about the fact that, in this town of anthropomorphic ducks (Duckburg, duh), there were non-anthropomorphic ducks that the anthropomorphic Ducks sometimes fed at the park, with absolutely no acknowledgment that they were one and the same species, or that the other ducks were technically naked by anthropomorphic Duck standards.

2012 October 5, Robyn Pennacchia, “Did Scrooge McDuck die in 1967?”, in Death and Taxes:

Now, of course, some would argue that even if someone were stuffing a large fraction of the money supply into a money bin sitting on a hill in Duckburg, Say’s Law could continue to hold.

2013 March 13, Louis Woodhill, “Sorry Paul Krugman, But We Still Need Say's Law”, in Forbes:

What if your counterparty is the airport of Duckburg? Where are you going to imply default probabilities from, let alone credit volatilities and credit-underlying "correlations”?

2013, Damiano Brigo, Massimo Morini, Andrea Pallavicini, Counterparty Credit Risk, Collateral and Funding, →ISBN:

A fictional city, located in the fictional US state of Calisota, that serves as the home of Donald Duck, his surrounding cast, and several other anthropomorphic animals.


ゴッサム

[ɡo̞sːa̠mɯ̟]


alternative fact

en-noun

alternative fact (plural alternative facts)

This term gained prominence after it was used by Kellyanne Conway in January 2017 and widely repeated in the US media.

They are creating their own facts, but one need not be in Government to create alternative facts.

2017 February 25, R. E. Guyson Mayers, “A GUY"S VIEW: Season of discontent”, in Barbados Advocate:

According to Donald Trump we live in an era of "fake news" where his "alternative facts" should be swallowed whole, and without scrutiny.

2017 March 3, “Private Sydney: Celebrities quick to present their own 'alternative facts'”, in The Sydney Morning Herald:

Prime ministers have not been immune to spreading alternative facts.

2017 March 3, Chantal Hébert, “It's not just Donald Trump who shifts the truth, Canada's politicians have been using alternative facts for years”, in Toronto Star:

― Secretary: Now, I did not mislead you. That was merely an alternative fact.

2017 May 30, Moe! Ninja Girls, Japan: NTT Solmare, iOS, Android, scene: Season 6, Chapter 6:

2018 March 26, “Association of Herpes Viral Infections, Antiherpetic Therapy, and Dementia: Real or Alternative Fact?”, in Neurotherapeutics, volume 15, →DOI, pages 415–416:

(politics, media) Something presented as a fact for reasons of political expediency; a fiction, a falsehood, a lie.


共和黨人

ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄉㄤˇ ㄖㄣˊ

гунхэданжэнь

/kʊŋ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ tɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/

/kʊŋ²² wɔː²¹ tɔːŋ³⁵ jɐn²¹/

/kʊŋ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ tɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/

/kʊŋ²² wɔː²¹ tɔːŋ³⁵ jɐn²¹/

Republican Party
Republican Party#English

(US politics) Republican (member or supporter of the Republican Party of the United States)


スーパーマン

ja-pos

スーパーマン • (Sūpāman)

[sɨːpa̠ːmã̠ɴ]

1987 March 20 [1987 February 20], Fujiko Fujio, “わが子・スーパーマン [My Son Is Superman]”, in カンビュセスの籤(くじ) [Cambyses’s Drawing] (藤子不二雄 ＳＦ全短編; 1), 2nd edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第二章, page 473:

Come closer, I have something very important to tell you. This will shock you! So listen very carefully. Our son Tadashi… is Superman!!

重大な問題だ もっとこっちへ いいか驚くな！気をたしかにもって聞いてくれよ ウチのタダシはな……スーパーマンだ‼

Jūdai na mondai da Motto kotchi e Ii ka odoroku na! Ki o tashika ni motte kiite kure yo Uchi no Tadashi wa na…… Sūpāman da‼

1989 November 10 [1988 May 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “第一話 スーパーマン襲名 [Chapter 1: Taking on the Mantle of Superman]”, in 征地球論 [A Debate over Conquering Earth] (藤子・Ｆ・不二雄 ＳＦ全短編; 3), 2nd edition, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第三章 中年スーパーマン左江内氏, page 365:

I am Superman. I am here to help you be Superman, too.

あたしやスーパーマンです あんたをスーパーマンにするためつけまわしておるのです

Atashi ya Sūpāman desu Anta o Sūpāman ni suru tame tsukemawashite oru no desu

1989 November 10 [1988 May 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “第二話 中年はもてる…か？ [Chapter 2: Can a Middle-Aged Man Still Be… Attractive?]”, in 征地球論 [A Debate over Conquering Earth] (藤子・Ｆ・不二雄 ＳＦ全短編; 3), 2nd edition, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第三章 中年スーパーマン左江内氏, pages 382–383:

One of Superman’s powers is X-ray vision. I can see through at whatever level I want.

スーパーマンの超能力の一つに透視力もあるのだ 必要に応じ何段階にも透視できる

Sūpāman no chōnōryoku no hitotsu ni tōshiryoku mo aru no da Hitsuyō ni ōji nandankai ni mo tōshi dekiru


ミニーマウス

[mʲiɲ̟iː ma̠ɯ̟sɨ]


Trumpmania

Even Fox News couldn't seem to make a dent in Trumpmania.

2015, McKay Coppins, The Wilderness: Deep Inside the Republican Party's Combative, Contentious, Chaotic Quest to Take Back the White House:

Trumpmania, on the other hand, was still going strong after five years from the time he declared his presidential candidacy in June, 2015.

2020, Michael Maccoby, Ken Fuchsman, “Conclusion”, in Psychoanalytic and Historical Perspectives on the Leadership of Donald Trump, →ISBN:

(US politics, neologism, originally derogatory) Strong attachment or commitment to Donald Trump.


Trumpification

Donald later tells me about the Trumpification of all that he surveys.

2005, Timothy L. O'Brien, TrumpNation: The Art of Being The Donald:

The Trumpification of Republican politics during the summer of 2015 provided gaudy confirmation that something is amiss.

2016, E. J. Dionne, Why the Right Went Wrong, page 2:

The Trumpification of the Latin American Right

2018 April 16, Omar G. Encarnación, Foreign Policy:

But getting rid of Modly will only slow, not stop, the growing Trumpification of the military.

2020 April 7, Max Boot, “Capt. Crozier’s firing shows the growing Trumpification of the military”, in The Washington Post:

(US politics, neologism, originally derogatory) The implementation of Donald Trump's political ideas or influence.


TrumpCare

Blend of Trump (“Donald Trump”) + healthcare influenced by earlier ObamaCare.

blend

If he got elected, you could sign up for Trumpcare and feel manly too.

2016, Arlie Russell Hochschild, Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right:

(US, neologism, originally derogatory) The possible replacement of ObamaCare that would be introduced by Donald Trump.


de-Trumpification

From de- + Trumpification. In the political sense used by opponents of Trump, possibly influenced by denazification and de-Baathification.

De-Trumpification has already begun at the Taj.

2016 October 7, “Trump’s name officially exiting a beleaguered Atlantic City”, in Associated Press:

(neologism) Opposite of Trumpification.
Removing the Trump brand name.

If we expect America to ever again be more than a squalid kleptocracy, we’re going to need a comprehensive plan of de-Trumpification, including wide-ranging investigations and legal reforms.

2018 February 23, Michelle Goldberg, “The De-Trumpification Agenda”, in New York Times:

Once President Trump leaves office, a “de-Trumpification” process will have to course through the Republican Party’s veins if it is to again be a worthy part of the American experiment in self-government.

2019 January 30, Chris Stevenson, “After Trump, the Republican Party will need to do some soul-searching”, in The Washington Post:

Listening to a podcast about the Iran-Contra scandal in 2020 doesn’t provide the frisson of excitement that listening to a podcast about Watergate did in 2017, when the Trump Administration was new, our stress was primal, and the show’s dominating conceit—Watergate took longer to reach a breaking point than we might have realized—seemed to portend a comforting, if distant, de-Trumpification.

2020 March 13, Sarah Larson, “The podcasts to listen to while you're social-distancing”, in The New Yorker:

(US politics) Removing Trump from power or undoing the effects of his presidency.


Trumplike

en-adj

Trumplike (comparative more Trumplike, superlative most Trumplike)

more Trumplike (comparative)
most Trumplike (superlative)

Like or resembling Donald Trump; Trumpish


soft bigotry of low expectations

en-noun

soft bigotry of low expectations (uncountable)

A term used by US president George W. Bush; attributed to speechwriter Michael Gerson.

The practice of expecting less from members of a disadvantaged group and thus implicitly encouraging those people not to reach their full potential.


ترامپ

terâmp (romanization)
trâmp (romanization)

[t̪ʰɪ.ɾɑːmp]

[t̪ʰɪ.ɾɑːmp]

[t̪ʰɪ.ɾɑːmp]

دونالد ترامپ

A transliteration of the English surname Trump


ترامپ

ug-proper noun

ترامپ • (tramp) (plural ترامپلار (tramplar))


alt-left

From alt- + left, by analogy with alt-right.

The alt-left trolls are not over it - now they decided to bus in protestors to protest against a democratic result. The alt-left media have been slow to bash these undemocratic revolting bussed in peasants.

2016 November 24, 7, “The alt-left media cooking up glow ball wumming anti-Trump racket Group”, in alt.global-warming (Usenet):

Sadly, the alt-left's previous apoplectic chicken little month is not limited to nominations, though...is it? It is focused on anything trump does, says, thinks, might have thought, could have thought...etc etc....

2016 December 10, Irie, “Just so I can save the alt left from wasting time posting on future Trump nominations/actions/thoughts, words or deeds”, in Political Euwetopia (Usenet):

Instead, today, a subversive alt-government is emerging, in line with the alt-left's growing resistance to use any means necessary to slow, stop and obstruct Trump’s agenda, from inside the government, to make America ungovernable.

2017 February 13, Joe Cooper, “There's An Alt-Left, And It's Trying To Make America Ungovernable”, in alt.politics.democrats (Usenet):

The President then explicitly and aggressively made the case for why the anti-racism counter-protesters were as much at fault as the armed white militias—a contention at odds with local police accounts. "What about the alt-left that came charging at the – as you say — the alt-right?" Trump challenged the reporters. "Do they have any semblance of guilt?"

2017 August 16, Noah Bierman, “Trump again decries both sides' actions in Virginia”, in Los Angeles Times, page A1, A10:

(US politics, derogatory) The part of the political spectrum that is considered too left-wing; the extreme or radical left.


nature faker

(literature, derogatory) A nature writer who misrepresents animals as having thoughts and feelings similar to those of humans.


Bushitler

Blend of Bush + Hitler, in reference to Adolf Hitler.

(derogatory) A nickname for U.S. president George W. Bush, unfavorably likened to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.


Spocking

(Canada, slang) The practice of defacing certain editions of the Canadian five-dollar banknote, using ink to alter Sir Wilfrid Laurier's features to resemble the character Spock from Star Trek.


dumbocrat

Blend of dumb + Democrat, equivalent to dumb + -o- + -crat.

(US politics, Internet slang, derogatory) A foolish Democrat.


red piller

The so-called "red pillers" believe that society favors women over men, disenfranchising them and leaving them subject to laws and societal rules they feel are unjust to their gender.

2015 June 16, Trijcomm, “Men's rights fanatics defend Iowa mall shooter fired for sexual harassment: It's 'hard to blame him'”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet):

The red pill – while hinting that Simpson might become Nuke in the Marvel universe – seems in this context to function also as an obvious reference to “red pillers”, men’s rights activists who see themselves as proud anti-feminists interested in dominance, traditional gender roles, and the subjugation of women, whose flaws make that subjugation necessary.

2015 November 27, Lili Loofbourow, “Jessica Jones: shattering exploration of rape, addiction and control”, in The Guardian:

Instead "red pillers" believe in a shared delusional system in which "Feminazis" and "Social Justice Warriors" have taken over the world.

2015 December 30, Damian Walter, “Geek male identity has been reduced to Kylo Ren thrashing a computer with his sword - this needs to change”, in The Independent:

Its members often refer to themselves as “red pillers,” a reference to the Matrix scene in which Keanu Reeve’s character has the choice between taking a blue pill that will keep him in a fantasy world or a red pill that will thrust him into reality.

2016 December 26, Angelina Chapin, “Chapin: Why it’s impossible to reason with the alt-right”, in Ottawa Citizen:

Those requirements are apparently daunting to “red pillers.”

2017 April 30, Sarah Palermo, “My Turn: In defense of the f-word – how feminism aims to benefit everyone”, in Concord Monitor:

(Internet slang) One who believes that society is gynocentric.


Machete Order

Introduced in the 2011 article "The Star Wars Saga: Introducing Machete Order", from the website "No Machete Juggling".

(fandom slang) A sequence in which to watch the Star Wars film saga, minus episode I.


Twitler

Blend of Twitter + Hitler, in comparison with the Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler and due to a tendency for former President Trump to tweet on the social media platform Twitter during his presidency.

This rule is precisely why the 68% of America who would never have voted for Resident Trump must keep a viable vigil in the streets and in the courts. “Twitler” Trump was allowed to insult, embarrass and engorge every individual and institution he wanted to for an entire campaign cycle. We taught him well.

2017 February 10, Vincent Hall, “Quit Playin': To Allow is to Teach?”, in The Dallas Weekly:

A pleasure to see that two attorneys generals, from D.C. and Maryland, just slapped Dum Dum with another emoluments lawsuit. We can’t have enough of these actions jammed up Twitler’s tailpipe.

2017 June 15, Bruce Van Dyke, “Too true to be good”, in Reno News & Review:

How long will Hair Twitler reign – And will he get out what he Putin? So now the world waits – and worries, to see What he will get up to next, the new fuhrer – A malicious clown has the nuclear codes Yet can't even acquit himself on Twitter.

[...] with posters featuring caricatures of Trump as Hitler, but that is no easy swipe at Twitler.

2018 April 12, Jack Helbig, “Hate has a home here”, in Chicago Reader, volume 47, number 27:


bend the knee

en-verb

bend the knee (third-person singular simple present bends the knee, present participle bending the knee, simple past and past participle bent the knee)

bends the knee (present singular third-person)
bending the knee (participle present)
bent the knee (participle past)
bent the knee (past)

From the medieval European practice of genuflecting to show respect for a superior. Popularized by its use on the television series Game of Thrones (2011-2019).

The timid among them declared that he would burn the houses and hang all that had bent the knee to King Louis.

1905, Max Pemberton, The Hundred Days, page 137:

The Earls have power over their lands and people, but must bend the knee to the King and serve as his vassals, just as their own vassals bend the knee to them, and serve them.

Joffrey, Renly, Robb Stark: they're all thieves. They'll bend the knee or I'll destroy them.

2012, David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, “The North Remembers”, in Game of Thrones, season 2, episode 1, spoken by Stannis Baratheon (Stephen Dillane):

(idiomatic) To swear fealty or allegiance to another person.


Radium Girl

(US, historical) A female factory worker who contracted radiation poisoning from luminous paint (containing radium) used in watch dials in the early 20th century.


ACW

American Civil War
American Civil War#English


South Parkian

en-adj

South Parkian (comparative more South Parkian, superlative most South Parkian)

more South Parkian (comparative)
most South Parkian (superlative)

(rare) Of or related to the adult animated sitcom South Park.


South Park Republicanism

South Park Republicans
South Park Republican#English

(rare, US politics, colloquial) The center-right political ideology held by the South Park Republicans.


May the Fourth be with you

Blend of May the Fourth + may the Force be with you.


Calexiter

Could it possibly be, #Calexiters, that maybe it's you who don't the share values with rest of the country?

2016 December 15, “California's Latest Ballot Initiatives Prove Residents Live In Fantasy World”, in The Federalist:

The Calexiters think that California would be better off as its own nation, and, taking a page from the British and their “Brexit” election last year, thinks that the rest of the state’s voters can be convinced that separation would be a good idea.

2017 July 13, David Ross, “The cuckoo “Calexit” movement”, in Valley Roadrunner:

The decision marked a revival of sorts for Calexiters: initial efforts at winning support for a ballot initiative collapsed in the spring after it was discovered that a prominent figure in the movement, Louis Marinelli, head of an organization called YesCalifornia, was living in Russia, and maintained close ties to a Kremlin-funded group.

2017 August 3, Casey Michel, “California Secessionists Retain Russian Connection”, in EurasiaNet:

Undeterred, Calexiters regrouped and strategized anew. Late last month, they returned with a new proposal they're certain will catch on.

2017 August 24, Ben Boychuk, “Calexit is our state's latest delusion, all three versions”, in The Sacramento Bee:

We'd like to think such a kooky idea has no shot at getting on the ballot, like the previous attempts by the two main Calexiters — Marcus Ruiz Evans and Louis J. Marinelli — to get some sort of secession proposal on the ballot. But crazier things have happened.

2018 August 7, “Save us from another kooky California breakup plan”, in The Los Angeles Times:

(US politics) Someone who supports Calexit.


ROTJ

(science fiction) Initialism of Return of the Jedi. (a 1983 movie in the Star Wars series)


Jedicide

OK, so we know that many of the force powers used by the Jedi of Old have been lost due to the Imperial policy of Jedicide *:o)
In the movies and books we are only exposed to a handful of the Jedi that survived and were able to make HoloVision headlines.

1994 April 14, Andrew R. Jackson, “SWRPG: House rules: New Jedi Powers...”, in rec.arts.sf.starwars (Usenet), message-ID <1994Apr14.011426.23046@dal1>:

I wonder how long before Luke was born did the Jedicide begin. I'm guessing about 30 years before ANH, because I believe Anakin was about 25 when that all happened, since Vader was 50 in ESB (according to my ESB trading cards).

1997 March 2, JEDI AL, “Re: Han didn't believe in the Force?”, in rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc (Usenet), message-ID <19970302233500.SAA22306@ladder02.news.aol.com>:

> Also, Obi-Wan tells Luke that Vader helped the Emporer^([sic]) hunt down and kill the Jedi Knights.
[…]
But we only have Obi-Wan's word about the Jedicide. And we know how trustworthy *that* is!

2000 November 28, SpammersDie, “Re: CD-Copy”, in alt.games.thief-dark-project (Usenet), message-ID <K1zA5.2855$7I4.160528@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>:

(rare, fandom slang, Star Wars) The killing of Jedi.


Griswold

(US, law, sexuality, US politics, informal, uncountable) Ellipsis of Griswold v. Connecticut. A 1965 U.S. Supreme Court case that legalized contraception, allowing access to contraceptives for married couples; and reaffirmed the existence of a right to privacy under due process following the 14th Amendment.


Shatnerverse

(fandom slang) The alternate fictional Star Trek universe described in a series of novels co-written by William Shatner, based on the premise that Captain Kirk was brought back to life after the events of the film Star Trek Generations.


南北戰爭

ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄓㄢˋ ㄓㄥ

Наньбэй Чжаньчжэн

Nanʹbɛj Čžanʹčžɛn

/nän³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/naːm²¹ pɐk̚⁵ t͡siːn³³ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/

/nän³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/naːm²¹ pɐk̚⁵ t͡siːn³³ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/


Marvel

(fiction, literature, comics) Ellipsis of Marvel Comics.

(fiction, film, television) Ellipsis of Marvel Studios.


Stucky

A lot of people ship Stucky, and they ship it hard.

2016, Brittani Howell, “#LeaveCapAlone”, in Connect Statesboro, 1 June - 14 June 2016, page 4:

In her 'Domestic Stucky (feat. IKEA)' art project, Kurozawa Shiro decided to draw the characters Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes into a spare IKEA catalogue she had lying around (Stucky is the portmanteau name for the Steve/Bucky pairing).

2017, Francesca Coppa, “Hollywood of Our Own: Media Fandom as Female Artworld”, in Mary Harrod, Katarzyna Paszkiewicz, editors, Women Do Genre in Film and Television, unnumbered page:

The Stucky fandom encompasses all kinds of fans, and acts as a vast space for fans to find their preferred content.

2018 December, Alen Ríos, Diego Rivera, “Vulnerability and Trash: Divisions within the Stucky fandom”, in Otherness: Essays and Studies, volume 6, number 1, page 35:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Steve Rogers (Captain America) and Bucky Barnes from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.


MAGA

The 17-year-old told a CBS affiliate the Maga hats - a staple of President Trump's campaign - are a "racist and hateful symbol." ¶ According to the sheriff's office, the student began verbally attacking her peer on Monday because of the Maga hat, before grabbing and hurling it to the ground.

2018 August 29, “California schoolgirl arrested in Trump hat classroom fracas”, in BBC News, BBC:

“Four more years!” the incumbent’s backers called out even louder, largely unencumbered by face coverings. ¶ “Black Lives Matter!” ¶ “Black Lives MAGA!”

2020 October 31, Matt Flegenheimer, “Campaign 2020: Let's Never Do This Again”, in New York Times:

“Mitch knows he can’t take Trump off the table there,” Scott Reed, a longtime G.O.P. strategist, said of the calculations of Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader. “He needs him to energize the MAGA crowd.”

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

Make America Great Again
w:Make America Great Again

(US politics) Acronym of Make America Great Again.


MAGA

en-adj

MAGA (comparative more MAGA, superlative most MAGA)

more MAGA (comparative)
most MAGA (superlative)

MAGA Republicans

(US politics) Following the political philosophy of Donald Trump; Trumpist.


MAGA

A terrified mob of these MAGAs in their red hats had gathered in the town square screaming: “Where’s Sarah? Where’s Sarah? She promised to make Stars Hollow great again! She’s the only one who can save us!”

2020, John Pansini, Election 2220: Night of the Voting Dead, RtS Publishing, →ISBN:

A different study by political scientists found that Trump’s anti-immigrant ravings actually inspired more white people to vote against him than it did white MAGAs to vote for him.

2020, Kurt Andersen, Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History, Random House, →ISBN, page 267:

Trump, a man devoted to television like it’s religion, likely couldn’t give a damn, but the RNC, the state parties, and the various victory committees will be working their asses off to deploy MAGAs into the field.

2020, Rick Wilson, “The Trump 2020 War Machine”, in Running Against the Devil: A Plot to Save America from Trump—and Democrats from Themselves, New York, N.Y.: Crown Forum, →ISBN, part 3 (Army of Darkness: Trump’s War Machine), page 138:

There were two problems for an African American in Washington DC, during a MAGA rally. First, there were too many pro-Trump MAGAs in town. Worse, there were lots of police officers too. […] At Harry’s Bar a few blocks from the hotel, Money B had apparently made friends because these MAGAs turned out to be fans of his famous songs, like “The Humpty Dance.”

2021, Erbil Gunasti, Daphne Barak, “[[Coming Home] Trump Extended Hand] Celebrating Christmas at the White House”, in Struggling for One America: Trump vs. Hollywood: The Two White Houses, Skyhorse Publishing, →ISBN:

Many of the founders and leaders of today’s populist parties now just aren’t like their followers. The followers either don’t know – there are plenty of vox pops where Magas (Make American Great Agains) still describe Trump as a self-made man – or don’t care: all this fussing about class origins and elite linkages is just what bitter, twisted liberals do.

2021, Peter York, “(Most) Populists aren’t what they seem…”, in John Mair, Tor Clark, Neil Fowler, Raymond Snoddy, Richard Tait, editors, Populism, the Pandemic and the Media: Journalism in the age of Covid, Trump, Brexit and Johnson, Abramis Academic Publishing, →ISBN, section 2 (UK politics and the media), page 103:

MY LIBERAL RUSSIAN FRIENDS STARTED TO CALL THOSE PEOPLE KRYM-NASHI (“CRIMEA’S OURS”-NIKS) MUCH AS AMERICAN LIBERALS CALL DONALD TRUMP’S FANS MAGAS.

[2022, Andrew S. Weiss, Accidental Czar: The Life and Lies of Vladimir Putin, First Second, →ISBN, page 198:

For DeSantis, it’s “Ron De-sanctimonious.” It doesn’t matter whether his MAGAs know what sanctimonious means; Trump makes the point and his loyal servants get a good laugh.

2022, George Waas, Social Media Musings: Book 4, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:

Taylor tweeted about the bind that Zelenskyy found himself in: “Ukraine, of course, is desperate for US support. The biggest risk they face is falling out of favor with the American public. And that explains any upcoming recapitulation of ‘no pressure.’ They can’t afford to piss off the MAGAs. They are truly hostages in this.”

2022, Amanda Sturgill, “National Security”, in We Are #ALTGOV: Social Media Resistance from the Inside, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 146:

In this pop-culture milieu, political parties are like personality cults, and their leaders are symbolic of their group’s identity. So in addition to Janeites (fans of Jane Austen), Beliebers (Justin Bieber) and Swifties (Taylor Swift), we now have MAGAs (Donald Trump), Corbynistas (Jeremy Corbyn) and Boristas (Boris Johnson).

2023, Michael Bond, Fans: A Journey Into the Psychology of Belonging, Picador, →ISBN:

I am sure he reasoned that as an Independent all he would have accomplished would be the sure election of Hillary by splitting MAGAs and Republicans, as Teddy Roosevelt did when he tried to regain the Presidency.

2023, Jack B. Walters, “Who are MAGA- Republicans?”, in One Last Attempt (The Last Angry Man), Trafford Publishing, →ISBN:

The adults were to blame, not just the crazy MAGAs but ordinary people who don’t know any better.

2023, James Oliver Goldsborough, chapter 16, in The Devil’s Presence, City Point Press, →ISBN:

(US politics) A follower of the political philosophy of Donald Trump.


Roanoke

Borrowed from Powhatan rawrenock (“roanoke”, literally “things rubbed smooth by hand”).

bor+

A city in Randolph County, Alabama, United States.

A village in Woodford County, Illinois, United States.

A town in Huntington County, Indiana, United States.

Huntington County
Huntington County#English

An unincorporated community in Howard County and Randolph County, Missouri, United States.

A city in Denton County, Texas, United States.

An independent city in Virginia, United States.

An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States.


Bryanite

A supporter of William Jennings Bryan (1860–1925), US orator and politician, and a dominant force in the populist wing of the Democratic Party.


Trumpland

From Trump (after Donald Trump) + -land.

In Trumpland, psychology trumps reality, which helps explain how a candidate proposing one of the largest transfers of weatlh^([sic]) from the bottom to the top could effectively brand himself as a populist hero.

2016 December 27, Journalist?, “Expert Who Has Studied White Supremacy for Almost 50 Years Explains Why Racists Flock to Trump's Rhetoric”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet), message-ID <cecee0c8-7bd6-4d2a-a5fa-14f4ffb95fdd@googlegroups.com>:

United States of America
United States of America

The United States of America under the presidency of Donald Trump.

Four out of the six vulnerable Senate Democrats in Trumpland — lost.

2018 November 7, Greg Gutfeld, “Gutfeld on the Kavanaugh effect on midterms”, in Fox News Network:

The parts of the United States of America where Donald Trump finds high support; Trump's geographical support base.


Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States of America


USCT

United States Colored Troops
w:United States Colored Troops

(US, historical) Initialism of United States Colored Troops.


Russiagate

Her [Fiona Hill's] time as special assistant to the president and senior director for European and Russian Affairs, a role that put her at the center of domestic and geopolitical intrigue, follows the arc of the Russiagate scandal that dogged Trump’s presidency almost from its inception.

2019 September 30, Natasha Bertrand, “The Russia Hawk in the White House”, in POLITICO Magazine:

(US politics, informal) The controversy and Russia investigation that ensued after the 2016 US presidential election regarding the discovery of myriad secretive links between Trump associates and Russian officials.


Cold Warrior

Like many other ‘Cold Warriors’ of the European political center, [Raymond] Aron had only limited sympathy for the United States—‘the U.S. economy seems to me’, he wrote, ‘a model neither for humanity nor the West’.

2005, Tony Judt, “Culture Wars”, in Postwar: A history of Europe since 1945, London: Vintage Books, published 2010, →ISBN:

(history) A participant in the Cold War.


Хаумея

bg-proper noun

Хауме́я • (Hauméja) f

Хауме́я (canonical)
Hauméja (romanization)

Ми́масЕнцела́дТе́тидаДио́наРе́яТита́нЯпе́т


Макемаке

Макема́ке • (Makemáke) n

Макема́ке (canonical)
Makemáke (romanization)


Memory Alpha

(rare) A collaborative project to create the most definitive, accurate, and accessible encyclopedia and reference for everything related to Star Trek; Star Trek wiki.


slave state

(US, historical) Prior to the American Civil War, any of the states in which the owning of slaves was legal.


Foggy Bottom

Perhaps in reference to the smoke from industrial facilities.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talked boldly about smart power projection, but by the time she left Foggy Bottom, she was still stuck deploying the same meager, smart power tools that she inherited.

2019 October 7, Chris Murphy, “How to Make a Progressive Foreign Policy Actually Work”, in The Atlantic:

(US politics, metonymically) The United States Department of State, whose headquarters are nearby.


Wizard of Oz experiment

en-noun

Wizard of Oz experiment (plural Wizard of Oz experiments)

Referring to a scene in which the Wizard of Oz hides behind a curtain to project an intimidating shadow image.

human-computer interaction
human-computer interaction

In the field of human-computer interaction, a research experiment in which subjects interact with a computer system that they believe to be autonomous, but which is actually being operated by an unseen human being.


Fenders

"Im going to sleep!" Reads fenders fics on phone until 4am

2015 July 23, Tentacle (@10takler), Twitter:

EVERYBODY SHIPS FENDERS WRONG!!!! less angry makeouts more talking about feelings

2015 August 2, silver stars (@naiakiir), Twitter:

In my Fenders headcanon, Anders accompanies Fenris in Blue Wraith.

2023 June 26, BinkyProd (@BinkyProd), Twitter:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Fenris and Anders from Dragon Age II.


Berniecrat

(US politics) A Democratic supporter of Bernie Sanders or his policies.


Clintonist

A word of caution however is needed in Clinton's relationship with Indochina, bearing in mind that his foreign policy is being determined by Carterites, Reagan Democrats and Clintonists.

This MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) professor, however, is neither a Seguinist nor a Chevenementist but... a Clintonist.

1993, Daily Report: West Europe, page 33:

(US politics) A supporter of Bill Clinton.

Many Clintonists invested their campaign with a self-mythologizing notion that theirs was a historic quest—to achieve, at long last, the greatest of all gender breakthroughs in the history of the nation, or even the world.

2015, Alan H. Levy, The Political Life of Bella Abzug, 1976–1998: Electoral Failures and the Vagaries of Identity Politics, →ISBN, page 336:

“We find that individuals with only a few followers and individuals with hundreds of followers make up a larger share in the Trump camp than in the Clinton camp, while by contrast individuals with a few dozen to 200 followers have a larger presence among the Clintonists,” say Wu and co.

2016 March 18, “Twitter Facial Analysis Reveals Demographics of Presidential Campaign Followers”, in MIT Technology Review:

2017 July 23, Edward Helmore, "‘Dirtbag left’ takes aim at Clinton supporters", The Observer (UK, Sunday sister paper of The Guardian).
“The fear is we’re going to do ’68 over again and that’s the argument the Clintonists will make – that a battle within the Democratic party will help elect a conservative militia that will then, despite being a sociological minority, craft the institutions so they can remain a political majority.”

(US politics) A supporter of Hillary Clinton.


Clintonist

en-adj

Clintonist (comparative more Clintonist, superlative most Clintonist)

more Clintonist (comparative)
most Clintonist (superlative)

In the 1990s, setting his jaw against Clintonist internationalism, he moved into the public eye once more with his predictions of an impending "clash of civilizations," which made him a cause célèbre, especially among those who hoped that the end of the cold war would not mean the end of cold-war levels of military spending.

2005, Catherine Lowe Besteman, Hugh Gusterson, “Introduction”, in Catherine Lowe Besteman, Hugh Gusterson, editors, Why America's Top Pundits are Wrong: Anthropologists Talk Back, →ISBN, page 11:

(US politics) Pertaining to the politics of Bill Clinton or his supporters.

2017 July 23, Edward Helmore, "‘Dirtbag left’ takes aim at Clinton supporters", The Observer (UK, Sunday sister paper of The Guardian).
In a recent edition, Chapo co-host Will Menaker accused – and not for the first time – Clintonist liberalism of being the architect of its own defeats.

(US politics) Pertaining to the politics of Hillary Clinton or her supporters.


Trumpistan

The essay helpfully applies lessons she learned in the Putinsphere to the Trumpistan she sees unfolding in the United States.

2016 November 11, Jonathan Chait, “Trumpistan Week One: The Unthinkable Slowly Becomes Normal”, in New York Magazine:

Welcome to Trumpistan, a country two weeks into the tumultuous rule of a miserable, cruel and seemingly captive president.

2017 February 3, Joy-Ann Reid, “In Trumpistan, Things Fall Apart”, in The Daily Beast:

So what’s it going to be, America: a democratic republic, or Trumpistan?

2018 May 23, Gene Lyons, “Welcome to Trumpistan, my fellow Americans”, in Chicago Sun-Times:

The United States under president Trump.


Trumpistan

de-proper noun

Trumpistan n (proper noun, strong, genitive Trumpistans)


Dynamic Duo

A nickname for the fictional superheroes Batman and Robin as a team.


Star Trekkian

en-adj

Star Trekkian (comparative more Star Trekkian, superlative most Star Trekkian)

more Star Trekkian (comparative)
most Star Trekkian (superlative)

Of or relating to the Star Trek media franchise.


Trekkian

Trekkian (comparative more Trekkian, superlative most Trekkian)

more Trekkian (comparative)
most Trekkian (superlative)


NuTrek

Obviously you've brought up NuWars and NuTrek the absolute rock bottom of modern blockbusters which I'm not going to defend

2020 April 21, anonymous author, “Re: How are western comics and cartoons art style received in Japan as opposed to how many westerners want to draw in an anime style?”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):

NuTrek and the ass goblins who tpost about it make my eyes bleed. It's so fucking boring watching retards shill the newest slop from Paramount

2024 June 25, anonymous author, “Re: /trek/”, in 4chan, retrieved 2024-08-26:

(fandom slang, derogatory) The films and television series in the Star Trek franchise from 2009 onward.


Abramsverse

From Abrams + -verse, after the American film director J. J. Abrams, involved in the reboot franchise's creation.

The "triumvirate" of Kirk-Spock-McCoy, often represented as central to the appeal of ST: TOS, is also seen as diminished by the Abramsverse in favor of emphasizing the Kirk-Spock relationship, […]

2015, Matt Hills, “From 'Multiverse' to 'Abramsverse': Blade Runner, Star Trek, Multiplicity, and the Authorizing of Cult/SF Worlds”, in J. P. Telotte, Gerald Duchovnay, editors, Science Fiction Double Feature: The Science Fiction Film as Cult Text, page 32:

Partly as a result of this division in intellectual property ownership, and the fact that Paramount had reimagined Star Trek via its differentiated 'Abramsverse,' it was actually not necessarily in Paramount's commercial interest to link Beyond to the anniversary of The Original Series.

2018, Derek Johnson, “Spin-offs, Crossovers, and World-building 'Energies'”, in Paola Brembilla, Ilaria A. De Pascalis, editors, Reading Contemporary Serial Television Universes: A Narrative Ecosystem Framework, unnumbered page:

By comparison, the Abramsverse is a smaller and less interesting place, and it tends to be far more violent, frequently using the threat of genocide itself as entertainment, […]

2019, Ace G. Pilkington, “Science Fiction and the New Trek Timeline”, in Matthew Wilhelm Kapell, Ace G. Pilkington, editors, The Kelvin Timeline of Star Trek: Essays on J.J. Abrams' Final Frontier, page 124:


Targ

If the Targ looks were carried by dominant genes, they wouldn't be so rare.

2005 January 18, Jenny Chase, “Re: Ashara Dayne”, in alt.fan.grrm (Usenet):

Targs do like to marry other Targs.

2005 July 20, Palpie, “Re: *Bringing up an old topic*”, in alt.fan.grrm (Usenet):

AND, if, in fact Jon turns out to be R+J^([sic]) after all, making him a Targ by blood if not even legally (who's to say Rhaegar didn't marry Lyanna? Wouldn't be the first time a Targ had two or more wives), what issue would this create with Jon having been made legally a Stark?

2008 July 9, vecki, “Jon Snow-Stark-Targaryen?”, in alt.fan.grrm (Usenet):

(ASoIaF/GOT fandom slang, often attributive) Any member of House Targaryen.


ASoIaF

There is an infinite amount of foods to choose from in ASoIaF, enough to fill an entire cookbook of its own.

2015, Cassandra Reeder, The Geeky Chef Cookbook: Real-Life Recipes for Your Favorite Fantasy Foods:

A Song of Ice and Fire
w:A Song of Ice and Fire


Doggettfic

No deadline to this challenge--but if you write fast, my birthday's on Thursday and a box full of Doggettfic would be a great present. ;)

2001 April 18, Bigbeautifulspoon, “Smash That Cliche! a Doggettfic challenge”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

Although I won't archive Doggettfic on Xemplary, it isn't outlawed on the XF Creative Mailing List, where just about anything goes.

2001 July 13, Shannara, “Re: What's with the witch hunt of XF authors?”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

there is less and less xf fanfic being written now, and most of it seems to be either Doggettfic or based on spoilers for season 9, neither of which i care for.

2001 October 12, Kelly, “update at A Quiet Plaace to Read”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

(X-files fandom slang) Fan fiction about the character John Doggett from The X-Files.


Valyrian

From Valyria (“fictional location”) + -n.

constructed language
constructed language

A family of constructed languages created by David J. Peterson for the television adaptation of Game of Thrones.


Trumphobia

On 9/6/2015 9:14 AM, Carl Fink wrote: > On 2015-09-06, Mike B wrote: > I wonder if the strip will be affected by his move. (He now lives in Canada.)< Has he said why he moved - new job, new relationship? Trumphobia?

2015 September 6, Mark Jackson, “Deja Vu: Questionable Content”, in rec.arts.comics.strips (Usenet):

2016 March 9, Suffering From Trumphobia? Get Over It. The Wall Street Journal.
Edwark N. Luttwak writes that if you're suffering from Trumphobia, an irrational fear of Donald Trump becoming president, get over it.

Calls to crisis and suicide prevention hotlines surge post-election By Jessica Ravitz, CNN Updated 6:03 PM ET, Fri November 11, 2016

2016 November 12, “TRUMPHOBIA driving many Americans to suicidal despair”, in alt.prophecies.nostradamus (Usenet):

Apparently, some federal employees plan to quit employment due to a sudden onset of Trumphobia, including at least one VA psychologist.

2016 November 29, “Sudden Onset Of Trumphobia Causes VA Psychologist To Quit”, in Disabled Veterans:

He was also into hyperbole topped up with a dose of Trumphobia.

2017 May 11, “Gerard Henderson: Virginia Trioli says ABC needs more comedians”, in The Australian:

Trumphobia and how it can be cured by taking a closer look at South Africa. News24. "The next time you feel you are exhibiting Trumphobia combat it by educating yourself about the politics of countries like South Africa."


Trumpster

Phineas Taylor Barnum, godfather of the modern age of hot press and selfpromotion, was Donald's direct precursor, the man who anticipated the Trumpster more than a century before the Trumpster was born.

2005, Timothy L. O'Brien, TrumpNation: The Art of Being The Donald, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

How long before he grew his thinning hair long enough to comb it over his receding hairline in the Trumpster's signature style?

2016, Andrew Shaffer, The Day of the Donald: Trump Trumps America, Crooked Lane Books, →ISBN, page 105:

This guy, who sounds like what we might call a “Scottish redneck”, adamantly refused to knuckle under to the Trumpster, and sell out, or even clean up his “eyesore” property.

2012, Jeff Foulk, Jay A. Blum, Over the Ocean and to the Links: A Golfer's Journey, Malcolm Press, →ISBN:


Pizzagate

Battle of the Buffet
Pizzagate conspiracy theory

(slang) A 2016 conspiracy theory claiming that John Podesta, Hillary Clinton's campaign manager, was involved in human trafficking, and alleging the existence of a secret child sex ring associated with the Comet Ping Pong restaurant in Washington, D.C.


Amalgamverse

From amalgam + -verse, after Amalgam Comics.

Understandably, as both Cyborg and Deathlok were by and large good guys for most of their appearances. But, I guess the answer could be much like the Age of Apocalypse (where some formerly very good X-men were awfully mean) -- some events in the Amalgamverse were so different from regular continuity that a few of the good guys were warped (and some of the bad guys were un-warped, too, I think, though no examples come to mind).

1997 April 16, shawn h, “Re: Magnetic Men amalgams, part 2”, in rec.arts.comics.dc.universe (Usenet), message-ID <5j1aks$mo0$1@news.fas.harvard.edu>:

Not to mention the fact that bringing Access into continuity emphasizes the existence of at least two alternate Universes, the Marvelverse and the Amalgamverse.

1997 November 23, Bala Menon, “Re: return to glory”, in rec.arts.comics.dc.universe (Usenet), message-ID <658hj5$krl@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net>:

(fandom slang) The fictional universe of the Amalgam Comics, which is populated by alternate versions of characters merged from Marvel Comics and DC Comics.


Nolanverse

From Nolan + -verse, after Christopher Nolan, the director of the films.

(fandom slang) The fictional universe of the Batman film trilogy directed by Christopher Nolan: Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012).