Disneybound

en-verb

Disneybound (third-person singular simple present Disneybounds, present participle Disneybounding, simple past and past participle Disneybounded)

Disneybounds (present singular third-person)
Disneybounding (participle present)
Disneybounded (participle past)
Disneybounded (past)

“I have Disneybounded Merida, Minnie Mouse, Buzz Lightyear. … I have two different Ariel ones,” said [Elyssa] Kivus, 27. “I really like meeting the character when you’re Disneybounding as that character,” she said.

Stephanie Danet Disneybounding as Princess Jasmine from "Aladdin." […] Leslie [Kay] Disneybounding as the bird Becky from "Finding Dory." […] Brittani Enos-Blake Disneybounding as Snow White. She wore a Magic Mirror pin instead of carrying an actual mirror. […] Sara Katz-Scher Disneybounding as Minnie Mouse. […] Keshia [Sih-Tseng] and her husband Kevin Disneybounding as Han Solo and Chewbacca from "Star Wars." […] Sarah [Sterling] and her boyfriend, Leo [Camacho], Disneybounding as Dory and Nemo from "Finding Nemo."

Fans can also cosplay as Disney characters (although notably, not at the Disney parks themselves), or even ‘Disneybound’, a practice where fans dress in similar colours or looks to their favourite Disney characters (see also Rebecca Rowe’s chapter in this volume). […] [Rebecca Rowe, “To Act Like a Kid or Not to Act Like a Kid: Disneybounding in the Parks”] Moreover, on multiple occasions that day, people singled me out to talk to me, ignoring the rest of my family who were not Disneybounding. […] The one day that I did not Disneybound, I immediately faded into the background. / This experience deeply fascinated me: why would others treat me differently when they see me Disneybounding? […] On the other hand, guests may be more likely to approach someone who seems to be having a good time, whether or not they are Disneybounding, because childlike wonder and playfulness are part of Disney’s image of the child, suggesting that the guest is performing Disney’s script of childhood. […] BIPoC guests, likewise, can reimagine their chosen characters simply by Disneybounding as them (i.e. a Black Ariel).

2022, Sabrina Mittermeier, editor, Fan Phenomena: Disney, Intellect, →ISBN, part 2 (The Disney Theme Parks and Their Fans):

Most folks who Disneybound do so specifically for trips to Disney World or Disneyland, but the more subtle the references are in an outfit, the more likely they can be inconspicuous out in public.

(fandom slang, transitive, intransitive) To incorporate The Walt Disney Company–themed elements (of a specific character) in one’s fashion.


VPOTUS

(US politics) Acronym of Vice President of the United States.


Disneyphobia

Harriette Hunt of Port St. Lucie traced her Disneyphobia back through the years. “I’ve never liked Disney,” Harriette Hunt explained.

1982 September 26, Ray Washington, “And then there are those who haven’t been to Disney World”, in The News Tribune, Fort Pierce, Fla./Port St. Lucie, Fla., page B13:

Add to these the writers who’ve seen their prices drop and their work “managed” beyond recognition, the directors who have been stripped of their autonomy, the agents who have been left sitting alone at the negotiating table, and the long list of litigants who’ve felt the heat of Disney’s legendarily voracious legal team, and you have a fairly large population of Disneyphobes. Last spring, the conclusion to a pair of brutal alley fights with the Muppets and Peggy Lee moved Disneyphobia from the back tables at Mortons into the mainstream of public opinion.

1991 November, Peter J. Boyer, “Katzenberg’s seven-year itch: Showtown superstition has it that Jeffrey Katzenberg’s winning streak at Disney is over, but the studio boss is determined to beat the odds”, in Vanity Fair, page 146, column 3:

Comments one French writer bemused by the outbreak of Disneyphobia: “We’ve never really forgiven the Americans for liberating us.”

1992 April 8, Alex Beam, “Eek! A mouse!”, in The Boston Globe, volume 241, number 99, page 19:

Strange affliction, Disneyphobia — and not very flattering. The dark pronouncements about Disney’s purchase of ABC contain an element of condescension; Disney’s products have widespread appeal, making them easy targets for snobs. The company also enjoys considerable success, which attracts the enmity of liberals who resent winners because winners have no need for liberalism’s pet virtue: compassion.

1995 August 11, “The Disneyphobes”, in Richmond Times-Dispatch, 145th year, number 223, Richmond, Va., page A14:

The issues of control and corporatism in community development that Beardsley raises deserve serious debate with less pop Disneyphobia and a little more historical professional perspective.

The 12-cartoon, 90-minute program, beginning Friday at the Cinema Village (22 E. 12th St., 212-924-3363, Manhattan), includes some truly outrageous racial stereotypes, sexist imagery, xenophobia and even Disney[-]phobia: “Coal Black and the Sebben Dwarfs” a parody of “Snow White,” has some terrific animation but is rampant with racist cliches.

1997 March 12, John Anderson, “When That Outwageous Bunny Was Bad”, in Newsday, volume 57, number 191, page B11:

One explanation for the strength of this Disneyphobia is that the vast majority of film critics do not like movies that are not obviously difficult and complicated. […] A more general reason for Disneyphobia is that the middle class seems naturally inclined to the Stoic error that enjoyment is incompatible with edification.

1999 October 26, Matthew d’Ancona, “Disney as the New Shakespeare”, in Ottawa Citizen, page A16:

Times Square, Disneyphobia, HegeMickey, The Ricky Principle, and the downside of the entertainment economy: it’s fun-dumb-mental

2001 December, Morris B. Holbrook, Marketing Theory, volume 1, page 139:

I had all but made peace with my Disneyphobia until one day last week while wandering through Target hunting a bath mat. […] a hoss of a woman screeched into her cell phone, rattling the lamps in the light fixture aisle. […] “[…] we thought we’d run on down to Disney for a few days.[…]” […] She had uttered the worst word possible: Disney. I fear it like a child scared of spooks under a bed. We have lucked out in the Disney department, thanks to the fact that Myrtle Beach, S.C., has Lazy Rivers and plenty of stucco’d and plastic wonders to entertain the children. […] Even in my in-laws do Disney every other year or so, and they’re almost 100. How come they can withstand 11 hours of driving that boring old highway fighting traffic, then checking into a crowded motel packed with obnoxious parents and hacking children?

2004 December 8, Susan Reinhardt, “Facing my fear: Doing Disney with the crowds”, in Asbury Park Press, page 18:

The entire experience was more overwhelming than a case of Disney-phobia. I’d just as soon hit four theme parks than ever return to a high school football game where rivals are playing and the teens are out en masse.

2005 August 30, Susan Reinhardt, “Football game injected me with a dose of culture shock and an eye full of hoochie-coochie”, in Asheville Citizen-Times, page D1:

Jon Harrison copes with Disneyphobia

But now I think I’ve found a particularly disturbing and personally resonant reason for my Disneyphobia. About ten minutes into Frozen, there’s a crucial and decidedly dark plot twist, when Anna and Elsa’s parents, the king and queen of Arendelle, board a sailing ship. In a startlingly graphic ten-second sequence, the ship is caught in a violent storm, overwhelmed by towering waves and dragged under. Small wonder she doesn’t want ‘to sink to the bottom of the water’. Who can blame her? Curse you, Mickey Mouse.

2018, Jonathan Gornall, How to Build a Boat: A Father, His Daughter, and the Unsailed Sea, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN:


Trump train

(US politics, informal) Political support for Donald Trump.


Teflon Don

From teflon (“able to easily shrug off or deflect criticism or blame”) + Don (diminutive of Donald), for Trump’s supposed ability to dodge legal matters.

Former President Trump – long deemed Teflon Don for his ability to dodge legal matters – is facing a series of serious criminal charges brought by the Justice Department, which unsealed a 37-count indictment on Friday related to his handling of classified documents.

2023 June 10, “Trump faces biggest challenge yet to 'Teflon Don' persona”, in The Hill:


Disneylandification

Thus it becomes inevitable that the border to kitsch and ‘Disneylandification’ will be crossed, quite often even under the formally correct surveillance of the authorities.

2010, Susanne Oberheu, Michael Wadenpohl, Cappadocia: A Travel Guide Through the Land of Fairychimneys and Rock Castles, →ISBN, page 26:

If it is the case elsewhere that the tourist industry has ‘touristified’ urban centres that already existed, subjecting them to a process of Disneylandification, Las Vegas is a tourist city created from scratch in the middle of the Mojave Desert, designed purely for the function of drawing in and accommodating tourists.

2021, Marco D'Eramo, The World in a Selfie: An Inquiry into the Tourist Age, Verso Books, →ISBN, page 127:

Residents distance themselves from the Disneylandification of the city

2022, Zara Pinto-Coelho, Helena Pires, editors, The City of the Senses, the Senses in the City, UMinho Editora, →ISBN, page 116:

(informal) The process of making or turning into something resembling Disneyland; homogenization and commercialization, especially in tourism.


victicrat

Does this country have a race problem or are we all held hostage to a "victicrat" mentality?

2000, Larry Elder, The Ten Things You Can't Say in America, page 4:

(US politics) One who espouses a victim mentality, especially believing that every negative situation in their life is brought about due to their race.


Hopey McChange

From hope + -y + Mc- + change, in reference to Obama's political campaigning; see Barack Obama "Hope" poster and compare hopeium.

Is that why Hopey McChange had a beer with Biden, that professor and that cop?

2010 November 11, theget, “o/t - Is George W Bush a Racist?”, in alt.tv.law-and-order (Usenet):

First it was "my father served in WWII", now an enormous error in mixing up the dead with the living Medal of Honor Recipients. How do you suppose the magic President Hopey McChange, with the mind of a computer can make all these errors?

2011 June 26, Sorbo, “AP Goes All Orwell in Covering Obama Apology for MOH Gaffe It Originally Ignored”, in soc.retirement (Usenet):

But Hopey McChange just asked for more money to give to people who are below water.

2012 February 8, theget, “OT The Good Example”, in alt.tv.law-and-order (Usenet):

(slang, derogatory) A nickname for former US president Barack Obama.


Presumably the mindwipe process is unstable in suspended animation, so they didn't want to bother until they were ready to bring the bizarros up to active use. And any lingering imperfections in the duplicator can explain "out of character" incidents on the part of the SW6ers.

1992 August 5, David VanDomelen, “LSH clones speculation }->”, in rec.arts.comics.misc (Usenet):

(fandom slang) A member of Batch SW6, a group of time-displaced duplicates of the early Legion of Super-Heroes in the DC Comics Universe.


Xfic

en-noun

Xfic (countable and uncountable, plural Xfics)

I have just completed an Xfic, and would like to post it to get some feedback. The story is in 9 parts, with some parts up to 2000 words. Is 2000 words acceptible^([sic]) for a posting length, or should I break the longer parts into smaller lengths for posting?

1997 February 26, Sean, “posting length query”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

(countable, fandom slang) A fanfic based on The X-Files television series.


SNCC

SNCC’s move toward pursuing more radical ideals actually began in 1966 when the group spoke out against U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.

2013, Michael V. Uschan, James Foreman and SNCC, Greenhaven Publishing, →ISBN, page 90:

w:Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

(US politics, historical) Initialism of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.


old man yells at cloud

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From a scene in the 2002 episode "The Old Man and the Key" of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons, in which Grampa Simpson, applying for a driver's license, produces a newspaper clipping with this headline for identification.

I'm incessantly railing, in the old-man-yells-at-cloud tradition, against Big Beautiful Burgers stuffed into wispy buns that leave nothing to the imagination.

2018 February, Liz Cook, “Check-in Time”, in The Pitch, page 26:

If you will allow me an “old man yells at cloud” moment...back in my day, the only tools we had to make documentation were plain ol' spreadsheets, slides, and Word documents.

2020, Matt LeMay, Product Management in Practice, page 148:

Everyone has their own Old-Man-Yells-at-Cloud gripe that they just can't let go. Some people can't get over the fact that some people do (or do not) keep their ketchup in the fridge; other people can't stop themselves ragging on pineapple-topped pizza.

2022, Ruby Tandoh, Cook As You Are: Recipes for Real Life, Hungry Cooks, and Messy Kitchens: A Cookbook, page 131:

(humorous or derogatory) Refers to a person who expresses a trivial, out-of-touch, or idiosyncratic grievance; especially, with an implication of aged crotchetiness.

Grampa Simpson
The Old Man and the Key
The Simpsons


Joever

en-adj

Joever (comparative more Joever, superlative most Joever)

more Joever (comparative)
most Joever (superlative)

/ˈd͡ʒəʊ.və(ɹ)/

Blend of Joe + over, in reference to 46th president of the United States Joe Biden. Initially appeared in a 4chan post published October 14, 2020, shortly before the 2020 United States presidential election, to signify the perceived defeat of Joe Biden. Popularized in late 2022 in various memes on Twitter. Repopularized after Joe Biden withdrew from the 2024 Presidential race.

here's a prediction for you
it's joever

2020 October 24, anonymous author, 4chan, /pol/:

“It’s Joever,” joked one fan with an attached image of a forlorn President Joe Biden.

2022 December 22, DJ Byrnes, “NFL world reacts to major Russell Wilson change”, in The Comeback, archived from the original on 2022-12-30:

It's Joever. On Saturday, Entertainment Tonight dropped the bombshell news that Taylor Swift and her boyfriend of more than six years, Joe Alwyn, broke up "a few weeks ago," which was subsequently confirmed by People, Page Six, and CNN.

2023 April 10, Brendan Morrow, “The daily gossip: Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn were 'talking about marriage' before reported split, Kim Kardashian cast in American Horror Story, and more”, in The Week, archived from the original on 2023-06-19:

The 27-year-old streamer tweeted out a meme collage for the announcement of his new world record, while also tagging Forsen. He shared the meme quote “It’s Joever,” along with his time for the speed run of 16 minutes and 38 seconds.

2023 May 7, Ajitesh Rawat, quoting xQc, “xQc Flexes on Forsen After Taking Back the Crown of Minecraft Record Holder”, in EssentiallySports, archived from the original on 2023-07-20:

Over on Twitter, someone immediately posted, "They even added complicated armor layouts to the alien flesh suits its joever".

2023 May 25, James Troughton, “Gamers Are Divided Over Spider-Man 2's Symbiote Suit”, in TheGamer, archived from the original on 2023-06-03:

'Honestly heartbroken babes... Go collect your brother, after this is done... You might want to log out tonight sis... it’s joever for your brother i fear... Your brother is giving LOSER ENERGY. So disrespectful... Tell him sis'.

2023 June 12, Ciara Farmer For Mailonline, “Snoochie Shy rages over Love Island star brother Zachariah's cruel treatment of Catherine... leaving fans urging the DJ to 'go collect her loser sibling'”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-13:

Ah shit, it’s Joever.

2024 February 26, Smii7Yplus, 19:47 from the start, in Worms Moments that End in Disaster:

It’s finally Joever: On Sunday, President Joe Biden announced he's stepping down from the Democratic presidential ticket with a letter to his "fellow Americans," posted on Twitter.

2024 July 21, Kylie Cheung, “It's Joever”, in Jezebel, archived from the original on 2024-07-21:

(Internet slang, humorous) Done for, finished, cooked.

Withdrawal of Joe Biden from the 2024 United States presidential election


It is estimated that HB2 cost North Carolina $600 million in lost business, after the National Basketball Association and other sports organizations and businesses moved events from the state, financial services firms halted expansion plans, and a number of celebrities canceled shows.

2018, Constance E. Bagley, Managers and the Legal Environment: Strategies for Business, Cengage Learning, →ISBN, page 119:

w:Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act

(US politics) Initialism of House Bill 2.


Dear Leader

But patriotism means standing up for your country's values, not pledging personal allegiance to Dear Leader.

2017 January 16, Paul Krugman, “With All Due Disrespect”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-02-13:

Even as Trump commands a dwindling number of Republicans willing to say the election remains unsettled, his administration is stuck trying to carry out Dear Leader's wishes.

2020 November 14, Terry H. Schwadron, “Trump gums up the transition works”, in Salon.com, archived from the original on 2023-05-05:

Also on Tuesday, Arizona Republicans censured Rusty Bowers, a Republican and leader in the state's legislature, after he had testified last month before the committee and denied that Trump won Arizona. Fealty to "Dear Leader" remains a tribal litmus test.

2022 July 22, Lloyd Green, “Trump, modern Nero, watched the Capitol sacked from a White House dining room”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-05:

(by extension, ironic, derogatory) A nickname for Donald Trump (US president from 2017–2021), seen as engendering unthinking subservience among his followers.


Cleganebowl

From Clegane + bowl (“a postseason football competition”).

compound

Believers in the Cleganebowl were a unique brand of fans who embraced the tagline “GET HYPE.”

2019, Kim Renfro, The Unofficial Guide to Game of Thrones, page 173:

In a similar vein to Cleganebowl, I feel almost certain that Hodor will appear as a wight in the Night King's army.

2019, Joe Cunningham, "Game of Thrones Season 8", University Express (University College Cork), 2 April 2019, page 18

The style evident in the ‘Cleganebowl’ scene contrasts with that apparent in the intercut scenes, which follow the narrative perspective of Arya Stark.

2021, Daniel Clarke, “A city in flames: King’s Landing as artistic archive in HBO’s Game of Thrones”, in Landscape Research, volume 47, number 7, page 905:

(ASoIaF/GoT fandom slang) The showdown between brothers Sandor Clegane and Gregor Clegane on the television series Game of Thrones.


you know nothing, Jon Snow

From a catchphrase said repeatedly by the character Ygritte to Jon Snow in the novel A Storm of Swords (2000) by George R. R. Martin. The phrase, initially used reproachfully and then later affectionately after Jon and Ygritte fall in love, was popularised by its use in the television adaptation Game of Thrones.

People in New York are complaining about how hot it is and I’m like you know nothing Jon Snow.

2014, @becafarmer, quoted in Metro (New York), 3 July 2014 - 6 July 2014, page 2

All your planning is done. Your bag is packed. You've got your pass. You've finished marathoning Orphan Black. It's con time. But if you think you're ready to head inside just because you've done all this planning, you know nothing, Jon Snow. There is a lot to deal with once you're through the front doors.

2015, Sam Maggs, The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy: A Handbook for Geek Girls, page 124:

Charles nodded, understanding. "I know."
From up front, Pete said, "You know nothing, Jon Snow."

2023, Jason Powell, No Man's Ghost, unnumbered page:

(humorous) Used to imply that someone lacks experience, knowledge, or understanding, especially as a rebuttal of a previous statement.

A Storm of Swords
Game of Thrones
George R. R. Martin
Jon Snow (character)
Ygritte


I choose violence

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Cersei Lannister
Game of Thrones
No One (Game of Thrones)

Presumably inspired by a scene in the episode "No One" (2016) of the television series Game of Thrones, in which Cersei Lannister, facing clerical detention and ordered to restrain her bodyguard, calmly responds, "I choose violence."

You see, I have this funny thing I say every morning and to my close circle of women friends quite often, especially when they're looking for advice on how to deal with white privilege and entitlement, and that is: 'Choose violence' I don't mean this literally. But when we say what needs to be said, a Black woman will always be seen as aggressive or arrogant, instead of confident, unafraid and assertive. […] But choosing the easier path doesn't benefit me, harmlessness does not benefit me. I choose violence.

2022, Haji Mohamed Dawjee, Here's the Thing, unnumbered page:

On my last night in town before heading to the Midwest, I decide to try the hot dog at the Cape Cod Cafe. The suggestion draws some mockery on both sides of the family, who know damn well that coming to CCC without getting a bar pizza is a waste of their money (I offer to pay: "Oh my God, Mrs. Hollywood with her own frickin' money, huh," an aunt says before slapping down a Visa with travel points). It is overpriced, eight dollars without any description except "hot dog." I choose violence. I order the hot dog.

2023, Jamie Loftus, Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs, unnumbered pages

The boring asss griiiiind. I usually enjoy the grind, I’m currently up to my ears in Diablo4 grind. It was just so bland and monotonous. Same with Witcher3 and Skyrim……I choose violence.

2023 June 28, u/KickballJamal, Reddit, r/AskReddit:

(Internet slang, humorous, idiomatic) Used to express that one is firmly committed to making one's own choice(s) regardless of disapproval from others.


dracarys

en-verb

dracarys (third-person singular simple present dracaryses, present participle dracarysing, simple past and past participle dracarysed)

dracaryses (present singular third-person)
dracarysing (participle present)
dracarysed (participle past)
dracarysed (past)

A Song of Ice and Fire
Daenerys Targaryen
David J. Peterson
Game of Thrones

Coined by American writer and television producer George R. R. Martin as a word meaning "dragonfire" in the fictional language of High Valyrian featured in his A Song of Ice and Fire novel series. In the novel series, as well as its television adaptation Game of Thrones, the character Daenerys Targaryen uses dracarys (drakarys in the television series) to command her dragons to breathe fire. The language creator chosen for Game of Thrones, David J. Peterson, acknowledged that dracarys was influenced by Latin dracō (“dragon”).

coin

It's no secret that I love hot and spicy food, so in addition to the hundred-plus people I'd like to dracarys on a daily basis, I'd do it to my Bloody to ensure it has extra heat.

2020, Joey Skladany, Basic Bitchen, page 35:

What Warren Buffett Should've Told Ya #5: You Didn't Get into This to Dracarys a Bitch

2021, Phoebe Robinson, Please Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes: Essays, page 90:

On my last day of work, when I wanted to Dracarys everyone (I'll get to that), I realised why.

2023, Sonja Hadj Said, Bluebird, unnumbered page:


valar morghulis

Coined by American writer and television producer George R. R. Martin for use in his A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy novel series. The phrase, which means "all men must die" in the fictional language of High Valyrian, is used as a greeting by the Faceless Men, a combination death cult and assassin's guild. The traditional response is valar dohaeris (“all men must serve”).

On a philosophical note, there has never been a moment in my life where I’ve truly considered the gravity of death. Yes I know, “All men must die,” but I’m a writer, not a BASE jumper. I spend most of my time behind a bright computer screen, thinking. Yet as I started driving along the edge of a snowy cliff tumbling hundreds of meters downwards to the rocky sea, without snow tyres, the possibility was getting a little bit too real. Valar morghulis.

2015, Hannah Jane Cohen, "A Road Trip To Djúpavík", The Reykjavík Grapevine, 5 June 2015 - 18 June 2015, page 31

In 2015, different beasts threaten our lives—heart disease, cancers, and chronic airway diseases comprise the majority of our disease burden. Valar morghulis—all men must die.

2015, Keegan Guidolin & Matthew Douglas-Vail, "What kills us and what costs us: An examination of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge", University of Western Ontario Medical Journal, Volume 84, Issue 1, Winter 2015, page 18

You fought a good battle, and it was an honour to be there right beside you. I will miss you. “Valar Morghulis” my friend. The God of Death has called one of its valiant warrior home, albeit, too soon.

2019, "Dedication", in Jennifer P. B. Price, "Testing Construct Redundancy: Resilience, Grit, Hardiness, and Mental Toughness", thesis submitted to Saint Mary's University (Halifax, NS), page 7

(fandom slang) An expression used as an acknowledgement of human mortality and the inevitability of death.


my watch has ended

Derived from a misquotation of a phrase used in the A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy novel series and its television adaptation Game of Thrones. In the novels, "and now his watch is ended" is used to conclude eulogies honouring fallen members of the Night's Watch, a brotherhood of men who swear lifelong vows to defend the Wall. "My watch is ended" is used in the episode "Oathbreaker" (2016) by a character who resigns from the Watch.

My watch has ended.
For the last eight years – four of them here at Courier Life Publications – I have had the privilege to be your eyes and ears, your evaluator, and a watchdog in New York City's local sports scene.

2016, Joseph Staszewski, "Farewell – but not goodbye", Brooklyn Courier, 20 May 2016 - 26 May 2016, page 44

My watch has ended. After six years, I'm about to conclude my last three-year term as department chair.

2018, Gary W. Lewandowski, "My Watch Has Ended: A Chair's Exit Interview", The Department Chair, Fall 2018, page 10

"I really enjoyed my time on city council the last eight years. I've learned a lot, developed some really good relationships. I'm proud of the work we've done. And you know, I'm going to be thinking of our achievements as I move forward but for now, my watch has ended."

2020, Ryan Bater, quoted in John Cairns, "Bater concedes race", Regional News-Optimist (The Battlefords, SK), 12 November 2020, page 3

(fandom slang) Used to indicate that one's duties or tenure in a position have ended.

A Song of Ice and Fire
Game of Thrones
Night's Watch
Oathbreaker (Game of Thrones)
The Wall (A Song of Ice and Fire)


valar dohaeris

Coined by American writer and television producer George R. R. Martin for use in his A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy novel series. The phrase means "all men must serve" in the fictional language of High Valyrian. It is a traditional response to valar morghulis (“all men must die”).

If Valar Morghulis, then I shall do my very best in paying it forward in the time I have left. Valar Dohaeris.

2014, "Acknowledgements", in Kathleen A. Moore, "Scrutiny on the Bounty: From Crisis Communication To Crisis Conversation", dissertation submitted to Pennsylvania State University, page xi

But soon there will be a new clickbait queen, as HBO's Game of Thrones gears up for its penultimate season this weekend. After that, you can expect endless recaps and speculations for the next two months, clogging up your social media feed (not to mention the endless memes) as the show moves beyond the source material and into the realm of "everyone will have theories." We'll try to steer clear of that business, but no promises: We are a free alt-weekly in 2017, after all, and everyone's got bills to pay. Valar dohaeris.

2017 July 14, Josh Kupecki, “Stream Analysis”, in The Austin Chronicle, page 43:

Although Dr. Murphy’s “watch has ended,” her trailblazing legacy and extreme passion to improve kidney and health care will live on in many ways (14), but forever in our hearts and minds. Indeed, Valar dohaeris (15).

2021, Steven G. Coca, "Tribute to Barbara Murphy", Kidney360, Volume 2, Issue 9, page 1500

(fandom slang) An expression used as an affirmation of duty to a higher purpose or authority.


High Valyrian

Coined by American writer and television producer George R. R. Martin. First referenced in his 1996 fantasy novel A Game of Thrones. Developed into a usable conlang by David J. Peterson.

The HBO series Games of Thrones, which premiered in 2011, has included the languages of Dothraki and High Valyrian, both created by David Peterson.

2015, Douglas Ball, “Constructed languages”, in Rodney H. Jones, editor, The Routledge Handbook of Language and Creativity, pages 148–149:

Though two language courses (High Valyrian and Klingon) are constructed languages from popular TV series (Game of Thrones and Star Trek, respectively), there are reportedly more than 100,000 learners doing the High Valyrian course.

2017, David M. Palfreyman, “Learner Autonomy and Groups”, in Autonomy in Language Learning and Teaching: New Research Agendas, page 79:

The use of High Valyrian mirrors the use of Latin both in the medieval Christian church and as a common language used among the educated elite.

2019, KellyAnn Fitzpatrick, Neomedievalism, Popular Culture, and the Academy: From Tolkien to Game of Thrones, page 113:

constructed language
constructed language

A constructed language developed for use in the television series Game of Thrones.

A Game of Thrones
David J. Peterson
Valyrian languages


captive nation

Almost from the moment the Soviet empire swallowed the captive nations, the fight against it began.

1989 November 21, A[braham] M[ichael] Rosenthal, “ON MY MIND; Helping the Revolution”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2017-12-19:

Earlier this week, US President Donald Trump claimed that "socialism is dying" and described Cuba as a "captive nation." But Cuban officials framed voting yes to the constitution as a matter of patriotism.

2019 February 25, Euan McKirdy, “Cubans overwhelmingly vote in favor of new constitution”, in CNN, archived from the original on 2022-10-12:

When the moment struck in the late 1980s as the Soviet Union started to collapse, nonviolent resistance to Communist rule forced the Soviets out, freeing the captive nations without a shot fired.

2021 June 24, Henry Olsen, “Opinion: The U.S. can’t save Hong Kong. But it must keep the spirit of freedom alive.”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-07-18:

(US, politics, chiefly historical) A country under the control of a Communist regime (especially the Soviet Union).


Foxitis

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From Fox + -itis, after Fox News, an American conservative news and political commentary television channel and website.

In May, 2021, the defence for US Capitol rioter Anthony Antonio, put forward the argument that Mr. Antonio was suffering from “Foxitis” - a condition brought on by watching excessive amounts of FOX NEWS in the six months prior to the insurrection.

2021 July 20, Kyle Hamilton, edited by Ruben Verborgh, Anastasia Dimou, Aidan Hogan, Claudia d'Amato, Ilaria Tiddi, Arne Bröring, Simon Mayer, Femke Ongenae, Riccardo Tommasini, and Mehwish Alam, The Semantic Web: ESWC 2021 Satellite Events: Virtual Event, June 6–10, 2021, Revised Selected Papers, volume 12739, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 230:

“Lawyer Blames 'Foxitis' for His US Capitol Riot Client's Actions, as Another Defendant Derails Hearings With Profane Outbursts”

2022 October 15, Thomas E. Brymer, FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY: Our Dangerous Civic Illiteracy, A Conservative's Conscience, and Rethinking American Citizenship, BookLocker.com, Inc, →ISBN:

Indeed, several people arrested for participating in the insurrection attempt on January 6, 2021, used as their defense that they were victims of “Foxitis,” misdirected by the continuous misinformation.

2022 October 24, David L. Altheide, Gonzo Governance: The Media Logic of Donald Trump, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN:

Because they weren't strong enough to pull away. It's not my fault; it was “Foxitis.” Imagine the lives saved and destruction avoided if honesty, integrity, and maintaining the highest ethical standards in journalism were the norm instead of the exception.

2023 January 6, Nitki's Dad, The Warrior Within, Page Publishing Inc, →ISBN:

(US politics, humorous) A notional disease caused by overconsumption of right-wing media.


kismesis

en-noun

kismesis (countable and uncountable, plural kismeses)

Blend of kismet (“fate, destiny”) + nemesis. Coined by American author and webcomic artist Andrew Hussie in Homestuck.

coin

For quotations using this term, see Citations:kismesis.

(Homestuck fandom slang) A person with whom one shares an intense but adversarial connection; a nemesis; a rival.


Buckley rule

After William F. Buckley Jr., who stated the rule in connection with National Review magazine.

(US politics) The rule of supporting the most right-wing viable candidate for a given office.


Constitutioner

The Constitution Party of Texas Tuesday substituted Mrs. W. Lee O’Daniel in the place of her husband as their nominee for governor of Texas. [see title]

1956 September 18, “Constitutioners: Party to Run O’Daniel’s Wife Instead”, in Fort Worth Star-Telegram, volume 76, number 231, Fort Worth, Tex., page 1:

William P. Gale, the Constitution Party’s candidate for governor of California, says it is mixture of the races which is leading the world to Armageddon […] [see title]

1957 December 13, “'Constitutioner' Says Race Mixing Means Final War”, in The Fresno Bee, volume 68, number 12739, Fresno, Cal., page 13-A:

The Constitution Party Monday night named Charles Sullivan, 29, Clarksdale, Miss., attorney, as its presidential candidate. [see title]

1960 August 10, “Constitutioners Name Candidate”, in The Progress-Index, volume 96, number 38, Petersburg–Colonial Heights, Va., page 16:

(US politics, historical) A member of the Constitution Party, a loosely organized far-right third party in the United States founded in 1952 and dissolved in the 1970s.


HAA

Healthy Americans Act
w:Healthy Americans Act

(US politics) Initialism of Healthy Americans Act.


starve the beast

en-verb

starve the beast (third-person singular simple present starves the beast, present participle starving the beast, simple past and past participle starved the beast)

starves the beast (present singular third-person)
starving the beast (participle present)
starved the beast (participle past)
starved the beast (past)

Bruce Bartlett
Ronald Reagan
The Independent Review

According to Bruce Bartlett, the second sense was first used by an anonymous Reagan staffer in “We didn’t starve the beast. It’s still eating quite well—by feeding off future generations.”

Whatever the mechanism, attempts to starve the beast through revenue shortages somehow seem to make the beast all the more voracious.

2010 February 22, Catherine Rampell, “A New Social Contract, but Which One?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-10-16:

(US politics) To deprive the federal government of revenue by cutting taxes in an effort to force it to limit spending.


monkey's paw

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The Monkey's Paw
The Simpsons
Treehouse of Horror II
W. W. Jacobs

From the 1902 short story "The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs, in which a mummified monkey's paw is enchanted to grant a family three wishes, but with terrible consequences for them. Popularised by a segment based on Jacobs' story in the 1991 episode "Treehouse of Horror II" of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons.

It’s given me everything I thought I wanted – riches, lucre, affluence, having lots of money, and being very wealthy – but with monkey’s-paw precision it’s turned all my dreams against me.

2015 October 19, Sam Kriss with Thom Phipps, “Who really ever owns a tweet? The story of a 140-character message gone viral, and the man who stole it”, in The Daily Telegraph:

It’s a monkey’s paw of a legacy, to have birthed an immortal gastronomic titan but not to have attained immortality of one’s own.

2017 October 11, Helen Rosner, “What Le Cirque Will Be Remembered For”, in The New Yorker:

For many people, the extended period of quarantine and working from home necessitated by the coronavirus outbreak has turned into a monkey’s paw situation — a theoretical wish come true that has significant downsides.

2020 April 2, Brian Feldman, “Welcome (Back) to the Appointment Internet”, in New York:

One person joked that Chet was the result of a monkey's paw situation with his father. ¶ 'Chet hanks is the price tom hanks paid to become tom hanks,' they wrote.

2021 March 27, Brian Marks, “Tom Hanks' rapper son Chet Hanks gets lambasted on social media after declaring that 'white boy summer' is on the way”, in The Daily Mail:

(idiomatic, usually attributive) A situation in which a wish or desire has been fulfilled, but at significant cost or with ironic, usually unfavourable consequences.


Trumpcuck

(US politics, Internet slang, derogatory) A supporter of former U.S. president Donald Trump.


Rose Mary Stretch

(US politics, historical, humorous) In the context of the Watergate scandal: the implausible physical position that Richard Nixon's secretary Rose Mary Woods would have had to adopt in order to bring about the ostensibly accidental erasure of various portions of recorded tape.


TPUSA

(US politics) Initialism of Turning Point USA.


Buffyatric

I'm Harper. Resident breadbaker, librarian, Buffyatric, occasional pirate wench, and quondam Irish harper.

1997 October 28, SjPete, “Stranger enters, goes to corner table”, in alt.pub.coffeehouse.amethyst (Usenet):

Uh-oh, better be careful what you say in that regard. I made the same point here just a few weeks ago and got flamed by one of the posting board's "Buffyatrics" (which group actually doesn't seem distinguishable from the younger set, at least not according to some of the items posted at their website).

1998 October 4, David Samuel Barr, “Joss Answers Questions — Spoilers”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

The word "gay" has been adopted as a generic term to cover both male and female homosexuals (aka lesbians). Even *I* know that and I'm an ageing Buffyatric!

2004 April 1, Dave K, “BtVS on new gay channel”, in uk.media.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

(fandom slang) An elderly fan of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003).


Q drop

From Q + drop, from the anonymous poster Q and an informal term for a post.

(US politics) A message from Q, the primary source for QAnon followers.


BlueAnon

Blend of blue + QAnon. From blue, the color associated with the Democratic Party and QAnon, another prominent conspiracy theory. First coined by conservatives in March 2021.

The Blue Anon listing also describes its advocates as those who believe right-wing extremists are going to "storm Capitol Hill any day now and 'remove' lawmakers from office, hence the need for the deployment of thousands of National Guard stationed at the U.S. Capitol."

2021 March 9, Ewan Palmer, “What is Blue Anon? Urban Dictionary Restores Phrase For 'Left-Wing Conspiracy Theories'”, in Newsweek:

The phenomenon of left-leaning or anti-Trump accounts posting conspiracy theories on social media platforms, referred to as BlueAnon, came to prominence earlier this year in the wake of the assassination attempt on Trump’s life in July.

2024 November 6, David Gilbert, “Election Denial Conspiracy Theories Are Exploding on X. This Time They’re Coming From the Left”, in WIRED:

(US politics) The collection of alleged conspiracy theories held by left-wingers.


Peace Democrat

(US politics, historical) Synonym of Copperhead (“a northerner who sympathized with the South or wanted to end hostilities during the American Civil War”)


Proud Boy

(US politics) A member of the Proud Boys, a right-wing militant group.


vocal minority

en-noun

vocal minority (plural vocal minorities)

From the antonyms of silent and majority.

(US politics) A small group of people that openly declare their beliefs but have little effect on voting patterns and social behavior.


Libertarian Party

(politics) A name used by several libertarian political parties worldwide, including:

(US politics) The Libertarian Party of the United States


mini-Trump

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mini-Trump.

(politics, derogatory) A Trumpian politician.


Jefferson-Jackson dinner

Jefferson-Jackson dinner (plural Jefferson-Jackson dinners)

Named after US presidents Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson, considered to be the founders of the modern Democratic party.

(US politics) An annual dinner arranged for fundraising purposes by Democratic Party organizations in the United States, usually in February or March.


Simpsonwave

Vaporwave and its more developed form, Simpsonwave, are of course concerned with an entirely different set of tropes–but they are no less hauntological for it. Both are recognizably hauntological by virtue of the techniques they employ—VHS crackle, Windows start-up sounds, etc.

2019, Tom Whyman, “Oh, They Have the Internet on Computers Now?”, in Alfie Bown, Dan Bristow, editors, Post Memes: Seizing the Memes of Production, punctum books, →ISBN, page 212:

A genre of user-created online music videos consisting of scenes from the American animated television series The Simpsons set to vaporwave music, with surreal visual distortion effects.


Hooverite

(politics) A supporter of Herbert Hoover (1874–1964), 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933.


Hooverism

(politics) The policies of Herbert Hoover (1874–1964), 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933.


Lincoln-Reagan dinner

Lincoln-Reagan dinner (plural Lincoln-Reagan dinners)

Named after US presidents Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan, considered to be the founders of the modern Republican party, and inspired by the term Jefferson-Jackson dinner.

(US politics) An annual dinner arranged for fundraising purposes by Republican Party organizations in the United States.


Uncle Sucker

They are increasing their productivity to the point where they will top the United States and also Russia, which is No. 2. At the same time the only way they can dispose of the steel is through export — and Uncle Sucker will be the buyer. But the United States is going to run out of money one of these days.

1971, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates..., page 26233:

Sure, if we own an aerospace contracting company, a five-thousand-acre sugar-beet farm, or a savings and loan with the president's son on the board of directors, we can soak Uncle Sucker for millions.

2015, P. J. O'Rourke, Thrown Under the Omnibus: A Reader:

(US, slang, humorous, derogatory) A personification of the United States federal government, regarded as being exploited by unscrupulous citizens or businesses.


Pixarify

en-verb

Pixarify (third-person singular simple present Pixarifies, present participle Pixarifying, simple past and past participle Pixarified)

Pixarifies (present singular third-person)
Pixarifying (participle present)
Pixarified (participle past)
Pixarified (past)

It turns out there's a lot more to designing dinosaurs than just teeth and scales and claws. [Jon] Reisch said that, behind the scenes, there was a lot of discussion with paleontologists, "learning about all the different kinds of dinosaur, which ones we could cast in our movie in certain roles, and how to take those and Pixarify them in terms of design and how to use them in our story."

2015 November 25, Richard Whittaker, “Chasing The Good Dinosaur: FX director Jon Reisch on Pixar's newest animation”, in The Austin Chronicle:

While the traditional NFL game broadcast will be streamed on ESPN+, so too will the Toy Story Funday Football alt-cast, a fully rendered, Pixar-ified version of the action. Viewers on Disney+ and NFL+ will have that option as well, as Sony-owned Beyond Sports takes live game tracking data to recreate game play.

2023 September 29, Joe Lemire, “ESPN's Toy Story Funday Football: The tech behind Falcons-Jaguars fully animated alt-cast”, in Sports Business Journal:

(transitive) To adapt to the style of the animated films produced by Pixar.


FDT

[Pitt] pairs [the upside-down American flag dipped in black ink] with a white surrender flag with the message “FDT” [.]

2017 January 18, Shelia Regan, “13 Artists Design Flags for the Age of Trump (with Plans to Burn Them Later)”, in Hyperallergic, archived from the original on 2023-03-21:

(US politics) Initialism of fuck Donald Trump.


My Little Pony

The original My Little Pony toys were smaller versions of an earlier series of toys, My Pretty Pony.

An American toy and cartoon media-franchise based on anthropomorphic equines.


Ancestral Puebloan

en-noun

Ancestral Puebloan (plural Ancestral Puebloans)

Any member of a Native American people who once lived in cliff-dwellings in Utah and Colorado.

Anasazi

member of a Native American people who once lived in Utah and Colorado


states' righter

states' righter (plural states' righters)

(US politics) A supporter of states' rights.


Trumplandia

Mr. Trump, who believes he is always right, may be correct: he may become the forty-fifth president of the United States. […] This is history on the fly, written for the scholars of the future who will analyze Trumpian doctrine and for the schoolchildren who will memorize Trump’s pithiest quotes. […] —Carol Pogash / Trumplandia / USA!

2015, Carol Pogash, “Preface”, in Quotations from Chairman Trump, New York, N.Y.: RosettaBooks, →ISBN:

Having systematically and baselessly pronounced every objective system to which he might be accountable as invalid or illegal — a list that includes polls, data, newspapers, and actual math — Trump suggests that, in fact-free Trumplandia, he has not just the right but the obligation to hold the nation hostage while he judges the election. He alone will pronounce on its legitimacy, and the basis of his pronouncement will not be anything you — a mere outsider to his marvelous world — can measure.

2016 October 20, Lili Loofbourow, “Welcome to Trumplandia, where feelings trump facts”, in The Week, New York, N.Y., archived from the original on 2016-10-21:

In the brave, new nation of Trumplandia, it can be hard to keep things straight. Down is up and up is sideways and many words have taken on new meaning. What follows is an aid to deciphering the gibberish.

2017 July 27, Mary Schmich, “It's hard to understand Donald Trump without this Trumplandia Dictionary”, in Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Ill., archived from the original on 2021-06-19:

Here’s the rub. If that knowledge is produced but not consumed, it will have little impact on the quest for global social justice. Are research, thinking, reading, and producing texts like the aforementioned blog going to make a difference in Trumplandia? Reading Foucault might provide a road map for resisting Minority President Trump, but the real work of resistance is down in the trenches—organizing, making phone calls, and printing flyers.

2018, Paul Stoller, Adventures in Blogging: Public Anthropology and Popular Media, Toronto, Ont.: University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 43:

“He really enjoyed the battle between Marla and Ivana.” The Queens of Trumplandia are champion competitors who have never been reluctant to fight to the finish.

2018, Nina Burleigh, Golden Handcuffs: The Secret History of Trump’s Women, New York, N.Y.: Gallery Books, →ISBN, page 311:

“The Color of New Media Enters Trumplandia” is a transcript of our group meeting on February 2, 2017, which was twelve days after the inauguration of Donald Trump as forty-fifth president of the United States, and the same day that alt-right agitator Milo Yiannopoulos was scheduled to visit the UC Berkeley campus.

2019, Abigail De Kosnik, Keith P. Feldman, “Introduction: The Hashtags We’ve Been Forced to Remember”, in #identity: Hashtagging Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Nation, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, page 17:

Between Home and State: Care Workers and Labor Strategy for the New Open-Shop Era of Trumplandia / Jennifer Klein

2019, Jasmine Kerrissey, Eve Weinbaum, Clare Hammonds, Tom Juravich, Dan Clawson, editors, Labor in the Time of Trump, Ithaca, N.Y.: ILR Press, Cornell University Press, →ISBN:

If minorities consider they are cheated, they can start voting Democrats again. But they should give Trump a shot. They should try to live a life in Trumplandia.

2019, Tiberiu Dianu, Trumplandia: Stories from New America, Chennai: Notion Press, →ISBN:

In Trumplandia, history begins when we wake up; and the future starts the morning after, with a new outrageous “executive order” against the poor, the migrants, the sick, the elderly, “criminal foreigners,” queers, rebel artists, the beluga whales, the sequoias, etc.… And, as if this weren’t enough, the refrigerator is empty. And I have jury duty next Monday. The rest is academic discourse. Trump is in power & every day feels like a new episode of a 24-hour post-apocalyptic reality TV show titled The President of Designed Chaos.

2021, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Gómez-Peña Unplugged: Texts on Live Art, Social Practice and Imaginary Activism (2008–2020), New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN:

The subjects of these explorations were “resisting,” and they were “coping,” and they were “innovating”—they were doing and generating and being and growing under and despite the imperial lash. And now the good benevolent ethnographer wants to help them decolonize, as if the dull infection of the colony was not gift enough. But having returned home to the locus of rot that is the American scene, they find something now to see there: it is fundable thought. Trumplandia scowled them into this interest, but no matter. Here the genres bewilder us if we spend time looking.

2023, Joseph Russo, “Queer Rot”, in Daniel Lukes, Stanimir Panayotov, editors, Black Metal Rainbows, Oakland, Calif.: PM Press, →ISBN, page 138:

They were assigned the task of keeping a certain minimal order in species composition in the backyards of Cleveland Avenue. It works, if one does not question the birds too closely. No one who counts on this block is any longer overwhelmed by rats. It keeps my mind on living and dying in noninnocent combinations; it situates me in Trumplandia.

2023, Donna Haraway, “Revisiting Catland in 2019: Situating Denizens of the Chthulucene”, in Cynthia Huff, Margaretta Jolly, editors, Engaging Donna Haraway: Lives in the Natureculture Web (Routledge Auto/Biography Studies), Abingdon, Oxon, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN:


post-Dobbs

From post- + Dobbs, after Thomas E. Dobbs, former health officer of Mississippi.

“What we're seeing now is this post-Dobbs backlash,” said Jessica Taylor, an analyst at the non-partisan Cook Political Report. “And Republicans have clearly not come up with an effective message for this.”

2023 November 11, James Politi, Alex Rogers, quoting Jessica Taylor, “Democrats take heart from voter backlash against abortion curbs”, in FT Weekend, page 3:

constitutional right
constitutional right

After the decision of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022), holding that abortion is not a constitutional right in the United States.


ponify

en-verb

ponify (third-person singular simple present ponifies, present participle ponifying, simple past and past participle ponified)

ponifies (present singular third-person)
ponifying (participle present)
ponified (participle past)
ponified (past)

(transitive, Internet slang) to turn an existing character into a My Little Pony-style cartoon equine.


anti-snapper

(US politics, historical) An opponent of Senator Hill's premature scheduling of the Democratic National Committee convention of 1892.


KHive

Coined as a pun on Beyhive, with K standing for Kamala.

(US politics, slang) Political supporters of Kamala Harris.


State Department

international relations
international relations

(US politics) The United States Department of State, an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for foreign policy and international relations.


Qootsaptuvela

Holonym: First Mesa

An ancient village in Navajo County, Arizona, United States


Turkish Star Wars

From Turkish + Star Wars, in reference to being a Turkish-language film that became notorious for containing plagiarized clips, music and sound effects from the Star Wars films, among others.

(film) Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam; a Turkish science-fiction film from 1982.


Genocide Joe

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Originating from Joe Biden's support of Israel during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, and refers to the US military support that has been employed in the Gaza genocide.

[The protest] started with the chants: […] “Hey hey! Ho ho! Genocide Joe has got to go!”

2023 November 5, Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, Joe’: Massive D.C. Cease-Fire Protest Directs Its Rage at Biden"

Challenged at a White House briefing to confront the term “Genocide Joe” by some protesters to described Biden, Kirby […] embarked on an animated exposition.

2023, December 4, Robert Tait, The Guardian, the White House’s John Kirby is taking on the word ‘genocide’"

2024, January 23, Remarks by President Biden at a Campaign Event | Manassas, VA
[JOE BIDEN:] Jill and I had a chance to sit down —
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Genocide Joe, how many kids have you killed in Gaza?

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

2023 Israel–Hamas war
Gaza genocide
Joe Biden


Trumpkin

From Trump + -kin, modelled after munchkin.

He concedes that yesteryear's Fascists are “not exactly” like Trump's populist armies, but the collective noun he assigns—“Trumpkins”—usefully diminishes them as tiny Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz.

2017, Harold Evans, Do I Make Myself Clear?:

(derogatory) A follower, supporter, or protégé of Donald Trump.


Landslide Lyndon

Sarcastic nickname from the fact that Lyndon B. Johnson's 1948 run to a be a Texas senator needed a runoff in order to be successful, which LBJ won by 87 votes over Coke Stevenson, in a state with a large population. After 1964, there were more sincere uses due to his 1964 United States presidential election landslide win over Barry Goldwater.

Hence, […] quiet fence-mending on the part of “Landslide Lyndon”, as he is now known to his friends since his 87-vote margin over Stevenson in the Democratic primary.

1948 October 16, Doris Fleeson, “G.O.P. Needs Landslide to Get Texas Seat”, in Youngstown Vindicator:

Perhaps you have noticed a slight decline in your popularity of these past several months. Perhaps you get the feeling that if you ran for office today the “Landslide” Lyndon of 1964 would be more like the “Landslide” Lyndon who just barely made it back to the U.S. Senate from Texas.

1967 February 11, J.C. Goolrick, “JCG: This Week”, in The Free Lance-Star:

The [coiner of the nickname] cannot be definitively established, although it may have been [Lyndon] himself[, who] was among those [to] make it a familiar part of the scene of insider Washington. “From the start, [he met] he did not know by sticking out a hand and saying, ‘Howdy, I'm Landslide Lyndon,’” [writes] Alfred Steinberg[.]

1990, Robert Caro, The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Means of Ascent:

(US politics, historical) Lyndon B. Johnson.

1948 United States Senate election in Texas


Moral Majoritarian

en-noun

Moral Majoritarian (plural Moral Majoritarians)

Doubtless to the consternation of moral majoritarians, cross-dressing rock star Boy George told 17,000 fans at the opening concert of his 14-city tour, "If you want to be a drag queen, it's okay."

1984 April 28, Sue Hyde, “Drag Is Okay”, in Gay Community News, page 2:

(US politics) A member of the Moral Majority.


Gadsden Purchase

Named after James Gadsden, U.S. ambassador to Mexico.

A region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that the United States acquired from Mexico by the Treaty of Mesilla in 1854.


Squad

Coined by United States Representative from New York since 2019 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in 2018.

coin

Squad members and their allies may also have to contend with pro-Israel Super Pacs and dark-money groups spending tens of millions of dollars on attack ads in a bid to unseat them.

2023 December 25, David Smith, “A split among Democrats may threaten ‘the Squad’ - and help Trump - in 2024”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

House of Representatives
House of Representatives

(US politics) An informal group of left-wing Democrats in the House of Representatives.


dirty war

(historical) A conflict (particularly one in South America) between a dictatorship against leftist revolutionaries or activists, typically characterized by extrajudicial repression like kidnapping, torture and enforced disappearance.

guerre sale

conflict characterized by extrajudicial repression


DeSanctimonious

Blend of DeSantis + sanctimonious. Coined by Donald Trump at a rally in 2022.

coinage

Mr Trump mockingly referred to his onetime ally, who won the Sunshine State’s 2018 gubernatorial election after earning the then-president’s endorsement, as Ron DeSanctimonious while discussing his standing in the polls during a rally in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.

[2022 November 5, Andrew Feinberg, “Trump road-tests nickname for Florida governor and potential 2024 rival Ron DeSantis”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-11-19:


Antietam Creek

A tributary of the Potomac River in south central Pennsylvania and western Maryland in the United States, known as the site of a battle in the American Civil War, the Battle of Antietam.


Lovestoneite

(historical, US politics) A member of a small American oppositionist communist movement of the 1930s, led by Jay Lovestone, former General Secretary of the Communist Party USA.


probusing

en-adj

probusing (comparative more probusing, superlative most probusing)

more probusing (comparative)
most probusing (superlative)

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


National Republican

en-noun

National Republican (plural National Republicans)

(US politics, historical) A member of the National Republican Party, a short-lived political party in the United States that evolved from a conservative-leaning faction of the Democratic-Republican Party that supported John Quincy Adams in the 1824 presidential election.


KOSA

Kids Online Safety Act
w:Kids Online Safety Act

(US politics) Acronym of Kids Online Safety Act.


girther

Girthers averred that President Trump had lied about his weight.

2022, Timothy J. Redmond, Political Tribalism in America, page 107:

physical examination
physical examination

(slang, US politics) One who believed that Donald Trump was shorter and heavier than suggested by his presidential physical examination in 2018.


Time Variance Authority

(comics) A fictional organization appearing in American comic books, depicted as a group of timeline monitors.


Roevember

Blend of Roe + November. From Roe v. Wade, an overturned Supreme Court case that protected abortion, and November, when elections in the United States typically take place.

Will Roevember become a reality? According to reproductive-rights leaders and political analysts, the answer is not as tidy or triumphant as the catchphrase.

2022 October 28, Michelle Ruiz, “Is Roevember Really Coming?”, in Vogue:

(US politics) The 2022 United States elections, in relation to abortion.


From Au and H₂O being the chemical formulae for gold and water, respectively.

A campaign poster […] reads: "AUH2O in MCMLXIV."

1962 May 24, “Sign for Egghead Conservatives”, in Lakeland Ledger:

Were I AuH₂O, I would be a little more careful about the verbiage I scatter like water […] over the political scene.

1966, Herbert Faulkner West, The Impecunious Amateur Looks Back:

Ron had [the desk] custom made from a laminated campaign sign proclaiming "Goldwater in '64". Attached […] and laminated [was] the famous bumper sticker "AuH2O", a must for Arizona Republicans during Barry's run[.]

2001, Edward Alexander McKenzie, Scorpion's Sting:


Klingonish

en-adj

Klingonish (comparative more Klingonish, superlative most Klingonish)

more Klingonish (comparative)
most Klingonish (superlative)

BATTLECRUISER: This ship doesn’t really look like anything in SFB, although its general shape is rather Klingonish. […] HEAVY CRUISER: Another ship that doesn’t look like anything, but is sufficiently Klingonish to be used for the F5L destroyer (at least it’s about the right size).

1984, “Those Starfire Miniatures”, in Nexus: The Gaming Connection, volume 2, number 8, Amarillo, Tex.: Task Force Games, →OCLC, page 8, column 2:

Those Klingons who infiltrate Federation space are bent less on outright destruction or even surprise attacks than on subterfuge, intelligence gathering, contacting malcontent groups, and other such missions. They seem to be atttempting^([sic]) to learn more about Federation technology and to come to some sort of Klingonish understanding of the peoples and politics of the Federation.

1986, William A. Barton et al., “The State of the Federation”, in Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update (Star Trek: The Role Playing Game), Chicago, Ill.: FASA Corporation, →ISBN, page 7, column 1:

Another recurring villain that seems inescapable, even with peace treaties signed, are the Klingons. […] It seems there can’t be a Trek movie without Klingons, or Klingon embassadors,^([sic]) or something Klingonish.

1994 November 22, James A. Kimble, “Part V Revisited in Star Trek Generations”, in The Connector, volume XXII, number 11, Lowell, Mass.: University of Massachusetts Lowell, page 15, columns 4–5:

The disruptor is a replica of the weapon used by official Klingons and had to be bought. Mike affixed various pieces like a pin from Norway that his wife had given to him. He felt that, since it looked Klingonish, why not attach it to a sleeve?

1996, Heather R. Joseph-Witham, “Outstanding Artists”, in Star Trek Fans and Costume Art, Jackson, Miss.: University Press of Mississippi, →ISBN, page 29, column 1:

Malik just stared at him, while seemingly steadying himself for some Klingonish-type deathblow to end this fool’s misery.

2005, Melki [J. K. Russell], “Back to Life: 2020 A.D.”, in 21 Hustle, Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 277:

“‘Take him out’? You are very young, Mr. Kirk. In fact, I would go so far as to say your response sounds a bit—Klingonish. Starfleet isn’t about vendettas, sir.” / “Maybe it should be,” the younger man shot back. “Maybe if the Klingons thought we were more like them—instead of, say, the inhabitants of those two worlds they recently occupied—they’d show us a little more respect and stop shooting at our ships.[…]”

2013, Alan Dean Foster, Star Trek Into Darkness: A Novelization, New York, N.Y.: Gallery Books, →ISBN, pages 90–91:

The edges of the concave bits on each key are sharply angled instead of curved like on other keyboards, giving the G310 a Klingonish vibe. They light up in blue.

2015 October, “Versus: Two new gaming keyboards put to the test”, in Ben Mansill, editor, PC & Tech Authority, St Leonards, N.S.W.: nextmedia Pty Ltd, →ISSN, page 77:

Resembling or characteristic of Klingons.


First Amendment audit

en-noun

First Amendment audit (plural First Amendment audits)

(US politics) A test of an owner's acceptance of the right to record a publicly accessible area of a building or other premises.


Briefingate

From briefing + -gate. Coined by American journalist and presidential speechwriter William Safire in 1983 (see quotation below).

coinage

As the President now knows, it is not midsummer media madness, or "much ado about nothing." Briefingate - the penetration of the Carter campaign by the Reagan campaign, in order to give the Republican candidate an edge in 1980's televised debate - raises a legitimate issue of right and wrong.

1983 June 30, William Safire, “Briefingate”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-05-24:

The LaRouchians were anxious to stop the Briefingate probe, and put out a pamphlet calling it a Communist-liberal plot to undermine Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative.

1989, Dennis King, Lyndon LaRouche and the New American Fascism, New York, N.Y. […]: Doubleday, →ISBN, page 126:

(US politics, historical) Synonym of Debategate


Bathhouse Barry

From rumors that Obama spent a lot of time in Chicago's gay bathhouses. First use appears c. 2011 online.

(US politics, slang, derogatory, humorous) Nickname for Barack Obama.


bigrant

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“We will call it from now on Biden migrant crime. … Let’s call it ‘Bigrant,’” he said.

[2024 February 18, Steve Contorno, Kristen Holmes, Kate Sullivan, quoting Donald Trump, “Trump returns to Michigan with eyes on a Biden rematch, but legal woes loom over campaign”, in CNN Politics:

(derogatory) A migrant to the United States during the presidency of Joe Biden.


Mercury Seven

NASA's first astronaut group, consisting of seven members, chosen in 1959: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton.

Alan Shepard
Deke Slayton
Gordon Cooper
Gus Grissom
John Glenn
Scott Carpenter
Wally Schirra


EClaire

(fandom slang) The ship of Ethan Rom and Claire Littleton from the 2004 television series Lost.


Trumpery

From Trump + -ery, especially as a pun on trumpery.

"Trump: The Art of the Deal" (fresh drumroll, please) is more forthcoming about the first wing of the Trump attack than it is about the second. The reason goes to the dark heart of Trumpery: the book is itself a craftily designed piece of public relations. That a businessman should thus use himself as a sales gimmick is hardly a crime against literature. But "The Art of the Deal" does deserve at least a warning label.

1988 February 1, Louis Menand, “The Triumph of Trumpery”, in The New Republic, New York, N.Y.: Republic Publishing Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-07:

In American alone, after 18 months of trumpery, the editors of Merriam-Webster are still playing catch-up. If new terms aren't being hatched, like narcissocracy or pluto-populism, then recent inventions (infoganda, feardom, Spinnish) are fast gaining traction.

2018 August 28, David Astle, “Wordplay: OK cracy-ness rules, OK?”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, NSW: Nine Entertainment, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-08-31:

So American people are going to be called on. I think they'll repudiate Trumpery. That's why I think Trump has to be front and center. I'm not in agreement with the people who say, "No, never talk about Trump." He needs to be discussed. Trumpery, not Trump, Trumpery needs to be a part of every conversation. The 2024 election is going to be a referendum on both Trump and Trumpery, because if he's alive, he's running.

2022 May 25, Dahlia Lithwick, quoting Norm Eisen, “The Four Boxes to Defeat Trumpery”, in Slate, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-10-16:

Trumpery is like a virus in a zombie movie, infecting the unlikeliest think-tankers, politicians, and columnists. People you have down as solid Reaganites will suddenly, like the ravening monsters in those films, start telling you that tariffs are a terrific negotiating tool or that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is more dangerous than Russian President Vladimir Putin.

2024 February 8, Dan Hannan, “When the Republicans get back to normal, Trump and Trumpery will pass”, in Washington Examiner, Washington, D.C.: MediaDC, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-03-28:

(usually derogatory) The beliefs and practices of former US president Donald Trump.


Dark MAGA

"I am on a mission now to expose those who say and promise one thing yet legislate and work towards another, self-profiteering, globalist goal," Cawthorn wrote. "The time for genteel politics as usual has come to an end. It’s time for the rise of the new right, it’s time for Dark MAGA to truly take command. We have an enemy to defeat, but we will never be able to defeat them until we defeat the cowardly and weak members of our own party. Their days are numbered. We are coming." (Cawthorn originally misspelled "genteel" as "gentile.")

2022 May 20, Eric Ting, “Kevin McCarthy tries to be nice to Madison Cawthorn. Cawthorn attacks anyway.”, in SFGATE:

(US politics, slang) A fringe movement advocating for a vengeful return of Trumpism.


HHH

Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr.
w:Hubert Humphrey

(US politics) Initialism of Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr., 38th vice president of the United States and 1968 Democratic nominee.


New Frontier

[W]e stand today on the edge of a New Frontier -- the frontier of the 1960's, the frontier of unknown opportunities and perils, the frontier of unfilled hopes and unfilled threats.

1960 July 15, John F. Kennedy, Democratic National Convention Nomination Acceptance Address, American Rhetoric:

Barry's gonna win in '64, the New Frontier will be no more.

1964, The Goldwaters (lyrics and music), “Win in '64”, in Sing Folk Songs to Bug the Liberals:

(historical, US politics) A series of programs launched by President John F. Kennedy.


Baracknophobia

Blend of Barack + arachnophobia. Popularized by comedian Jon Stewart in 2007.

With the party gearing up for a major election, it seems that such frivolous and irate protestations on the economy and Baracknophobia isn't as vogue as it was in 2010-2011.

2012 April 23, 2966 Dead, “#Teabaggers heading into the sunset”, in alt.fan.rush-limbaugh (Usenet):

(informal, humorous, derogatory) An irrational opposition to Barack Obama (US president from 2009–2017).


cornplate

en-verb

cornplate (third-person singular simple present cornplates, present participle cornplating, simple past and past participle cornplated)

cornplates (present singular third-person)
cornplating (participle present)
cornplated (participle past)
cornplated (past)

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Compound of corn + plate; coined by Twitter user teyaミ☆ (@camascamshafts) in October 2022 in reference to a tweet about a scene from the film Encanto in which the character Dolores Madrigal briefly holds a plate of corn.

Keep in mind that not every instance of digging deep into small details is cornplating: sometimes, there can be interesting things hidden in the background!

2023 July 21, Philipp Kachalin, “What Does 'Cornplate' Mean? The Slang Word About Obsessing Over Minuscule Details Explained”, in Know Your Meme, retrieved 2024-04-30:

[T]he next time you find yourself captivated by the smallest details of a book, movie, or historical event, remember that cornplating is, in a a way, a testament to our passion and the depth of our curiosity.

2023, Daniela Bogoricin, LinkedIn, retrieved 2024-04-30:

By the way, Will 100% recognized Brenner here. If y'all are going to cornplate Mike's microexpressions I need y’all to do the same here because it’s clear as day!

2024 April 29, danceonth3moon, Twitter, retrieved 2024-04-30:

(fandom slang, humorous) To discuss or scrutinize insignificant or inconsequential details in media.


NOTC

None of These Candidates
w:None of These Candidates

(US politics, Nevada) Initialism of None of These Candidates.


taxeater

(US politics, derogatory) A person who is paid directly or indirectly out of the public treasury.


many such cases

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From an X (formerly Twitter) post by Donald Trump (@realDonaldTrump) in 2014, popularized after his election as President of the United States in 2016:
Healthy young child goes to doctor, gets pumped with massive shot of many vaccines, doesn't feel good and changes - AUTISM. Many such cases!
The phrase itself has been rarely attested in literature, from at least the 19th century, primarily in medical or legal context.

quote-book

1848, François Lallemand, A Practical Treatise on the Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment of Spermatorrhœa, Lea & Blanchard:

(colloquial, often humorous) Used to indicate that an occurence is unsurprising, or that something is or was evident. Often sarcastic, mocking someone for believing that something is common, or otherwise tongue-in-cheek.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see many, such, cases, indicating that there are many examples of something or that something is a common occurrence.


double hater

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There's the anti-Trump forces on the right and the anti-Biden forces on the left, but there's also the anti-everyones, the so-called double haters, the people who really dislike both their choices and say they don't want to vote for either candidate. We had double haters in 2020, and they tended to ultimately break for Biden.

2024 March 17, Carlos Lozado, Katherine Miller, Michelle Cottle, Lydia Polgreen, quoting Carlos Lozado, “The Double-Hater Election”, in New York Times, page SR 11:

Double haters make up about 15% of the electorate, according to a poll this month by USA TODAY/Suffolk University, giving them significant sway in deciding the outcome of the November election.

2024 March 23, Joey Garrison, “Meet the surging ‘double haters’ who could decide whether Biden or Trump wins the election”, in USA Today:

Uhh, okay. 67% of, this is my favorite category, the double haters, and a lot of us are in this category, [laughter] including me. Look, I- I'm never going to vote for Trump and I'm never going to help Trump win. So that's not going to happen. But, you know, beyond that, uhh, I got no love for Joe Biden. So, you know, double hater? Well, maybe. Uhh. So. Anyways, that's a big number; that's a big group in America, the double haters, understandably so. And uhh...67% of them said that the- that Trump should drop out. Now that's, like, since they're not decided, that's a really important group. On the other hand, they already hate him, that's why they're double haters, so it's not that surprising that two-thirds of them- of them want him to drop out.

2024 June 5, Cenk Uygur, 7:39 from the start, in Was Trump Hurt by the Felony Conviction? Poll Results, YouTube; The Young Turks, archived from the original on 2024-06-05:

(US politics) A person who does not favor either the Democratic Party (candidate Kamala Harris; formerly Joe Biden) or the Republican Party (candidate Donald Trump) in the 2024 United States presidential election.


Green Lantern theory

Introduced by political scientist Brendan Nyhan in 2009 https://www.brendan-nyhan.com/blog/2009/12/the-costs-of-green-lanternism.html; named after the comic book character Green Lantern.

(US politics) The misconception that the president of the United States can achieve any political or policy objective by trying hard enough or using the right tactics.


Spanish-American War

United States of America
United States of America

(historical) A military conflict in the year 1898, fought between the United States of America and Spain


Rough Riders

Spanish-American War
Spanish-American War

(US, military, slang, dated) The 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, military unit in the Spanish-American War.

Battle of San Juan Hill
Theodore Roosevelt


Mexican-American War

(historical) A military conflict in the years 1846 to 1848, fought between the United States of America and Mexico


Cathedral

< cathedral. Coined by political blogger Curtis Yarvin, writing as Mencius Moldbug.

coined

The reaction from the Cathedral—the press, the political establishment, and everyone else who shaped acceptable opinion—was quick and unanimous

2019 May 14, Michael Malice, “The Strike” (chapter 3), in The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics, →ISBN, from third sentence of third paragraph:

This is why grown-up men and women in the Cathedral (to use the neoreactionary term for the Establishment) actually believe that the MAGA yahoos of January 6 nearly overthrew the US government.

2022 January 14, Rod Dreher, “Neckbeard Militias Are Not My Enemy”, in The American Conservative, archived from the original on 2022-04-15:

[Curtis Yarvin] is forthright in his belief that the present order — to his mind, an oligarchy governed by a complex of elite institutions (like this newspaper) that he calls “the Cathedral” — should be overthrown

2022 December 10, Ross Douthat, “A Political Theory of King Elon Musk”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 2024-03-23:

(US politics, slang, Dark Enlightenment) A mainstream system or establishment in society, held to be liberal or leftist.


RFMA

Respect for Marriage Act
w:Respect for Marriage Act

(US politics) Initialism of Respect for Marriage Act.


Arkancide

Blend of Arkansas + homicide, due to the supposed involvement of Bill Clinton during his time as resident and governor of the state.

(US politics, slang) The killing or murder of a political opponent, but framed as a suicide.


Cameltoe Harris

A wordplay on the name Kamala. First use appears c. 2015.

@Halopauly the CA 9th just needs to finalize Peruta and smack KamelToe Harris down.

2015 January 10, Rusty Shackleford (@whalekock), Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-07-23:

WGUV-TV -- Cameltoe Harris knows a lot about pulling out sense she didn't last the first round uv the Democrat primary. Whiff regard to Kabull, Harris believes Sniff's was sloppy in pulling out prematurely creating a sticky sitiation.

2021 August 20, Idjit BoB, “BRAKING NEWS: VP Horseface Harris Own Spayshul Mission to Vietnam”, in alt.appalachian (Usenet):

What we are sick of is an open border(that idiots deny exist). We would not have this problem if sleepy Joe and Cameltoe Harris shut it down. As for Abbott and DeSantis shipping them to sanctuary cites, hell yes, great stunt. Sadly its not enough. We should ship them to the Canadian boarder.

2022 September 26, BTSinAustin, “True Colors”, in rec.gambling.poker (Usenet):

You agree it's a lie? You have stated before and above that you would deny half of the registered voters their right to vote for the candidate of their choice and would only allow them to vote for an Isaac Chase approved candidate. You don't get much more authoritarian than that. Your snowflake rhetoric is noted and laughed at, although it described the Biden cartel well (lying, evil, despicable, insane, corrupt conmen and fraud and criminal). Cameltoe Harris is a true comedy gem, though..

2023 April 26, Conley Brothers, “Culture And Snobbery”, in alt.arts.poetry.comments (Usenet):

(US politics, slang, derogatory, vulgar, humorous) Kamala Harris.


Confederate flag

en-noun

Confederate flag (plural Confederate flags)

The Stars and Bars, the official Confederate flag.


Obamna

Originally a mispronunciation or misspelling of Obama. Somewhat popularized by Donald Trump during a 2018 campaign rally, in which it is thought he had unintentionally mispronounced “Obama” with an “-na” at the end, possibly in confusion with the word amnesty.

obamna

2024 May 8, DougDoug, 02:41 from the start, in I used Barack Obama’s hands to play Mario Party (NOT CLICKBAIT), spoken by WalletWorrier_:

(Internet slang, humorous, US politics) Barack Obama.


Western Bloc

Coordinate term: Eastern Bloc

(geopolitics, historical) The noncommunist nations of Europe and America.


Andersonville

Andersonville Prison, a POW camp in Georgia, during the American Civil War.


rake-stepping

Popularised by a gag in the 1993 episode "Cape Feare" of The Simpsons, in which Sideshow Bob, already injured, accidentally steps on several rakes, causing the handles to hit him in the face.

But the rake-stepping won’t stop, and the attacks won’t go away, raising the question of whether there will come a tipping point for Biden.

2019 August 13, Tina Nguyen, “Biden Advisers Worry the Gaffes Are Becoming a Problem”, in Vanity Fair:

And despite occasional attempts at reform, usually in response to some epic rake-stepping by the agency, federal disaster relief has gotten no simpler or more effective.

2023 September 12, Mark Gongloff, FEMA Isn’t Ready for Our New Age of Climate Disasters, Bloomberg:

VP of Player Personnel Eliot Wolf oozes with, “Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing …” and has deftly escaped any blame for the personnel rake-stepping of the past few seasons.

2024 June 19, Tom E. Curran, “Five burning questions the Patriots need to answer this summer”, in NBC Sports Boston:

(slang) The act of repeatedly making damaging and avoidable mistakes.


Antietam

The Battle of Antietam, in the American Civil War, on Sept. 17, 1862.


break the wheel

en-verb

break the wheel (third-person singular simple present breaks the wheel, present participle breaking the wheel, simple past broke the wheel, past participle broken the wheel)

breaks the wheel (present singular third-person)
breaking the wheel (participle present)
broke the wheel (past)
broken the wheel (participle past)

Daenerys Targaryen
Game of Thrones
Hardhome
Iron Throne (A Song of Ice and Fire)

Presumably inspired by a scene in the episode "Hardhome" (2015) of Game of Thrones, in which Daenerys Targaryen, reflecting on her plan to reclaim the Iron Throne, vows to "break the wheel" of oppression and war.

The head of one of Canada's largest unions says it's time to break the wheel and change the way businesses are operated.

2020, Carol Todd, "Time to change Canada's business model: UFCW", Regina Leader-Post, 4 September 2020, page NP7

Finally, the fact that both protagonists are teenagers is worth considering not only as a mere feature of the dystopian fiction subgenre, but as a representation of the power of the younger generations in breaking the wheel and transforming society not only when they grow up and become adults, but from today.

2023, Andrea Burgos-Mascarell, “Out with the Old: New Feminist Religions in Parable of the Sower and the Gilded Ones”, in Kamelia Talebian Sedehi, editor, The Role of Religion in Shaping and Reshaping Inclusive and Exclusive Communities in Literature, page 96:

I do not see any possibility for breaking the wheel of the prevailing capitalist and liberal ideology or any kind of ideology.

2023, Peter Čuroš, “Educating into Aware Subjects Instead of Unaware Objects”, in Luca Siliquini-Cinelli, Thomas Giddens, editors, Biopolitics and Structure in Legal Education, page 24:

(idiomatic) To end a pattern of oppression, inequality, injustice, or abuse.


GQPer

Sure appears that another GQPer is, once again, strongly Backing the Blue. They hold LE in such high regard. Nothing like attempting to apologize after a little light gets shined on his outrageous behavior.

(US politics, derogatory) A member of the Republican party, especially one that holds extreme views.


Southern Unionist

en-noun

Southern Unionist (plural Southern Unionists)

In the American Civil War, a (presumably White) Southerner who favored preserving the Union.

Andrew Johnson
President of the United States


ALOHA

Aboriginal Lands of Hawaiian Ancestry
w:Aboriginal Lands of Hawaiian Ancestry

(US politics, historical) Acronym of Aboriginal Lands of Hawaiian Ancestry (a Hawaiian organization seeking reparations for Native Hawaiians).


OLTL

(television) Initialism of One Life to Live: an American television soap opera broadcast from 1968 to 2013.


GunTube

Blend of gun + YouTube. By surface analysis, gun + -Tube.

YouTube is awash in gun content, often referred to as “GunTube” by firearm enthusiasts. Individuals who come to GunTube—including children and teens—can find videos which glorify assault weapons, show how to modify firearms, and teach viewers how to shoot through bulletproof glass or “win gunfights.”

2023 May 16, “YouTube and Gun Content: A Dangerous Combination for Kids and Teens”, in Everytown Support Fund:

The community of videobloggers (particularly YouTubers) who create videos about firearms or advocate for gun rights.


Y&R

The Young and the Restless
w:The Young and the Restless

(television) Initialism of The Young and the Restless: an American television soap opera first broadcast in 1973.


detrumpification

Only a huge win in 2020 will make detrumpification possible. And only detrumpification reopens the door for American democratization.

2019 November 12, Ira Allen, “On Detrumpification: An Urgently Necessary Process After Trumpism”, in Common Dreams:

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


detrumpify

en-verb

detrumpify (third-person singular simple present detrumpifies, present participle detrumpifying, simple past and past participle detrumpified)

detrumpifies (present singular third-person)
detrumpifying (participle present)
detrumpified (participle past)
detrumpified (past)

So, no, if you want to be able to detrumpify--and if you give any shits about democratic norms or the constitutional order or any of that, you'd *better* want to be able to detrumpify government at all levels -- then you've only got one pragmatic choice.

(US politics, transitive, neologism) To subject to detrumpification.


Nasty Pelosi

From nasty (chosen for its similarity to Nancy) + Pelosi. First use appears c. 2005 online.

If President George W. Bush ignored the pleas of Nasty Pelosi, John Fraud Kerry, Red Ted Kennedy, and Robert Byrd Poop, to do something to stop Saddam Hussein the way that Billy Clinton did, they would demand an impeachment, or worse..

2005 August 8, Choices, “Do the Liberals really care about our Soldiers”, in alt.politics.gw-bush (Usenet):

In a characteristic Pelosi moment a deranged Nasty Pelosi claimed that all that don't agree with her or Obama are Nazis and that they all wear Nazi symbols...a scientology-laden technique used in pathetic attempts to silence critics.

2009 August 10, Escape_the_Cult_Now, “Obama Violating Civil Liberties acting like the Nazi he accuses others of being Via Pelosi”, in alt.obituaries (Usenet):

Not only did the White House NOT get the message (Press Secretary Robert Gibbs postured that he didn’t even know the rally was taking place), but then the protesters were ridiculed en masse by the speaker of the House, Nasty Pelosi, who said she thought the language being used at freedom rallies and town-hall meetings (and presumably in columns such as this) just might incite violence.

2009 September 20, Frank [D.] Miele, “Montana Perspectives: That was the week that was (not funny)”, in Sunday Inter Lake, Kalispell, Mont., →ISSN, page C10, column 2:

I don’t care for Pingree, but it is just cruel to compare her to Nasty Pelosi.

2010 October 11, ScreaminEagle80 [pseudonym], quotee, “[bangordailynews.com] You said it”, in Bangor Daily News, volume 122, number 99, Bangor, Me.: Bangor Publishing Co., →ISSN, page A3, column 2:

... Barb May type Dupes! ... Gender Confused Trannies! ... Hermaphrodites! ... Nasty Pelosi types! ... Black Lives Matter Fools! ... Morons who watch CNN! ...same with any MSM "News" TV shows! ... Global Warming Dupes!

2016 October 29, Make America more like Mexico .. Vote Democrat, “I Thank God ... I'm Not a Democrat ... Liars! ... Perverted Weiners! ... Pay to Play 'Charities!' ... Bi-Sexual Diaper Wearer Hillary! ...”, in rec.arts.tv (Usenet):

The dummycrats lead^([sic]) by Schmucky Schumer and Nasty Pelosi, followed in lockstep by our very own Shill Nelson and all other dummycrats, started off the S.O.T.U. address by not standing for our national anthem.

2018 February 3, Dave Doty, “[Your view] Democrat’s true colors”, in Highlands News-Sun, volume 99, number 34, Sebring, Fla.: Sun Coast Media Group, →ISSN, page A6, column 4:

House Minority Leader sour puss “Nasty” Pelosi (CA) kept a close eye on her minions to see who might give applause or stand for President Trump’s inspiring message (which had a 75 percent approval rating even though the lonesome left news media continued to tell viewers what they should not like) as she sucked on lemon drops candy.

2018 February 9, Jerry Wright, “[Your view] Poor behavior during speech”, in Highlands News-Sun, volume 99, number 40, Sebring, Fla.: Sun Coast Media Group, →ISSN, page A6, column 4:

What started as a crowd of about 15 mostly Cuban-American protesters grew to about 40 at one point, as they pounded on every door they could find and clamored insults in both Spanish and English like “Nasty Pelosi” and “brujas” — witches.

2018 October 18, Martin Vassolo, Jimena Tavel, “Campaign 2018: Shalala event protested over Castro sympathizer”, in Miami Herald, volume 116, number 34, Miami, Fla., →ISSN, page 3A, column 2:

Steve claims President Trump’s massive ego and vile gut drive everything and mainstream media is permitting him to prevail. Really? Trump has been a media punching bag since his election and gave his ego a backseat in re-opening the government. Nasty Pelosi would still have 800,000 government employees out of work.

2019 February 16, Randall Pawlikowski, “[Letters to the Editor] Trump went high, not so Democrats”, in The Day, volume 138, number 230, New London, Conn., →ISSN, page A6, column 5:

Next writer claims that President Trump is distracting “us” by not granting billions of dollars to “fund” the post office! I guess the writer is not aware or willing to admit that this funding has been an ongoing struggle for years and that the “real ploy” was by Nasty Pelosi who knowing^([sic]) that this political bill would not pass but necessary to divert our attention of the fraud and corruption within her party; including the opportunity to control an electoral process with mail-in votes!

2020 September 2, Paul R. Pawlicki, “[Letters to the Editor] Letter writers can’t give Trump credit”, in The Daily Sun, volume 128, number 246, Charlotte Harbor, Fla.: Sun Coast Media Group, Inc., →ISSN, page 6C, column 2:

Yet getting a relief deal would have required accepting a compromise with that “nasty” Pelosi. It seems that he would rather let the economy burn.

2020 October 11, Paul Krugman, “Trump’s rage harming economy”, in The Sunday Times, Scranton, Pa., →OCLC, page C2, column 6:

There It Is: Pelosi Snaps at Reporters, Makes Stunning Admission About Why She Stalled Virus Relief Bill

2020 December 5, a425couple, “Re: Nasty Pelosi - admits making millions suffer to aid Democrats”, in seattle.politics (Usenet):

Exactly. Those of us with an attention span longer than six seconds remember very well how the Democrats and Nasty Pelosi demeaned the President for wanting to take the Chink Flu seriously in the month of January.

2021 June 4, Rabid Roach, “Fauci Lied--MILLIONS DIED”, in comp.os.linux.advocacy (Usenet):

(US politics, slang, derogatory) Nancy Pelosi.


CCDS

w:Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism

(US politics) Initialism of Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism.


AFPAC

(US politics) Acronym of America First Political Action Conference.


Trumplessness

We'd switch on the car radio and there'd be utter Trumplessness all the way to work.

2017 March 6, Amy Goldman Koss, “Op-Ed: Something a lot of us could get behind — a week without Trump”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-11-20:

Two days later, I was minding my own business, enjoying the memory of the pastry I'd just eaten at a cafe that had become my favorite when my Trumplessness was again interrupted. In a dusty street-facing stall that sells high powered speakers and cheap cell phone cases in Jyatha, Kathmandu, I ran into Dilli Ram Kander, the administrator of the biggest Donald Trump fan page in Nepal.

2017 May 14, Erin Gloria Ryan, “Taking a Trumpspringa: My Break From 24-7 Trump News”, in The Daily Beast, archived from the original on 2023-12-07:

The absence of Donald Trump (47th president-elect and 45th president of the United States, businessman (Republican Party)).


M-She-U

(fandom slang, derogatory, Internet slang) The Marvel Cinematic Universe, perceived by fans to be too feminist or left-wing.

Hollywoke

Hollywood films being perceived as overtly left-wing


Laptopgate

2021 January 19, Oleg Burunov, “'Natural Instinct': Biden's Brother Reveals How Joe Took Hunter Off 'Guilt Train' Amid 'Laptopgate'”, in Sputnik News:

Elon Musk and Matt Taibbi’s flashy revival of Laptopgate hasn’t illuminated much beyond the right’s desperation to salvage something from their October Surprise.

2022 June 12, Alex Shephard, “Why the Right Can’t Quit Hunter Biden”, in The New Republic:

And Laptopgate is most significant in what it reveals about the contest now on for a suitable post-liberal political regime: a battle that pits the “human” against something more like a “swarm”.

2022 July 12, Mary Harrington, “Musk is becoming a true Caesar”, in UnHerd:

The House Oversight and Accountability Committee, now controlled by Republicans who've felt singled out by Big Tech, the IRS or the FBI--in many cases justifiably so--has launched hearings into Laptopgate, for starters.

2023 February 14, “Pots and kettles”, in The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette:

(US politics) The Hunter Biden laptop controversy.


AMAC

w:Association of Mature American Citizens

(US politics) Acronym of Association of Mature American Citizens.


Bleachgate

What some of the world's most insufferable people are already calling "Bleachgate" is a perfect reductio ad absurdum of the relationship between the president and the media.

2020 April 29, Matthew Walther, “Bleachgate is the archetype of a Trump media cycle”, in The Week:

A 2020 controversy where then-president Donald Trump suggested drinking bleach as a way to cure COVID-19.


BAMN

(US politics) Initialism of By Any Means Necessary.


Sore Loserman

Blend of Gore/Lieberman + sore loser, from the idea that the two men were "sore losers" who did not want to admit that George W. Bush won the 2000 election.

I think the Sore Loserman campaign has gone the way of the dimpled chad.

2000 December 1, Moe Bulduc, “A matter of higher authority”, in Sun Journal:

(US politics, historical) Nickname for Al Gore and Joe Lieberman, the 2000 U.S. Democratic presidential nominees for president and vice-president, respectively.


MAGAtard

I may sound like MAGAtard but Trump's assassination was not staged, they really wanted to kill him.

(US politics, slang, derogatory) A person who uncritically supports Donald Trump


Kamalanomics

2021 June 1, Kamala Harris, “Kamalanomics: Vice President Harris Outlines Her Vision Of Inclusive Entrepreneurship”, in Forbes, →ISSN, archived from the original on 2021-06-01

During a panel segment on Fox News’s Outnumbered program, McEnany noted that Forbes had recently coined the term Kamalanomics in a profile about the current vice president. “Forbes has discovered a new philosophy, Kamalanomics, named after Kamala,” McEnany complained, “and it’s about propping up women small business owners.”

2021 June 1, David Edwards, “‘Ivankanomics’: Kayleigh McEnany Is Very Upset Forbes Put Kamala Harris on Its Cover but Not Ivanka Trump”, in David Badash, editor, The New Civil Rights Movement, AlterNet Media, archived from the original on 2021-06-01:

2021 June 2, Brad Polumbo, “The Hole in ‘Kamalanomics’: A Glaring Flaw Plagues the Veep’s Plan to Restore the Economy”, in CE Think Tank Newswire, Foundation for Economic Education, archived from the original on 2021-06-02

2024 July 6, Rick Newman, “This week in Bidenomics: Kamalanomics?”, in Yahoo! Finance, archived from the original on 2024-07-06

The fact that Kamalanomics looks so much like Bidenomics poses big risks for her candidacy, given how unpopular the latter has proved to be.

2024 July 23, “Kamala Harris carries the torch, and the burden, of Bidenomics”, in The Economist, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-07-23:

2024 July 23, Mikkel Rosenvold, “Great Game - 5 Things I Expect from Kamalanomics”, in Steno Research, archived from the original on 2024-07-25

Indeed, distinguishing between Bidenomics and Kamalanomics is challenging, as her political and economic philosophies are closely aligned with Biden’s.

2024 July 24, “Harris shakes up election”, in The Free Press Journal, Mumbai: Indian National Press Bombay Pvt. Ltd., published 2024 July 25, archived from the original on 2024-07-25, Editorial page, column 1:

(US politics, neologism) The economic ideas and policies of Kamala Harris.


Zion Don

From Zion + Don or blend of Zionist + Donald, in the context of his pro-Israel stance. Also chosen for its quasi-rhyme.

They realized that they have overused their Zion Don to the point where one more of these attacks and his base is going to abandon him entirely.

2019 April 1, D. Schlenk, “Mossad/CIA False Flag Warning”, in de.soc.weltanschauung.misc (Usenet):

Good, that’s where Zion Don belongs. I doubt, however, that Democrats have balls to do that. Also, the fact that they call prison a “niggerville” really says a lot about niggers.

2023 November 19, D. Ray, “Re: 8 NIGGERS ARRESTED IN VEGAS TEEN'S FATAL BEATING”, in de.soc.weltanschauung.misc (Usenet):

Trump supporters have also moved to the right of Trump himself: hence, accusations of Trump running a MIGA campaign (Make Israel Great Again) or even himself being a Zion Don can be found on Reddit and 4chan (Luddy 2021).

2024, Elizaveta Gaufman, Bharath Ganesh, The Trump Carnival - Populism, Transgression and the Far Right, page 59:

(US politics, derogatory, uncommon) Donald Trump.


LINO

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

As Glenn Beck was bashing Sarvis as a GPS-installing LINO on his show,,^([sic]) his muckraking journalists at TheBlaze "revealed" that Sarvis was "bankrolled" by an "Obama bundler."

2014 August 3, John Vaught Labeaume, “No Thanks, CPAC. This Libertarian Won't Attend a Conservative Love-Fest.”, in Reason Magazine:

Libertarian Party
w:Libertarian Party (United States)

(US politics, derogatory) Acronym of Libertarian in name only. Typically used by libertarian members of the U.S. Libertarian Party to describe Libertarians whose views perceived as insufficiently libertarian.