Shrubya

If I believed Shrubya could learn from experience, and take correction, I wouldn't be as worried about the meanspirited manipulative rat being the Republicratic nominee.

2000 September 13, STella, “Re: Bush vs.Subliminable Messages”, in rec.arts.tv (Usenet):

Clinton worked hard and did some good things. To his detractors: he’s gone folks, get over it. Your “Shrubya” was appointed by the U.S. Supremes. So the rich get richer, the economy heads south, public schools may begin Bible study, Roe v. Wade’s days are numbered, and the environment is secondary to corporate profits.

2001 February 21, John R. Love, “Letters to the editor: The blame game”, in Idaho Statesman, volume 137, number 210, Boise, ID, page 14:

President Shrubya expressed shock and dismay today over the fact that his energy policies have brought exploding gas prices and huge new profits to his friends in the oil industry.

2001 May 18, Doug Robarchek, “Shrubya taking big oil profits mighty hard, sources claim”, in The Charlotte Observer, volume 132, number 138, Charlotte, NC, page 13B:

Years ago, in response to some political bullshit heaved by Shrubya and his ignoble Cabal of Curs, I remember seeing long lines of people outside Mexican consular offices waiting to get a Matricula Consular card.

2017 March 24–30, Gustavo Arellano, quoting Gringo Wants to Play Bingo, “¡Ask a Mexican!”, in OC Weekly, volume 22, number 30, page 8:


Obummer

(derogatory, US politics) Nickname for Barack Obama, mostly used by conservative detractors.


Chimpy McFlightsuit

From Chimpy (“George W. Bush”) + Mc- + flightsuit. Referring to the flightsuit that Bush wore in his "mission accomplished" stunt in 2003.

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2006 April 26, the scarey internet, “Chimpy McFlightsuit selects Max Headroom as his spokesperson”, in alt.politics.bush (Usenet):

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2007 February 5, anonymous author, “Chimpy McFlightsuit wants $ for Iran War”, in alt.military.retired (Usenet):

For 76 minutes, President Chimpy McFlightSuit prowled the stage Wednesday in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country, giving a speech and answering questions about everything from his opposition to tax increases to his veto of a bill to expand children's health insurance.

2007 October 4, BizarroBush, “Audience Endures 76 Mins Of Chimpy McFlightSuit”, in alt.politics.usa.republican (Usenet):

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


Shostakovich

Transliteration of Russian Шостако́вич (Šostakóvič). Ultimately, from Belarusian and Ukrainian derivatives of Proto-Slavic *šestъ (“sixth”).

transliteration

Шостако́вич Шостакович#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian surname Шостако́вич (Šostakóvič).


Chimpy McHalliburton

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Chimpy McHitlerburton

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

blend

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Abijah

From Hebrew אביה, name of the king and also several minor biblical characters.

Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.

(biblical) King of Judah after Rehoboam, the first to begin reign over Judah only; the father of Asa


paytriot

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


DiFi

(US, colloquial) Dianne Feinstein (American politician)


The Storm

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

conspiracy theory
conspiracy theory#English


Shrillary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Goracle

Will he use his green moment on the red carpet in black tie to snag blue states and win the White House? ¶ Only the Goracle knows the answer.

2007 March 1, Maureen Dowd, “Goracle needs to ponder near future, especially 2008”, in The Times-Tribune, volume 136, Scranton, PA: Times-Shamrock Communications, →ISSN, page A13:

The inconvenient truth that Al Gore laid out in his film and book already falls short of reality. When first dropped, his bombshell was a muffled rumble. […] But as the message sank in and momentum built, the Goracle got our attention.

2007 October, Mort Rosenblum, Escaping Plato's Cave: How America's Blindness to the Rest of the World Threatens Our Survival, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 83:

True believers in catastrophic man-made climate change have been waiting for Al Gore to lead them through the Valley of Climategate. This week, The Goracle spoke.

2009 December 12, Peter Foster, “The Goracle speaks on Climategate”, in National Post, volume 12, number 40, Don Mills, Ont.: National Post Inc., Financial Post, page FP21:

The film thus takes environmental issues out of the province of the expert and the elite and gives us an environmentalist hero who is more relatable than the so-called Goracle of An Inconvenient Truth, or, to take a fictional example, the paleoclimatologist of The Day after Tomorrow.

2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 69:

(informal, usually sarcastic) Al Gore (born 1948), the 45th vice president of the United States (1993–2001), especially when viewed as a prophet of environmental catastrophe.


Baghdad Bob

Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf
w:Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf


Bushinator

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


trust, but verify

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

calque

доверя́й, но проверя́й

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


orange-American

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Killary

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

Just what do LIBs see in Killary?

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

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

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

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

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

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


Rahula

Transliteration of Sanskrit राहुल (rāhula) or Pali Rāhula.


Suddhodana

Transliteration of Sanskrit शुद्धोदन (śuddhodana) or Pali Suddhōdana.

(Buddhism) The father of Gautama Buddha.


Upali

Transliteration of Sanskrit उपालि (upāli) or Pali upāli.

(Buddhism) One of Ten Principal Disciples of Gautama Buddha.


Yasodhara

Transliteration of Sanskrit यशोधरा (yaśodharā) or Pali Yasodharā.

(Buddhism) The former wife of Gautama Buddha.


Mahapajapati Gotami

Transliteration of Pali Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī, from Sanskrit महाप्रजापती गौतमी (mahāprajāpatī gautamī).

cog

महाप्रजापती गौतमी

(Buddhism) The stepmother and maternal aunt of Gautama Buddha.


Maudgalyayana

Transliteration of Sanskrit मौद्गल्यायन (maudgalyāyana).


Anuruddha

Transliteration of Sanskrit अनुरुद्धा (anuruddhā) or Pali Anuruddhā.


Sariputta

Transliteration of Pali Sāriputta, from Sanskrit शारिपुत्र (śāriputra).


Devadatta

Transliteration of Sanskrit देवदत्त (devadatta) or Pali Devadatta.

(Buddhism) The cousin and former disciple of Gautama Buddha.


Dickensesque

en-adj

Dickensesque (comparative more Dickensesque, superlative most Dickensesque)

more Dickensesque (comparative)
most Dickensesque (superlative)

Characteristic of the writings of the English author Charles Dickens.


Macbeth trap

Named after Shakespeare's play Macbeth, in which such a contrivance could be used to bring the ghost of Banquo onto the stage.

(theater) A kind of stage trapdoor rigged to drop below floor level and slide to one side.


Jebya

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Boudica

From Latin Boudicca, from Proto-Celtic *Boudīkā (from which Proto-Brythonic *Bʉðig), from Proto-Celtic *boudīkos (“victorious”), from Proto-Celtic *boudi (“booty, victory”).

The Icenian King Prasutagus died after a long a prosperous reign of at least thirteen years. On his death, he left behind two daughters and a wife whose influence would be felt for the next two thousand years: her name was Boudica, queen of the Iceni.

2005, Vanessa Collingridge, chapter 9, in Boudica, Random House, →ISBN, page 183:

A queen of the British Iceni tribe that led an uprising against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire, died c. 61 CE


Trump derangement syndrome

en-noun

Trump derangement syndrome (uncountable)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Son of the Morning Star

Calque of Crow Ihkaléaxdaaka, from ihkaléaxa (“morning star”) + dáaka (“child”).

compound

He told me that Hairy-moccasin, a Crow Wolf, had first discovered the big enemy village and told Son-of-the-morning-star, and that he, Half-yellow-face, had then tried to stop Son-of-the-morning-star from attacking it.

1930, Frank B. Linderman, quoting Plenty Coups, Plenty-Coups: Chief of the Crows, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, published 1962, page 175:

He [Hunting Horse] pictured a snorting, wild buffalo he had cornered in a shallow cave during his last hunt with “Sun^([sic])-Of-The-Morning-Star.”

1956, Mary Ellen Ryan, “Custer’s Hunting Horse”, in The Chronicles of Oklahoma, volume XXXIV, number 1, page 332:

Custer, Son of the Morning Star, took an immediate liking to the Crows

1995, Dennis W. Harcey, Brian R. Croone, Joe Medicine Crow, White-Man-Runs-Him: Crow Scout with Custer, Evanston Publishing, page 92:

George Armstrong Custer
w:George Armstrong Custer

The Crow name for George Armstrong Custer.


Aleek-chea-ahoosh

Borrowed from Crow Alaxchíia Ahúsh, definite form of Alaxchíia Ahú.


Hitler-y

en-adj

Hitler-y (comparative more Hitler-y, superlative most Hitler-y)

more Hitler-y (comparative)
most Hitler-y (superlative)

I have not actually tried the beta yet. I hear it's quite pleasant and hardly "Hitler-y" at all.

2009 January 9, Randall Munroe, “Windows 7”, in xkcd (comic):

(informal) Pertaining to or having qualities similar to Adolf Hitler


Othello error

From Shakespeare's play Othello, in which the title character misinterprets his wife's distress as proof of her infidelity.

Out of such turmoil, it must be expected that some significant percent of Othello errors (false positives) will subsequently be improperly scored as hits when innocent subjects "confess" in return for a reduced charge.

1995, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting, National Academy of Arbitrators, →ISBN:

The relatively low accuracy rates for detecting truths in CQT polygraph research (discussed before) is perhaps the result of the Othello error (Ofshe & Leo, 1997).

2011, Klaus Fiedler, Social Communication, →ISBN, page 327:

Ekman said the Othello error stems from a truthful person being afraid of not being believed.

2013, Kelly D. Harrison, Forensic Interviewing: For Law Enforcement, →ISBN, page 75:

The Othello error is a common occurrence in traditional lie detection, which departs from the stress-based approach to lying.

2014, Timothy R. Levine, Encyclopedia of Deception, →ISBN, page 740:

An erroneous conclusion that someone is lying based on signs of stress.


Shakespeareanness

The quality, characteristic or state of being Shakespearean.


Sun King

(sobriquet) Louis XIV, king of France between 1643 and 1715


Sharpiegate

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Frege

Gottlob Frege, a German mathematician and philosopher.


Esav

Next, R. Moskowitz brings us to the Slonimer Rebbe, a late 20th century Hasidic rabbi, who taught that the evil of Esav was that very sense of completion, the self-perception that he had no need for growth or further transformation.

2019, Rachel Timoner, “Book Review: Textual Activism by Rabbi Mike Moskowitz”, in Tikkun:

(Judaism) The son of Yitzhak and Rivka and the older twin brother of Yaakov.


Yaakov

In contrast, Yaakov is associated with the month of Elul, a month characterized by contemplation, in which we, Yaakov’s children, consider our own needed transformation.

(Judaism) The son of Yitzhak and Rivka, twin brother of Esav, and patriarch of the Jews.


Hildabeast

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

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


Hildebeast

Hildebeast (canonical)
the Hildebeast (canonical)

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

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

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

Trouble for some is, the Hildebeast is ahead.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(derogatory, US politics) Hillary Clinton


Elagabalus

ĕl'əgăbʹələs

/ˌɛləˈɡæbələs/

From Latin Elagabalus. The emperor is named for the deity, whose name is from an Arabic name whose elements are إِلٰه (ʔilāh, “god”) and Arabic جَبَل (jabal, “mountain”).

Elagabalus, who was a Sun-god and the patron deity of Emesa, was worshipped […]

1958, Ivar Lissner, Power and Folly: The Story of the Caesars:

Obviously, they hoped to conceal the failure of their unhappy experiment in emperorship before, when they stressed the priesthood of Syrian Emesa's main deity Elagabalus as the key factor […]

2019, Elias Koulakiotis, Charlotte Dunn, Political Religions in the Greco-Roman World, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, →ISBN, page 111:

The deity Elagabal, venerated in ancient times at Emesa in Syria (and later elsewhere in the Roman Empire), identified with a large black stone.


Damocritus

From Ancient Greek Δᾱμόκρῐτος (Dāmókritos), a variant of Δημόκρῐτος (Dēmókritos). The well-known philosopher bearing the latter name, Democritus, is occasionally mixed up with this lesser-known author due to the similarity of their names.

A Greek author mentioned only in the Suda, whose work provides the earliest attestation of a blood libel.


Genghis

Italian romanization of Mongolian ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ (činggis)/Чингис (Čingis)


Trumpublican

That would be a Trumpublican then.

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

That is the most ridiculous thing any trumpublican could say.

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

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

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

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


Musk

* English (mainly Suffolk): variant of Must, itself as a surname of English origin from Middle English must (“must (fermenting juice)”).
* English (mainly Suffolk): alternatively perhaps in some cases from Middle English muske (“musk”).
* Americanized form of Dutch Musch, from Middle Dutch mussche (“sparrow”; modern Dutch mus).
* Dutch: nickname or metonymic occupational name from muskus (“musk”).

der

Since the announcement, Musk reposted claims on his social media platform X that $20,000 of American tax dollars are spent on drag shows in Ecuador, $750,000 to operate the fire alarm at the New York Metropolitan Opera House, and $350,000 to develop AI smart toilets.

2024 November 14, Rhian Lubin, “What is DOGE? Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency led by Musk and Ramaswamy”, in The Independent:

Elon Musk (b. 1971), entrepreneur and business magnate.


Trumpster fire

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see title)

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

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

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

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


Trumpocrat

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2020, Paul Krugman, Arguing with Zombies:

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


feel the Bern

en-verb

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Chinese virus

en-noun

Chinese virus (countable and uncountable, plural Chinese viruses)

中国病毒 (Zhōngguó bìngdú) (explanatory translation)

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

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

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

1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer, page 231:

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

1990, China Report: Science and Technology:

We had great difficulty with the Chinese virus at first.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stocks mostly recover on hope for handling of Chinese virus.

2020 January 22, Associated Press, headline:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Trumpese

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

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

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

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

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


Trumpspeak

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

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

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

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

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


Trumpophile

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

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

(informal) A fan or admirer of Donald Trump


Pherecydes

From Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō, “to carry, to bring”) + κῦδος (kûdos, “renown, glory”).

der

an Ancient Greek thinker from the island of Syros, who authored a cosmogony that bridged the mythological thought of Hesiod and pre-Socratic philosophy (c. 620-550 BC)


Obamagate

From Obama + -gate. Coined by Donald Trump.

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

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

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


Trumpet

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

named-after

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


EIIR

(UK) Abbreviation of Elizabeth II Regina; the royal cypher of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, queen regnant.


Trumposphere

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Joebama

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

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

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

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

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

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


Averroes

/əˈvɛɹəʊiːz/

From Medieval Latin Averroēs, from Arabic اِبْن رُشْد (ibn rušd).


Obozo

Blend of Obama + bozo, from Bozo the Clown.


Maggie's den

An allusion to prime minister Margaret Thatcher at 10 Downing Street.

(bingo) A traditional call for the number ten.


Trumpocalypse

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Trumplican

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


al-Khwarizmi

From Arabic الخَوَارِزْمِيّ (al-ḵawārizmiyy).

bor

الخَوَارِزْمِيّ

Persian mathematician (c. 780 – c. 850), the father of algebra.


Bush 43

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


Bush 41

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


GVR

Normally, this situation would call for a GVR order: The court would send the case back down to the court of appeals, which could decide whether a different result is required in light of Merit Management.

2018 May 7, Dan Epps, “Quorums and conflicts of interest on the Supreme Court”, in SCOTUS blog:

(US, law, informal) An order from the Supreme Court of the United States summarily disposing of a petition for certiorari by granting the petition, vacating the judgment of the lower court, and remanding to the lower court for reconsideration.


Winter of Discontent

An allusion to the opening line of William Shakespeare's play Richard III ("Now is the winter of our discontent").

Nor is the government facing a strike by tanker drivers, as was the case in early 1979 during the winter of discontent.

2021 September 23, Larry Elliott, “Petrol disruption will fuel fears of new winter of discontent”, in The Guardian:

(UK politics, historical) A period during 1978–79 in the United Kingdom, when the Labour Party's efforts to control inflation led to widespread strikes by public-sector trade unions demanding larger pay rises.


Cheddar Man

A Mesolithic man, the skeleton of which was found in a cave in Cheddar Gorge, Somerset


continentalist

Coordinate term: globalist

(historiography) One who believes that Adolf Hitler intended to limit the Third Reich's territorial expansion to Europe.


Sandersian

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


China virus

en-noun

China virus (countable and uncountable, plural China viruses)

Donald Trump
Republican Party (US)
en:China virus

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

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

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


Hiddleswift

With those earnings, it's nothing but the best for “Hiddleswift” as they canoodle around the world in a private plane.

2016 July 12, Maria Puente, “For Taylor Swift, it's a cash advance”, in Lawrence Journal-World, page 7B:

Due to work commitments the honeymoon period finally came to an end and Hiddleswift were forced to spend time apart.

2017, Naimi Corsani, Tom Hiddleston - The Biography:

Could this be referring to Hiddleswift's short-lived romance?

2017 November 29, Falin Hakeem, “Taylor Swift cements her bad girl status in 'Reputation'”, in The Oakland Post, Oakland University, page 15:

(slang) The romantic relationship between English actor Tom Hiddleston and American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift (together briefly in 2016).


Trumpski

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

af

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

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

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


Bidenesque

en-adj

Bidenesque (comparative more Bidenesque, superlative most Bidenesque)

more Bidenesque (comparative)
most Bidenesque (superlative)

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

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

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

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

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


Bidenism

en-noun

Bidenism (countable and uncountable, plural Bidenisms)

Bidenism
Joe Biden 1988 presidential campaign

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Bidenite

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

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

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

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


Trumpophilia

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

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

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


Trumpophobe

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

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

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


Trumpolini

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

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

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

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


Obama-rama

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


Obamaite

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


Trumpiana

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

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

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

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

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

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


Cumberbaby

Benedict's longing for a batch of mini Cumberbabies appears to have influenced his interpretation of the Frankenstein tale.

2014, Joanna Benecke, Being Benedict Cumberbatch, unnumbered page:

On January 7, 2015, the internet crashed once again with the news that Cumberbatch and Hunter were expecting a Cumberbaby later that year.

2015, Nikki Stafford, Investigating Sherlock: The Unofficial Guide, page 23:

2017 March 28, “Cumberbatch welcomes a Cumberbaby”, in Express, US, page 27:

(fandom slang) The child of English actor Benedict Cumberbatch.


Cumberlady

"The Cumberladies," he says, subbing in the word "lady" for his fans' cruder term. He grins: "The Cumberpeople."

2013 October 16, Andrea Mandell, “For Benedict Cumberbatch, film stardom is elementary”, in USA Today:

Be it at premiers, special events, or just on the street, you always have the time for your fans. Be they Cumberladies or even Cumbergents.

2015, Mila Hasan, My Continuing Letter to Benedict Cumberbatch, page 19:

The first images of Cumberbatch as the so-called 'Sorcerer Supreme' also look tremendously promising (and for the Cumberladies of the world, more than a little bit foxy.)

2016, Anneka Honeyball, "Doctor Strange", in "The Edge's Most Anticipated Films of 2016", The Edge (University of Southampton), January 2016, page 21

(fandom slang) A female fan of actor Benedict Cumberbatch.


Trumptastic

en-adj

Trumptastic (comparative more Trumptastic, superlative most Trumptastic)

more Trumptastic (comparative)
most Trumptastic (superlative)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Trumpsplain

en-verb

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Bushite

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Alcuin

From Latin Alcuinus, romanization of Old English Ealhwine.

Alcuin, a Northumbrian clergyman and scholar


Ahlfors

(used attributively) Finnish mathematician Lars Ahlfors (1907–1996).


Nanny of the Maroons

Jamaicans view Nanny of the Maroons as a mother of the nation.

“An Akan ethnic, Nanny's name derived from "nana," a title of respect given to chiefs, spiritual leaders, and elderly women ("ni" meaning first mother). […]”

2003, Serafin Méndez-Méndez, Serafín Mendez Mendez, Gail Cueto, “Nanny of the Maroons”, in Notable Caribbeans and Caribbean Americans: A Biographical Dictionary, →ISBN, page 325:

“The history of Jamaican national hero Nanny of the Maroons is also a narrative about the renegotiation of space — literal and figurative space. […]”

2006, Andrea Elizabeth Shaw, Andrea Shaw Nevins, The Embodiment of Disobedience: Fat Black Women's Unruly Political Bodies, →ISBN, page 70:

“For the Jamaican historical figure of Nanny of the Maroons, it is precisely her hypersexualized yet impenetrable body that centers her "masculine power" as aimed and dutiful-directed toward slave subjectivity. […]”

2015, Kimberly Juanita Brown, The Repeating Body: Slavery's Visual Resonance in the Contemporary, →ISBN:

(historical) A Jamaican heroine, 18th-century leader of a community of formerly enslaved Africans in a guerrilla war against the British.


Bidencare

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

blend

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Othelloesque

en-adj

Othelloesque (comparative more Othelloesque, superlative most Othelloesque)

more Othelloesque (comparative)
most Othelloesque (superlative)

Reminiscent of Shakespeare's character Othello, especially in feeling delusional jealousy toward one's innocent lover.


Shakey

Greene: Master Shakey Poet, a word if you please? / Will: Shakespeare, Master Greene, my name is Shakespeare.

2016, Ben Elton, “Star Crossed Lovers”, in Upstart Crow, season 1, episode 1 (television production):

(humorous, modern nickname) William Shakespeare


Dickensiana

Objects, materials, or documents relating to Charles Dickens (1812–1870), English writer and social critic.


Sleepy Joe

/ˈsliːpi ˈd͡ʒəʊ̯/

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

coinage

Welcome to the race Sleepy Joe.

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

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

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

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

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


Bidenian

en-adj

Bidenian (comparative more Bidenian, superlative most Bidenian)

more Bidenian (comparative)
most Bidenian (superlative)

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

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

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

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

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


MAGAt

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Bidenomics

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


RBG

Ruth Bader Ginsburg
w:Ruth Bader Ginsburg

(informal) Initialism of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.


Hooverette

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

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

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

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

1937, Lucy Poate Stebbins, The Golden Carlotta:

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

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

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

Great Depression in the United States
Herbert Hoover


Hoover wagon

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Hooverizer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Hoover hog

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

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

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

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

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

1993, The Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Journal of Florida Literature:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Hoover blanket

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Hoovernomics

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


Hoover flag

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Reaganaut

/ˈɹeɪɡənˌnɔːt/

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


Retrumplican

Retrumplican (comparative more Retrumplican, superlative most Retrumplican)

more Retrumplican (comparative)
most Retrumplican (superlative)

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

blend

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Queen Bess

Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland.


Trumpanzee

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

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

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

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

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

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


Helen Keller

From the American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer Helen Keller (1880–1968).

Slightly we realise that in some sense we are all Helen Kellers, and that ours, too, is a Helen Keller world.

1905, Edgar A. Ashcroft, The World's Desires Or, The Results of Monism, an Elementary Treatise on a Realistic Religion and Philosophy of Human Life, K. Paul, Trench, Trübner:

The Helen Kellers of this world give dramatic evidence of the value, the power of the independent will.

1989, Stephen Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Free Press:

Not everyone is a Helen Keller or Max Cleland, nor should we require them to be. Depending on their severity and the resources and resiliency of the survivor, simple PTSD injuries can be disabling in the same sense that physical injuries are.

2010, Jonathan Shay, John McCain, Senator Max Cleland, Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming, Scribner:

A person who has triumphed in the face of adversity.


between you and I

Popularized by William Shakespeare in The Merchant of Venice, see quotations.

Sweet Baſſanio, My ſhips haue all miſcarried, my Creditors grow cruell, my eſtate is very low: my bond to the Iew is forfet, and ſince in paying it, it is impoſſible I ſhould liue, all debts are cleered betweene you and I if I might but ſee you at my death.

c. 1596–1598 (date written), W[illiam] Shakespeare, The Excellent History of the Merchant of Venice. […] (First Quarto), [London]: […] J[ames] Roberts [for Thomas Heyes], published 1600, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

between you and me
between you and me#English

(proscribed) Alternative form of between you and me


Bethuel

And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 25:20:

The father of Rebekah and Laban; nephew of Abraham

(rare) A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.


Obamunist

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Big Mike

Calque of French Gros Michel; from gros (“big”) + Michel (“Michael”)


Big Mike

In reference to conspiracy theories alleging that Michelle Obama is secretly transgender. First use appears c. 2016.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Big Mike.

(slang, derogatory, humorous) Michelle Obama.


Kanye

Evidently from Igbo Kanye, although inspiration from other African languages may have contributed. The verb is a reference to Kanye West interrupting Taylor Swift’s speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.


Poppaea

(historical) A female given name from Latin.


Clintonworld

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


Bidenworld

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

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

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


Obamaworld

Heading into 2016 and 2020, if you told the hotshots from Obamaworld that you thought Biden would be a good candidate, they would uniformly offer a look of infinite patience, tolerance and condescension and say something like, “Well, I could understand how someone would think that.”

2021 March 20, Maureen Dowd, “Old Pol, New Tricks”, in The New York Times:

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


Trump bump

Named after Donald Trump, and chosen for the rhyme.

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


Mowgli syndrome

After Mowgli, the fictional protagonist of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (1894), who was raised by wolves.

Alas, in reality children who have no experience of human care, loving relationships, and language display none of these. Instead, they display symptoms of what is called the Mowgli syndrome, symptoms including fear of humans, […]

So when little Sasha came into the care of our outreach, he came with that “Mowgli syndrome” designation because he had been raised by dogs and had no memory of ever living with a human being.

2017, Rick Renner, Sparkling Gems from the Greek Vol. 2:


Dizzy

(UK, slang, humorous) Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881), 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, and twice prime minister of the United Kingdom.


Breage

A village and civil parish in south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW6128).


QAnonsense

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Aurangzeb

From Classical Persian اورنگزیب (awrang-zēb, literally “Ornament of the Throne”).

der

(historical) Muhyi'd-Din Muhammad (1618–1707), the sixth Mughal emperor, who ruled over almost the entire Indian subcontinent for a period of 49 years.


Putinista

Supporter or advocate of Vladimir Putin.


Dahut

(mythology) The daughter of Gradlon, king of the city of Ys.


Euhemerus

From Latin Euhemerus, from Ancient Greek Εὐήμερος (Euḗmeros, from εὐ- (eu-, “good-, well-”) + ἥμερος (hḗmeros, “tamed, civilized, domesticated”)).

der

(historical) An ancient Greek Sicilian Skeptic philosopher, famed for a lost work proposing most or all mythology derived from historical figures and natural events which became supernatural only through retelling.

A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Εὐήμερος (Euḗmeros).


Juliet balcony

en-noun

Juliet balcony (plural Juliet balconies)

In reference to a scene in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.


Foch

Ferdinand Foch, French field marshal in the First World War


Bhutto

en-proper-noun

Bhutto (countable and uncountable, plural Bhuttos)

Benazir Bhutto, first female Prime Minister in the Islamic world


Trumpologist

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

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

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

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

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

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