say the quiet part loud

en-verb

say the quiet part loud (third-person singular simple present says the quiet part loud, present participle saying the quiet part loud, simple past and past participle said the quiet part loud)

says the quiet part loud (present singular third-person)
saying the quiet part loud (participle present)
said the quiet part loud (participle past)
said the quiet part loud (past)

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Used by Krusty the Clown in the 1995 episode "A Star Is Burns" of the American animated TV series The Simpsons, as "I said the quiet part loud and the loud part quiet."

“Just what are you trying to say here, Miss Parker?”
“That you’re a jingoistic idiot.” Yeah, I said the quiet part loud. I blame the pain meds. But there‘s no way I was letting this metal-heavy moron lecture me about my duty to my country, without giving me the chance to make up my own mind.

2012, Dana Fredsti, Plague Town: An Ashley Parker Novel, Titan Books, chapt. 9

Santorum says that it’s not about contraception, it’s about any type of medical treatment. Which...seems to me like he’s saying the quiet part loud again! But yes, the Blunt Amendment would give any employer the right to withhold any type of medical care for any reason.

2012 March 4, Jason Linkins, “TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads”, in The Huffington Post:

Donald Trump is not subtle. While normal political language functions through implication and indirection, Mr. Trump luxuriates in saying the quiet part loud. But in doing so, Mr. Trump exposes what drives the politics of the movement he commands.

2018 March 17, Chris Hayes, “Chris Hayes: What ‘Law and Order’ Means to Trump”, in The New York Times:

“When you’re a star, they let you do it,” the president, Epstein’s sometime associate, infamously bragged, once again saying, with stunning efficiency, the quiet part loud.

2019 July 9, Megan Garber, “When Jeffrey Epstein Joked About Sex Abuse”, in The Atlantic:

The popular Twitter meme that originated from reporter Jared Sexton after Donald Trump Jr. tweeted out his Trump Tower meeting email exchanges has come to encapsulate the Trump era — a rare moment in our political history in which saying the quiet part out loud is a routine line of defense.

2019 October 3, Nicole Lafond, “Trump Keeps Saying The Quiet Part Out Loud — Ostensibly To Protect Himself”, in Talking Points Memo:

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression said that Ms. Steinbach had said the quiet part out loud, to chilling effect.

2023 April 9, Vimal Patel, “Stanford Law School’s Dean Takes a Stand for Free Speech. Will It Work?”, in The New York Times, New York City, retrieved 2023-04-09:

(idiomatic) To publicly express a sentiment which one is expected to keep to oneself; to reveal an ulterior motive.

A Star Is Burns
Krusty the Clown
The Simpsons


dirtbag left

Coined by Amber A'Lee Frost in 2016, now a co-host of the left-wing United States podcast Chapo Trap House.

The dirtbag left may be seen as a case of bourgeois pessimism moving from the more laid-back image of dinner party conversation to a direct engagement with right-wing activism and Democratic Party sell-outs.

2018, David Block, Post-Truth and Political Discourse, →ISBN, page 121:

Another attribute of the Dirtbag left is its abandonment of the fossilized ideal of balance. Many don’t believe that any news outlet or political talking head is bias-free. Therefore, clinging to this illusion is not only pointless but potentially harmful.

2022 August 6, Heather Hutchinson, “I'm Just a Rhetorical Dirtbag, Baby.”, in MacEwan University Student EJournal, volume 6, number 1, →DOI:

respectability politics
respectability politics

political correctness
political correctness

A left-wing political faction that eschews respectability politics to convey a more vulgar socialist message, emphasizing action over political correctness.


Sharpiegate

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Batfan

(informal) A fan of the Batman comic-book franchise.


Hildabeast

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

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


Hildabeast

(derogatory, US politics) Alternative spelling of Hildebeast.


Hildebeast

Hildebeast (canonical)
the Hildebeast (canonical)

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

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

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

Trouble for some is, the Hildebeast is ahead.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(derogatory, US politics) Hillary Clinton


Gilded Age

Coined by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner as the title of a novel published in 1873.

Here the Gilded Age had found its music published and here the dawning jazz age would break into general consciousness.

2007, John Ogasapian, N. Lee Orr, Music of the Gilded Age, page 149:

Under Spofford's vigorous stewardship and astute guidance over a thirty-two year period from 1865 to 1897 that encompassed most of the Gilded Age, the Library of Congress greatly expanded its services to Congress and to the country.

2009, Leonard Schlup, Stephen H. Paschen, Librarianship in Gilded Age America, page 4:

Professor Reitano reexamines an issue that roiled the political and intellectual waters of the Gilded Age in ways difficult to conceive today.

2010, Joanne Reitano, Tariff Question in the Gilded Age: The Great Debate Of 1888, page ix:

It’s true that Mr. Piketty and his colleagues have added a great deal of historical depth to our knowledge, demonstrating that we really are living in a new Gilded Age. But we’ve known that for a while.

2014 April 25, Paul Krugman, “The Piketty Panic”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

During the Gilded Age, many observers in the United States worried that the country was becoming increasingly inegalitarian and moving farther and farther away from its original pioneering ideal.

2017 [2013], Thomas Piketty, translated by Arthur Goldhammer, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Belknap Press, →ISBN, page 506:

This New Gilded Age has found an epicenter in Los Angeles, particularly where Bel-Air, Beverly Hills and Holmby Hills converge. Real estate agents call it the Platinum Triangle.

2017 December 23, Candace Jackson, “Who Wants to Buy the Most Expensive House in America?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Here, America’s wealthiest megabillionaires gather with the CEOs of America’s most powerful companies[…] to develop the social and business connections that allow the top 0.00001% of earners to continue to accumulate a share of our nation’s wealth that already exceeds the famously cartoonish inequality of the Gilded Age of Rockefeller and Carnegie.

2021 July 12, Hamilton Nolan, “What happens at Sun Valley, the secret gathering of unelected billionaire Kings?”, in The Guardian:

The period of United States history from the end of the Civil War to the end of the 19th century, a time marked by rapid economic expansion, a lack of government regulation, and rampant corruption.

Charles Dudley Warner
Mark Twain
The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today


Jonsa

The moment sets the relationship between Jon and Sansa (Jonsa) at tension with the relationship between Jon and Dany (Jonerys).

2019 April 15, Henry McKenna, “Is Sansa Stark in love with Jon Snow?”, in USA Today:

Jonsa fans, convinced that Jon was just pretending to fancy Daenerys for political gain, went searching for subtextual support for their theories.

2019 April 21, Joanna Robinson, “The Game of Thrones Fan War Only George R.R. Martin Saw Coming”, in Vanity Fair:

This sentiment resonates with Jonsa shippers who have cast Jon and Sansa into stories ranging from Moulin Rouge! (2001) and Downton Abbey (2010-2015) to Emma (1815) and Tangled (2010) to The Princess Bride (1987) and The Breakfast Club (1985).

2023, Jessica Hautsch, Mind, Body, and Emotion in the Reception and Creation Practices of Fan Communities: Thinking Through Feels, page 192:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Jon Snow and Sansa Stark from the A Song of Ice and Fire novel series and its television adaptation Game of Thrones.


Gendrya

While likely an overt reference to Gendry's Baratheon heritage, but many Gendrya shippers also hope that secret has something to do with the younger Stark sister.

2019 April 10, Benjamin Fearnow, “Jamie x Brienne, Gendrya and Jonsa: The Weird and Wild Couples 'Game of Thrones' Fans Want to See Get Together”, in Newsweek:

Still, not everyone's onboard the Gendrya hype train.

2019 April 14, Jen Glennon, “Will Gendry And Arya Get Together On 'Game Of Thrones'? Premiere Hints 'Gendrya' Could Happen In Season 8”, in Newsweek:

'Gendrya' shippers have eagerly awaited this moment since season one.

2019 April 25, Catherine Regen, “Game of Thrones strikes controversy”, in Old Gold & Black, page 19:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Gendry and Arya Stark from the A Song of Ice and Fire novel series and its television adaptation Game of Thrones.


Braime

Bad news for all you Braime shippers out there, as Nikolaj Coster-Waldau doesn't think his character Jaime will get together with Brienne in Game of Thrones.

2017 July 14, Matthew Erao, “Game of Thrones: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Doubts Jaime/Brienne Romance”, in Screen Rant:

It also comes after he finally hooked up with Brienne, a long-in-the-making love connection that “Braime” fans have been waiting for since season two.

2019 May 7, Lindsey Romain, “What Is Jaime Planning to Do with Cersei?”, in Nerdist:

The final words of Dade's acknowledgements for the novel are directed at the Braime fandom, which she states to have been part of, with "some signs of that [noticeable] throughout this manuscript."

2023, Amanda Boyce, “The Fix-It Novel: How Commercial Authors Instrumentalize Fan Fiction's Subversive Potential”, in Kaitlin Tonti, editor, Fix-It Fics: Challenging the Status Quo through Fan Fiction, page 147:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Brienne of Tarth and Jaime Lannister from the A Song of Ice and Fire novel series and its television adaptation Game of Thrones.


Jonerys

You saw the way they were looking at each other in that ship’s cabin last week, and the director of that episode confirmed that Jonerys will be debuting soon.

2017 August 25, Jeremy Egner, “'Game of Thrones': 7 Questions for the Season 7 Finale”, in The New York Times:

The episode description of the season finale, titled The Dragon And The Wolf, points in that direction as well, with a subtle hint about a steamy 'Jonerys' moment.

2017 August 27, Kabita Maharana, “Jon Snow and Daenerys sex scene teased in Game of Thrones season 7 finale description”, in International Business Times:

If I read a fic by a Jonerys (Jon/Daenerys) shipper, I am likely to feel that Sansa is OOC, and if they read one of my stories, they probably wouldn't agree with my portrayal of Dany.

2023, Jessica Hautsch, Mind, Body, and Emotion in the Reception and Creation Practices of Fan Communities: Thinking Through Feels, page 178:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen from the A Song of Ice and Fire novel series and its television adaptation Game of Thrones.


New Dealer

FDR and the New Dealers unleashed the power of the central state in ways rarely done during peacetime.

2022, Gary Gerstle, chapter 1, in The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order […] , New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, Part I. The New Deal Order, 1930–1980:

(US politics, historical) A proponent of the New Deal.


anti-pegasister

(fandom slang) An adult female anti-fan of the animated television series, My Little Pony Friendship is Magic.


anti-brony

(fandom slang) An anti-fan of the animated television series My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, typically an adult male.


Sherman's necktie

en-noun

Sherman's necktie (plural Sherman's neckties)

We were compelled to go by carriage, as the railroads had been destroyed, the fat-pine cross-ties burned to heat the rails and the red-hot rails wrapped around the trees growing near the track. We used to call these iron rails "Sherman's neckties," and the solemn-looking chimneys standing guard over the former sites of once happy homes were called by the natives "Sherman's monuments."

[1917, James Morris Morgan, chapter XXVIII, in Recollections of a Rebel Reefer, Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company […], →OCLC, page 244:

I break camp and push down the road to the tiny town of Lithonia. It was here that [William Tecumseh] Sherman saw the first homes on the March to the Sea go up in flames as his men wrecked the railroad, twisting the iron rails into Sherman's Neckties.

1995, Jerry Ellis, chapter 11, in Marching through Georgia: My Walk with Sherman, New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, →ISBN; Marching through Georgia: My Walk along Sherman’s Route, paperback edition, Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 2002, →ISBN, page 74:

The Road to Tara Museum had a lot of Gone with the Wind and almost no Sherman, except for one twisted Sherman's necktie.

2014, Anne Sarah Rubin, “Conclusion: Rubin’s March”, in Through the Heart of Dixie: Sherman’s March and American Memory, Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, →ISBN, page 232:


Trumpublican

That would be a Trumpublican then.

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

That is the most ridiculous thing any trumpublican could say.

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

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

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

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


mossyback

From mossy + back (in sense 2 (“person who stayed hidden to evade conscription during the American Civil War”) probably a variant of mossback, which is attested earlier), alluding to someone or something that is so old or has remained so unmoving that it is as if moss has grown on them or it.
Sense 3.2 (“menhaden”) may be influenced by mossbunker.

(informal, historical, obsolete) Synonym of mossback (“a person who stayed hidden to evade conscription (especially by the Confederate States Army) during the American Civil War (1861–1865)”)


Flanderisation

Flanderisation (countable and uncountable, plural Flanderisations)

From Flanders + -isation, see Flanderization.

Prime realises Swoop must be under some sort of external control as he's at heart a loyal Autobot (over the years Flanderisation will make the Dinobots more and more maverick) and does the one thing that he knows will so enrage his mind controlled colleague that Swoop will fight off the influence. He gives him a direct order.

2015, Stuart Webb, “The Icarus Theory”, in Transformation: A Personal Journey through the British Transformers Comic, volumes 1 (1984–1987), [S.l.]: Solar Pool, →ISBN, page 129, column 1:

A sympathetic wrestling savant, Eugene became, through a process of rapid Flanderisation (the process in fiction of a character being consumed by their identifiable trait, named after The Simpsons’ Ned Flanders), in Cornette’s words, “a fucking retard”.

2017, Michael Sidgwick, “A Box of Fluffy Ducks”, in Development Hell: The NXT Story, U.K.: WhatCulture.com, →ISBN, page 101:

(British spelling) Alternative spelling of Flanderization


Johnsonite

(US politics) A Marxist supporting the ideas of the Johnson–Forest Tendency.


Sherman's hairpin

Sherman's hairpin (plural Sherman's hairpins)


Martling Man

(US politics, historical) A member of the Tammany Hall society.


Trumpster fire

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see title)

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

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

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

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


firehouse primary

firehouse primary (plural firehouse primaries)

In reference to firehouses as a common place where voting is conducted.

(US politics) A state primary election run by a political party rather than by the government.


battleground state

battleground state (plural battleground states)

(US politics) A winner-take-all state which is roughly as likely to vote Republican as Democrat in a given election.


BOMFOG

And when reporters covering Mr. Rockefeller discovered that his stenographer was so used to hearing him speak of “the brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of God” that she coded the cliché into BOMFOG, Mr. Rockefeller dropped the phrase.

1970 November 4, Albin Krebs, “…and Still Governor”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(US politics, dated, slang) Acronym of the brotherhood of man under the fatherhood of God, a political catchphrase of Nelson Rockefeller (1908–1979).


Throneverse

AND FINALLY, we get to the best current pairing in the Throneverse — Arya and the Hound.

2014, David Malitz, "‘Game of Thrones’ recap: ‘The Lannisters aren’t the only ones who pay their debts.’", Washington Post, 6 April 2014 (image caption)

Unless he's not on her side any more, in which case she's screwed: loyalties do tend to shift a bit in the Throneverse.

2015 May 24, Bob Pobjie, “What's on TV Monday: Game of Thrones”, in The Sydney Morning Herald:

(fandom slang) The fictional universe which serves as the setting for the television series Game of Thrones.


Martinverse

From Martin + -verse, from the surname of author George R. R. Martin.

Wargs in the Martinverse uniquely involve the act of “warging,” in which a human links to a particular animal, sees through its eyes and sometimes controls its body.

2015, T. A. Leederman, "A Thousand Westerosi Plateaus: Wargs, Wolves and Ways of Being", in Mastering the Game of Thrones: Essays on George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire (eds. Jes Battis & Susan Johnston), page 190

Words from the Martinverse start creeping into your normal conversations, like “smallclothes,” “jape,” and “mummer’s farce.”

2015 November 25, Dana Ryals, Kelley Minica, “Winter is Here: A Game of Thrones Reading Group”, in The Clarion, Madison Area Technical College, page 2:

One of the few truly honourable warriors in the Martinverse, Brienne of Tarth, the lady knight, concludes resignedly that “the good lords are dead and the rest of them are monsters” (GoT 5.1).

2018, Stefanie Lethbridge, “Entangled Agency: Heroic Dragons and Direwolves in Game of Thrones”, in helden. heroes. héros., number 3, page 8:

(fandom slang) The fictional universe which serves as the setting for the A Song of Ice and Fire novel series and its television adaptation Game of Thrones.


Thronesverse

This is The Empire Strikes Back of the Thrones'''-verse — except on this show, the Empire always seems like it’s striking back.

2013 April 1, James Hibberd, “Game of Thrones season premiere recap: 'Valar Dohaeris'”, in Entertainment Weekly:

Graeme of Thrones broadly follows that template with the drama shifting between the hysterically bad renditions of key moments of the Thronesverse […]

2017 October, “Graeme of Thrones”, in KCW Today, page 45:

So, over the last couple of years, we've had a gradual dribble of information about a slew of potential spin-offs set in the Thronesverse.

2018 June 11, Tom Nicholson, “Everything We Know About The 'Game Of Thrones' Prequel 'House Of The Dragon'”, in Esquire:


Thronesiverse

Blend of thrones + universe or thrones + -i- + -verse.

(Here's a brief primer on the religions of the Thronesiverse, if you're curious.)

2015 April 26, Jeremy Egner, “‘Game of Thrones’ Recap: The Faith and the Crown”, in New York Times:

The good news is, it looks like George R.R. Martin is into the idea of another series set in the Thrones'''-iverse.

2016 September 30, Laura Bradley, “Is HBO Mulling a Game of Thrones Spin-Off or Not?”, in Vanity Fair:

The mock heraldic strains of the Game of Thrones theme, borrowed straight from Monty Python’s Holy Grail, accompany a nifty dragon’s eye view of a beautifully wrought clockwork Thronesiverse.

2017 November 25, Patrick Freyne, “The TV theme songs that make you drool with pleasure”, in The Irish Times:


Trumpocrat

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2020, Paul Krugman, Arguing with Zombies:

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


feel the Bern

en-verb

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Chinese virus

en-noun

Chinese virus (countable and uncountable, plural Chinese viruses)

中国病毒 (Zhōngguó bìngdú) (explanatory translation)

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

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

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

1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer, page 231:

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

1990, China Report: Science and Technology:

We had great difficulty with the Chinese virus at first.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stocks mostly recover on hope for handling of Chinese virus.

2020 January 22, Associated Press, headline:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


dollarydoo

Blend of dollar + didgeridoo. A faux-Australianism originally coined as "dollaridoos" by television writers Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein for “Bart vs. Australia”, a 1995 episode of the animated sitcom The Simpsons.

Bruno: "Nine hundred dollaridoos? Tobias! Did you accept a six-hour collect call from the states?"
Tobias: "It was an emergency call from the International Drainage Commission in Springfield."
Bruno: "Oh my God! There's nothing wrong with the bidet, is there?"

1995 February 19, Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, “Bart vs. Australia”, in The Simpsons, season 6, episode 17, production code 2F13:

2015 24 December, Cam Tyeson, Merry Christmas to All Y'all, from Yr Gr8 m8s at Pedestrian.tv, Pedestrian.tv.
"And maybe spare a thought - or a spare dollarydoo or two - for those less fortunate than you.

2016 23 March, Shayen de Silva, Premiere: A picture of restlessness and weathered love, Tom Stephens will leave you heartbroken on Down to Rest, Happymag.tv.
"Tickets will be available at the door for a cool 10 dollarydoos."

Bandit: "I'd like that one, please."
Bluey: "Four hundred dollarydoos."

2018 October 6, Joe Brumm, “The Weekend”, in Bluey, season 1, episode 6:

2019 12 May, Labor Will Pump Over $30 Million Into Aussie Music, Ban Scalpers If It Wins The Election, Musicfeeds.com.au.
"Opposition leader Bill Shorten & co popped the cork on their arts funding plan at Melbourne’s Espy this weekend, allocating a mouth-watering $20 million dollarydoos to the Australian Music Live Music Fund to support live music venues, hotels, restaurants, cafes, festivals, precinct events and musos."

(Australia, informal, finance) The Australian dollar.

Bart vs. Australia
Bill Oakley
Josh Weinstein
The Simpsons


Trumpese

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

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

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

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

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


Kylux

(Examples: how people feel about Reylo, how people perceive Kylux, etc.)

2016, "Dark Side of the Mind", quoted in Kimberly Leerkes, "Fandom As A Remixing Culture", thesis submitted to the University of Amsterdam, page 87

In May 2016, a month after TFA was available for legal download and purchase on DVD, Kylux was already the most popular pairing in the fandom with over two thousand stories; […]

2017 December, Cait Coker, Karen Viars, “Welcoming the Dark Side?: Exploring Whitelash and Actual Space Nazis in TFA Fanfiction”, in NANO: New American Notes Online, volume 12:

On the other hand, a handful of my Mutuals ship Kylux […]

2018, Indira J. C. Neill, "Tumblr as Platform Architecture, User Experience, and Interaction Artifacts", dissertation submitted to the University of Illinois at Chicago, page 102

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Kylo Ren and Armitage Hux from Star Wars.


Stormpilot

Stephanie didn't immediately latch onto Stormpilot after her first viewing of The Force Awakens, but now sees the developing relationship as playing on classic romantic beats.

2016 February, “Stormpilot: The Breakout Couple Of 2015”, in Colorblock Magazine, page 13:

The popularity of Stormpilot as a slash pairing is grounded in canonical signifiers, as Andrew Wheeler (2016) writes: […]

2017, Anastasia Salter, Bridget Blodgett, Toxic Geek Masculinity in Media: Sexism, Trolling, And Identity Politics, page 199:

The ambiguity act doesn't work as well for Boyega and Isaac, but The Rise of Skywalker appears to offer Stormpilot shippers (and you know who you are) no definitive reason to jump ship.

2019, André Hereford, “Forceful Finale”, in Metro Weekly, 16 December - 26 December 2019, page 39:

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


Reylo

In The Force Awakens fandom, for example, there is a vocal contingent of anti-Reylo fans, […]

2018, Kristina Busse, “Afterword: Fannish Affect and Its Aftermath”, in Rebecca Williams, editor, Everybody Hurts: Transitions, Endings, and Resurrections in Fan Cultures, page 217:

It has now been a month since my last letter to you, and Reylo is closer to becoming canon than ever.

2018, anonymous author, “Letters to Editors”, in Lot's Wife, Monash University, Edition 2 (2018), page 3:

The final instalment of this Star Wars trilogy will be in our cinemas in December to answer all our burning questions: will Reylo ever happen?

2019, Emily Webb-Mortimer, "2019: year of the remake?", InQuire (University of Kent), 25 January 2019, page 15

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


Initialism from the names Janeway and Seven.

In that sense, Seven transcends femininity herself (and J/7 transcends lesbian slash) because feminine sentimentality is insufficient.

1998 February 11, Emily Salzfass, “Re: Pokes at Antnests”, in alt.startrek.creative (Usenet):

I've just started a new Web site (still under construction) for J/7 fanfic and have posted my new story "Sensations" on there.

1999 May 17, Tenderware, “New Janeway/Seven Site!”, in alt.startrek.creative (Usenet):

Tigermoth wrote some really hot, interesting J/7 stories, and I hope that she continues to do so, and perhaps branches out into some longer pieces!

2006 March 30, Rocky, “ASC AWARDS Comment Digest # 71 VOY Stories”, in alt.startrek.creative (Usenet):

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Kathryn Janeway and Seven of Nine from the television series Star Trek: Voyager.


Clintasha

There’s a lot of hate from the Clintasha crowd. It was never my intention that they were an item.

2015, Joss Whedon, quoted in Noelene Clark, "‘Avengers’ director plunges into Black Widow controversy", Pocono Record, 9 May 2015

Another example would be "Clintasha," the fan-coupling of Clint Barton and Natasha Romanoff, who make a complete turnaround from their relationship in the first Avengers.

2015, Addie Bass & Gina Appleby, "Avengers Age of Ultron: Is It Worthy?", The Little Hawk (Iowa City High School), 2 June 2015, page A15

YaelLouder: All of your Clintasha fic is kind of fluffy.

2019, Katherine Locke, “Some Days You're The Sidekick; Some Days You're The Superhero”, in Katherine Locke, Laura Silverman, editors, It's a Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes, and Other Jewish Stories, unnumbered page:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Clint Barton (Hawkeye) and Natasha Romanoff (Black Widow) from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.


Thorki

This book is not a work of fan fiction, nor a book of spells. There are no runes for casting nor Thorki weddings to attend.

2015, Pepi Valderrama, Geek Anthropology of Loki's Army, page 7:

The images of Thorki […] represent a range of implied possibilities between the characters--from romantic longings to more explicit imagery.

2015, Matthew Alan Cicci, "Turning The Page: Fandoms, Multimodality, And The Transformation Of The 'Comic Book' Superhero", dissertation submitted to Wayne State University, page 91

Some fans of the couple of Thorki are from a Marvel fan circle, which also belongs to the Western culture fan circles; however, some Asian culture fans will also be interested due to the fact that Thorki reflected a seme-uke couple pattern of a muscular and straightforward seme and a tsundere cunning uke.

2019, Nishang Li, "'Rotten Culture': From Japan to China", thesis submitted to the University of Victoria, pages 51-52

(fandom slang) The incestuous ship of adoptive brothers Thor and Loki from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.


Stony

The "Stony" fandom takes the comic remediation ship or genderswap and removes it from its aesthetic relationship by placing it within a new remediated work.

2013 July, Poe Johnson, “Cultural Memory as Fandom Ideology in the Remediated World”, in The Phoenix Papers, volume 1, number 2, page 51:

It tugged at my heartstrings with Steve's memories, as well as giving me so many Stony feels.

2013 July, “Fandoms Assemble 2013 Fanfic Awards”, in Fandoms Assemble, page 21:

The largest ships in the MCU are “Stucky” (Steve Rogers AKA Captain America and Bucky Barnes AKA the Winter Soldier) and “Stony” (Steve Rogers and Tony Stark AKA Iron Man).

2016, Olivia Riley, "Queerness and Emotion in Fanfiction", thesis submitted to the University of Minnesota, page 10

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Steve Rogers (Captain America) and Tony Stark (Iron Man) from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.


Percabeth

Blend of Percy + Annabeth. In this case, "Percy" is short for Perseus.

Though Percabeth didn't spend much time in the spotlight in "The Blood of Olympus," what little I saw of their romance felt rather clichéd.

2014, Mei Baek, "'The Blood of Olympus'", tjTODAY (Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology), 16 October 2014, page 11

Finishing the book with much dissapointment for the lack of Percabeth in The Lost Hero, I waited patiently for the 2nd book.

2014, Areeba Amer, "The Fangirl Who Waited", The GHS Torch (Greenhill Junior Classical League), November 2014, page 3

I should upload something new. Or even one of my more decent older pieces. I have a whole bunch I've photographed and saved on my phone. All my ships, straight-up kissing: Inej and Nina, Percabeth, a few original characters.

2018, Becky Albertalli, Leah on the Offbeat, unnumbered page:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase from the Camp Half-Blood Chronicles franchise.


Rumbelle

Many Rumbelle stories take place after Belle and Rumple have already undergone a terrible loss, using the hurt/comfort trope to show how they cope afterwards.

2014, Christa M. Baxter, "The Challenge of Happily Ever After: How Once Upon a Time Fanfic Fairy Tales Model Strategies for Ordinary Life Challenges", thesis submitted to Brigham Young University, page 19

We'd obviously be bummed to lose Giles Matthey as Rumbelle's adorably evil baby boy, but at least there's still some hope that the couple can get their baby back instead of missing out on his entire life.

2017, Lindsay Macdonald, "'Once Upon A Time': All Hope Is Not Lost For Gideon", TV Weekly (Magic Valley Times-News), 29 January - 4 February 2017, page 12

Fan websites indicate that the "Rumbelle" couple has become a fan-favorite specifically because viewers of the show relate to Rumple as an imperfect man and can identify with his rocky love relationship.

2019, Claudia Schwabe, Craving Supernatural Creatures: German Fairy-Tale Figures in American Pop Culture, unnumbered page:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Rumpelstiltskin and Belle from the television series Once Upon a Time.


America First

(US politics) A series of political movements in the United States that supported isolationism, often with connotations of xenophobia or anti-Semitism.


Trumpspeak

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

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

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

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

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


Trumpophile

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

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

(informal) A fan or admirer of Donald Trump


Xenite

Thank you so much for the story on Xena. I'd read the article online (the Xenites had it transcribed in full before the ink was dry).

1999, Karen Kiss, letter printed in "Reader Forum", The Advocate, 30 March 1999, page 6

Each Xenite has his or her own tale of why this show meant so much, and it's something I truly believe Lucy or Renee will never understand.

2002, AJW, "How Xena Changed My Life", in How Xena Changed Our Lives: True Stories by Fans for Fans (ed. Nikki Stafford), page 3

[…] she was in a Xena chatroom called The Pub when a Xenite in New York City invited her to come and visit.

2017, Liz Millward, Janice G. Dodd, Irene Fubara-Manuel, Killing Off the Lesbians: A Symbolic Annihilation on Film and Television, page 141:

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


obligala

If Missy Pennington had let her qualms about writing an "obligala" story stop her, we would have missed reading her sexy, humorous "Hardball."

1998 July 25, GravesPA2, “No rules, just ruminations”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

Of course, I'm halfway through my giftfic which I think should be this year's version of the obligala, so everyone who's speculating, get writing instead!! C'mon, folks, it's Christmas -- get over all the complaints on the season so far and have a little fun with it!
As for what they were ... well, I'm not giving away my story, but Mulder's had to be a video. It was the right size and shape, and when he shook it, that's what it sounded like.

1998 December 14, soco...@mindspring.com, “Speculation and giftfic”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

KEYWORDS: parody, Mulder/Scully romance, Skinner/Mrs. Scully romance, cliches galore, obligala, badfic, fluff, sap

2000 October 28, kel...@my-deja.com, “NEW: A Helping Hand (1/4)”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

(X-Files fandom slang) A formal ball which two characters (usually Fox Mulder and Dana Scully) are required to attend as a set-up in romantic fan fiction.


Twihater

Why can't "Twihaters" like Kim and me just look away from the catastrophe already and find something else to mock?

2009 December 23, JoSelle Vanderhooft, “Sparkly Vampires Are Funny”, in QSaltLake Magazine, page 20:

Bella has also been labeled a bad role model for young girls; she relies on male saviors, her love is obsessive, and she puts her life at risk for a guy, point out the Twihaters.

2010, Liv Spencer, Love Bites: The Unofficial Saga of Twilight, page 17:

Despite the intense rivalry between Twihards and Twihaters, the new parody pleases neither group.

2010, Cari MacPherson & Steve Rau, "'Vampires Suck' fails to bite", Technician (North Carolina State University), 20 August 2010, page 10

(fandom slang) A person who strongly dislikes Stephenie Meyer's Twilight book series or its film adaptations.


Faberry

In fact, Faberry are the second most represented couple on the meme, however they still only represent 8.6% of all filled stories [Appendix 1].

2013 May, Hannah Ellison, “Submissives, Nekos and Futanaris: A quantitative and qualitative analysis of the Glee Kink Meme”, in Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies, volume 10, number 1, page 115:

In doing so, the writers fail to create a suitable counterpart to Rachel Berry and the productive example the “Faberry” relationship could have provided is thwarted in favor of drama over boyfriends and tiaras.

2014, Kasey Butcher, “Gold Stars and Slushies: The High Cost for Overachieving Girls”, in Michelle Parke, editor, Queer in the Choir Room: Essays on Gender and Sexuality in Glee, page 195:

The way in which the Faberry fandom has taken what few obvious scenes of friendship the show has given them, and also reinterpreted other scenes between Faberry, displays just how important this couple has become to the fandom.

2015, Alexandra Louise Elizabeth Simpson, "Shipping The Margin To The Centre: Excavating Tumblr; Filling In The Self", thesis submitted to Texas A&M University, page 40

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Quinn Fabray and Rachel Berry from the television series Glee.


nightmarcher

From night + marcher. Calque of Hawaiian huakaʻi pō.

... happening in, will not become confused and angry in his efforts to get out. Beds should not be placed directly opposite doorways. One keeps indoors when the Nightmarchers are abroad. On certain nights these progressions of ghosts can […]

1988, John Donald Kingsley, The Antioch Review:

The tail of that sinuous line of nightmarchers seemed very horrible, and as I saw them wriggling into a venerable tomb they seemed more horrible still. Then I noticed that the tomb's floor had an aperture down which the throng was sliding, and ...

1997, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, Crawling Chaos: Selected Pulp Fiction:

[…] understood the vision of nightmarchers described by the Chinese man. Sometimes the phantom marchers will be seen stopping at the house of a dying person, to prepare to escort them into the afterlife. In this case, the nightmarchers were […]

1999, Glen Grant, Obake Files: Ghostly Encounters in Supernatural Hawai'I, Mutual Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 122:

"And he hide; da buggah wen hide; if you discovered by a nightmarcher, they take you, boy. So, folks, always watch da road. Go where it's safe." The haole couple next to me nervously chuckled. An understated fright.

2002, Rona Tamiko Halualani, In the Name of Hawaiians: Native Identities and Cultural Politics, U of Minnesota Press, →ISBN, page 166:

Something from Irene's journals, about what to do if you happen across a nightmarcher on a moon-filled night.

2018, J. Lincoln Fenn, The Nightmarchers, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

In Hawaiian folklore, a ghost of an ancient Hawaiian warrior who marches together with other such ghosts on certain sacred nights from their burial sites or the ocean to the sites of ancient battles or sacred places.


Buffydom

On the many chatrooms dedicated to Buffydom, fans refer to it as "the incredible shrinking Buffy," most evident during the fighting sequences, when Sarah Michelle Gellar's stunt double (who actually has curves) switches off not-so-seamlessly with Gellar.

2002, Rachel Thompson, "Staking It To The Man", Herizons, Summer 2002, page 25

There are, however, strong roots in Valley Girl expressions and some slayer jargon has been established by both the show itself and the early years of Buffy'''dom online.

2013, Liz Medendorp, “Buffyspeak: The Internal and External Impact of Slayer Slang”, in Jennifer K. Stuller, editor, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, page 67:

The current volume, however, is not only a major contribution to academic Buffydom.

2017, Anahid Kassabian, “Afterword”, in Paul Gregory Attinello, Janet K. Halfyard, Vanessa Knights, editors, Music, Sound and Silence in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, page 249:

(fandom slang) The fandom of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Is Tara the only human character in Buffydom who isn't an only child (not counting the special case of Dawn)?

2000 December 16, Jerry McLaughlin, “Family”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

If there is one thing that has been consistant^([sic]) in Buffydom, it is that revenge is not a good thing.

2003 March 26, Dan Armato, “Re: 7th Season Buffy - Lies My Parents Told Me - 5 star poll - SPOILERS AHOY”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

Dawn and the others, much like ants, are oblivious to reality and live in the miniscule^([sic]) world of Buffy'''dom (the kingdom of the Slayer), just as we might find ourselves marching like ants through our own lives in mindless routine.

2014, Lori M. Butler, “'The Ants Go Marching': Effective Lyrics in Buffy Episodes”, in Sally Emmons-Featherston, Jim Ford, editors, The Truth of Buffy: Essays on Fiction Illuminating Reality, page 121:

(fandom slang) The fictional universe which serves as the setting for the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.


Swan Queen

Swan + Queen, a combination of Emma Swan's surname and Regina Mills' title as the Evil Queen, likely chosen to reference the character in the ballet Swan Lake.

Swan Queen fans argue that the show runners of OUAT use subtextual codes within canonical storylines in an effort to queerbait the show’s queer audience members.

2017, Shannon A. Suddeth, "(Dis)Enchanted: (Re)constructing Love and Creating Community in the Once Upon a Time Queer Fandom", thesis submitted to the University of South Florida, page iii

[…] for OUaT, the “Swan Queen” ship, pairing protagonist Emma Swan and evil queen Regina Mills, is one of the most dominant on Tumblr.

2018, Pauline Greenhill, “Cinematic”, in Pauline Greenhill, Jill Terry Rudy, Naomi Hamer, Lauren Bosc, editors, The Routledge Companion to Media and Fairy-Tale Cultures, unnumbered page:

While not all queer female OUAT fans are SQ shippers, and other femslash ships do exist within the fandom, the Swan Queen fandom is the largest and most vocal femslash fandom (and possibly ship fandom in general) within the broader OUAT fandom and is the fandom SUAS is written about and for.

2019, Colleen E. Johnson, "Femslash Fanfiction as a Reparative Practice of Critique", thesis submitted to Oregon State University, page 8

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Emma Swan and Regina Mills from the television series Once Upon a Time.


get out the vote

en-verb

get out the vote (third-person singular simple present gets out the vote, present participle getting out the vote, simple past got out the vote, past participle gotten out the vote)

gets out the vote (present singular third-person)
getting out the vote (participle present)
got out the vote (past)
gotten out the vote (participle past)

What happens when there's that knock at the door? Moscow's hastily-organised referendums in occupied parts of Ukraine coming complete with house-to-house searches of ballot recipients. It takes the concept of "get out the vote" to a whole new level. We'll ask about turnout numbers that already beggar belief and what happens after Vladimir Putin's Friday address scheduled before a joint session of the Russian parliament.

2022 September 23, 0:07 from the start, in As Putin goes for broke: What next after Ukraine annexation referendums? • FRANCE 24 English, spoken by François Picard, France 24, archived from the original on 2022-09-27:

(chiefly US politics, idiomatic) To increase voter turnout, typically in a highly partisan way.


MAHA

Modeled after MAGA. Popularized by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in 2024 but earlier uses exist.

I’ve got the hashtag. #MAHA: Make America Healthy Again.

2020 July 4, “Make America Healthy Again: #MAHA”, in The Rush Limbaugh Show:

He shared the phrase "Make America Healthy Again" on social media, along with the abbreviation "MAHA," not unlike MAGA (Make America Great Again), which Trump still uses.

2024 August 26, Chrissy Bobic, “Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Has Coined a Term To Explain His Most Important Cause”, in Distractify:

MAHA went viral across social media and led to an explosion of questionable claims regarding health and wellness.

2024 August 26, Mikael Thalen, “MAGA turns to roadkill-eating anti-vaxer with a brain worm to ‘Make America Healthy Again’”, in The Daily Dot:

(US politics) Acronym of Make America Healthy Again.


Everlark

I am a strong supporter of Everlark (ship name of Everdeen and Mellark).

2015, Justin Andrews, "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 concludes triology on a high note", The Speaking Eagle (Juan Diego Catholic High School), 10 December 2015, page 17

As to the aforementioned media universe, we can consider the contrast between Hunger Games’ couples Everlark (Katniss Everdeen/Peeta Mellark) and Everthorne (Katniss Everdeen/Gale Hawthorne); […]

2017, Romana Andò, “Girls and the Media: Girlhood Studies Agenda and Prospects in Italy”, in Gender/Sexuality/Italy, number 4, page 110:

it’s okay to be an Everlark shipper who still likes and respects Gale, and it’s okay to be an Everthorne shipper who adores and admires Peeta.

2019, "the-fab-fandoms", quoted in Lina Holst & Rebecca Ågren, "'It’s not a phase, Mom!!!': Om identitetsskapande inom fankultur", thesis submitted to the University of Gothenburg, page 61

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark from The Hunger Games series.


Everthorne

People who support Everthorne (ship name of Everdeen and Hawthorne) do not understand the series at all.

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Katniss Everdeen and Gale Hawthorne from The Hunger Games series.


Peeniss

Blend of Peeta + Katniss, as an intentional, jocular homophone of penis.

We think they should just move on because everyone has ditched Team Edward for Team PeeNiss.

2012 October 11, Haley Boston, “The Rundown”, in The Daily Northwestern, Northwestern University, page 4:

They just want to see Katniss and Peeta — or, as the Interwebs have so graciously dubbed their union, “Peeniss” — pair off.

2014 November 24, Gillian Edevane, “Penultimate ‘Hunger Games’ features geopolitical undertones”, in The Daily Californian:

do i have a preference between galeniss and peeniss (or everlark vs. everthorne idk what’s katniss/gale’s last name ship name?) yes.

2019, "allisonarghent-archive", quoted in Lina Holst & Rebecca Ågren, "'It’s not a phase, Mom!!!': Om identitetsskapande inom fankultur", thesis submitted to the University of Gothenburg, page 61

(fandom slang, humorous) The ship of characters Peeta Mellark and Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games series.


Bedward

My problems with the series go further than Bedward's "relationship."

2010, Gabrielle Abutom, "'Twilight' is a sick, twisted series", Daily Titan (California State University, Fullerton), 11 October 2010, page 4

When Bedward's desire to touch each other becomes unbearable, the overwhelming sexual tension is handily dispersed into a far less exciting bodily necessity: hunger.

2013 February 12, Poppy Bullard, “In Defence of Twilight, sort of”, in Nouse, University of York, page M5:

Take, for example, Bedward: Edward Cullen and Bella Swan from Stephanie Meyer's Twilight; […]

2016, Taylor Scheibe, "Plot Twist", Echo (Columbia College Chicago), May 2016, page 35

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Bella Swan and Edward Cullen from the Twilight series.


Oncer

And fun because, well, he gets to interact with “Oncers” at fan events like PaleyFest and Comic Con […]

2013 June, Hiko Mitsuzuka, “Charmed & Generous: Josh Dallas”, in Bello, number 47, page 14:

Katy Lewis, a resident of Whitehorse, Yukon, is a 'Oncer'—a super fan of the popular TV show Once Upon a Time.

2014, Matthew Hoekstra, "Once draws super fans to Steveston", The Richmond Review, 21 March 2014, page 1 (image caption)

A horde of 'Oncers' from all over the continent are descending on little Steveston/Storybrooke this weekend.

2015 October 2, “Contents”, in Richmond News, page A3:

(fandom slang) A fan of the television series Once Upon a Time.


Olicity

Now, we're watching to find out if “Olicity” is a go. We'll see how the Diggle-Felicity-Oliver dynamics change as Olicity's relationship hopefully heats up.

2014, Michelle Rushefsky, "Shows On The CW", The Current (Nova Southeastern University), Volume 25, Issue 6, 30 September 2014, page 12

Since he has dated nearly every other girl on the show for at least some period of time, the romantic tension for “Olicity” has grown.

2014, Esther Ponce De Leon, "DC Comics Builds Small-Screen Superhero Empire", The Miami Hurricane (University of Miami), Volume 93, Issue 12, 6 October 2014 - 8 October 2014, page 7

At the same time, [fan] Smoak & Arrow recognizes that not every viewer shares her and her followers' love for Olicity.

2017, Tanya R. Cochrane, Meghan K. Winchell, “When Fans Know Best: Oliciters Right the Ships”, in James F. Iaccino, Cory Barker, Myc Wiatrowski, editors, Arrow and Superhero Television: Essays on Themes and Characters of the Series, pages 199–200:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Oliver Queen (Green Arrow) and Felicity Smoak from the television series Arrow.


Clexana

Gough and/or Millar were quoted as saying they thought 6 was their best season creatively, and they thought the whole "Clexana" thing was well done and they've never understood why the online fans don't like Lana.

2007 July 31, KalElFan [username], “"Kara, Supergirl" on CBS? (was Re: SV+ Supergirl Spin-Off Done Deal?)”, in alt.tv.smallville (Usenet):

The writers should have really given Lexana more of a back story, if they intended to create a Clexana love triangle.

2008, Melanie E. S. Kohnen (quoting a 2006 post from Television Without Pity), "The Adventures of a Repressed Farm Boy and the Billionaire Who Loves Him: Queer Spectatorship in Smallville Fandom", in Teen Television: Essays on Programming and Fandom (eds. Sharon Marie Ross & Louisa Ellen Stein), page 15

Clark, Lex and Lana are thus 'shipped' (i.e. 'relation-shipped') into 'Clexana' (Kohnen, 214).

2018, Shawn Malley, Excavating the Future: Archaeology and Geopolitics in Contemporary North American Science Fiction Film and Television, page 123:

(fandom slang) The love triangle/OT3 of characters Clark Kent, Lex Luthor, and Lana Lang from the television series Smallville.


Kurtofsky

By drilling down further, the results reveal that half of those are Klaine stories and a third are Kurtofsky (the pairing of Kurt with his bully turned secret admirer)

2013 May, Hannah Ellison, “Submissives, Nekos and Futanaris: A quantitative and qualitative analysis of the Glee Kink Meme”, in Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies, volume 10, number 1, page 117:

On the fan fiction site, participants began writing “Kurtofsky” (Kurt/Dave pairing) romances in response to this plot twist, which I read avidly to see the participant reaction to this unexpected pairing.

2017, Mandy Rita Stewart, "Digital Literacies And 'glee': The Role Of Fan Fiction Virtual Writing And Social Commentary In Response To Bullying Themes With Adolescent Writers", dissertation submitted to Wayne State University, page 1

Besides discussing the series and rooting for specific, slang-labelled twosomes (such as the heterosexual duo nicknamed "Finchel", Finn and Rachel, or the same-sex couple of "Kurtofsky", Kurt and Karofsky), fans have contributed to the diffusion and re-mediation of the show so much that the Glee phenomenon has been defined as "a user-generated musical epidemic" (Zaccone 2009; online, my translation).

2015, Alice Casarini, “Chorus Lines–Translating Musical Television Series in the Age of Participatory Culture: The Case of Glee”, in Jorge Díaz Cintas, Josélia Neves, editors, Audiovisual Translation: Taking Stock, page 216:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Kurt Hummel and Dave Karofsky from the television series Glee.


Scullyfic

en-noun

Scullyfic (countable and uncountable, plural Scullyfics)

It's a Scullyfic in the sense that Mulder isn't there, but I think the whole concept works well.

2000 July 8, Verona, “NEW: "Conversations"”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

primarily a Scullyfic

2001 February 18, Medie, “New: Those That Remain”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

I honestly don't know what Mulder would have done when he found out, so I kept this as a pure Scullyfic.

2004 August 30, kayfu42, “xfc: Losing an Illusion 1/1”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

(countable, X-Files fandom slang) A fanfic in which Dana Scully, of the The X-Files television series, is the protagonist.


Treklit

Fran Hitchcock, in a fanzine debate with Paula Smith (Archives 7), pointed out that while Treklit can be seen as a training ground for writers with professional aspirations, most Trekwriters do it for the love of it .

1984, Folklore Women's Communication, Issues 32-34, unnumbered page

Even men who actively participate in the fanwriting find it difficult to overcome the prejudice against the form in the masculine community. Humor bridges the uncomfortable gap between wanting to write in the fanzines and having expectations that real men don't write Treklit.

1992, Camille Bacon-Smith, Enterprising Women: Television Fandom and the Creation of Popular Myth, page 153:

A lot of people deserve a shout-out for this, starting with Marco Palmieri, who gave me my first Treklit assignment, On the Spot; […]

2011, David A. McIntee, “Acknowledgements”, in Indistinguishable from Magic, unnumbered page:

(fandom slang) Written fiction based on the Star Trek franchise, including both licensed stories and fan fiction.


Richonne

Though Glenn and Maggie and "Richonne" are monogamous, heteronormative relationships: one man, one woman, and clear relationship roles, the roles are interchangeable and fluid dependent on the situation.

2017, Amanda Taylor, “Love and Marriage in the Time of The Walking Dead”, in Ashley Szanter, Jessica K. Richards, editors, Romancing the Zombie: Essays on the Undead as Significant "Other", page 87:

The Walking Deads Richone' was a big deal because it elevated Michonne from sidekick to romantic female lead.

2019, Sumiko Saulson, “From Sidekick to Romantic Lead: Rise of the Strong Black Woman”, in Valerie Estelle Frankel, editor, Fourth Wave Feminism in Science Fiction and Fantasy: Volume 2. Essays on Television Representations, 2013-2019, page 93:

Brown's longstanding advocacy for the “Richonne” ship is especially illustrative to consider.

2019, Suzanne Scott, Fake Geek Girls: Fandom, Gender, and the Convergence Culture Industry, page 137:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Rick Grimes and Michonne from the television series The Walking Dead.


noromodom

However, one of the many possible grounds for NoRomoDom is that Mulder is unworthy of Scully.

1997 December 31, Andrew In Amherst, “Re: Who is really the star??”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

I'd also have to say that I'm more adamant about my noromodom than I am about my spoilercelibacy--I am tempted by spoilers (although I resist), but the ship tempts me not at all.

2000 March 15, hot toddy, “Re: Shippers, noromos, spoilerwhores, and spoilervirgins”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

Some noromos do want Mulder (or Scully) for themselves, but that does not seem to be related to their reasons for noromodom.

2000 July 12, Mary Aileen Buss, “Re: What Bugged You About The X-Files”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

(X-Files fandom slang) The state or quality of being a noromo.


noromoish

Oh yes, I am a shipper, although I've had some very Noromo-ish thoughts lately.

1998 June 6, Johanna K Knuutinen, “Re: shipper/non-shipper demographics?”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

Seeing as how 'all things' was one of my first forays into feeling noromoish, I can't quite agree with you on that part of the equation.

2001 April 13, Molly, “Re: "I don't know where I fit in..."”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

We're glad you're back! Well, at least I am. I have someone to share my noromoish pain. ;)

2001 April 14, C. Morgan, “Re: "I don't know where I fit in..."”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

(X-Files fandom slang) Related to, characteristic of, or espousing noromoness.


Bill of Rights

At the heart of it, I thought of the Great Society as an extension of the Bill of Rights. When our fundamental American rights were set forth by the Founding Fathers, they reflected the concerns of a people who sought freedom in their time. But in our time a broadened concept of freedom requires that every American have the right to a healthy body, a full education, a decent home, and the opportunity to develop to the best of his talents.

1971, Lyndon Johnson, The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 104:

(US) The first ten amendments to the US Constitution that guarantee certain personal rights and freedoms.

(UK) An Act of Parliament enacted in 1689 that guarantees certain human rights and regulates the succession to the British Crown.

(Commonwealth, Hong Kong) a legislation or part of the constitution that guarantee human rights, and sometimes relief by courts when they are infringed.


Domward

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Genres were often designated by a version of Edward's name: Tattward (more than one tattoo artist fic); Artward (lots of artists); Domward (Fifty Shades was hardly the first); Subward (there were a few); […]

2013, “The Twilight Fandom”, in Anne Jamison, editor, Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World, page 181:

The guidelines for this challenge centre on the gendered allocations of roles in sexual contexts: 'we want to see women wield power between the sheets: we've seen enough Domward and Domsper […]

2016, Mariah Larsson, Ann Steiner, Interdisciplinary Approaches to Twilight: Studies in Fiction, Media and a Contemporary Cultural Experience, unnumbered page:

While Leonard has been frequently (and fairly) criticized for her representation of BDSM in Fifty Shades, her inspiration was not merely the Twilight books and films but also the oeuvre of Twilight fanfiction itself, by then a site of cultural production in its own right within which “'Domward” (or a dominating Edward) was in style (Anne Jamison 2013, 184).

2016, Leslie Paris, “Fifty shades of fandom: the intergenerational permeability of Twilight fan culture”, in Feminist Media Studies, volume 16, number 4, page 687:

(Twilight fandom slang) Edward Cullen written as the dom in a BDSM relationship in Twilight fan fiction.


Bokononism

Coined by American writer Kurt Vonnegut in his novel Cat's Cradle in 1963. Named after the religion's alleged founder, Bokonon + -ism.

[>We show singles exactly how to find their True Soulmate! And we show Couples how to determine if they have found their True Soulmate!]
How tough can it be to know once you've found the right one? As long as you're not somewhere that has made Bokononism illegal, couldn't you just put your feet together?

1997 March 13, the tree by the river, “Re: Still looking for your Soulmate? We can help!”, in soc.singles (Usenet):

Because there isn't any, and I can't think of any possible reason that there need be any. Thus I have assumed that there is no god. The difference is that since there *can be* no evidence of it, I must admit that I can not really know the answer. In my case, that is grounds for agnosticism (or Bokononism really). In the case of many others, faith takes over.

2000 May 8, m. brazeau, “Re: help me refute a theist”, in sci.skeptic (Usenet):

Whatever wackadoodle philosophy you might be embracing today – frutarianism or Bokononism – is cool as long as it doesn’t hurt those around you, right? ¶ Refusing to immunize puts the rest of us at risk. And unless there is sound science and the guidance of a good doctor, it’s a pretty bogus way to hedge a bet in that game of parenting roulette.

2015 January 26, Petula Dvorak, “Parents who refuse to vaccinate their children are putting others at risk”, in The Washington Post:

(fiction, religion) In Kurt Vonnegut's novel Cat's Cradle, a religion secretly practiced by the people of San Lorenzo, the supreme religious act of which consists of any two worshippers rubbing the bare soles of their feet together to inspire spiritual connection.


Hercverse

Joxer, Xena, Gabrielle etc. were not at all in ancient mythology. If the Hercverse was loyal to the original Grecian myth, then they wouldn't be around.

1998 September 22, Andy00, “Re: Why I don't like Joxer.”, in alt.tv.xena (Usenet):

But in the middle of an ep that was otherwise functioning normally in the Hercverse version of ancient Greece, it just seemed too wierd...^([sic]) feeble lutes turning into electric guitars... and it wasn't even done consistently with Herc's character... and the music was bad... and it wasn't really funny...

1999 February 13, Xorys, “Maunderings re <>”, in alt.tv.xena (Usenet):

No, it's not necessarily a plot hole. The show's history doesn't have to exactly match the show's 20th century background. (For example, Strife is still around in the 20th c. Hercverse, even though he died in the show.)

2000 October 12, Daryle Walker, “Re: Spoilers: Coming Home”, in alt.tv.xena (Usenet):

(fandom slang) The fictional universe depicted in the television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and its spin-offs (including Xena: Warrior Princess).


Obamagate

From Obama + -gate. Coined by Donald Trump.

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

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

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


Trumpet

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

named-after

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


Trumposphere

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Starkling

This scenario does raise the interesting question of just what on earth the Starklings are going to make of each other when/if they meet up again.

2003 June 14, Dom Wynn, “Re: First time reader returns ... and is very disappointed in GRRM (spoilers!)”, in alt.fan-grrm (Usenet):

The direwolves have been howling non-stop, depriving everyone of sleep but, unsurprisingly, the Starklings.

2004 November 28, Richard Boye, “CHOW: aCoK - Bran I, or "I'm Brandon Stark, and I'll Howl if I Want To!"”, in alt.fan-grrm (Usenet):

Really, this is one chapter that really blew me away, Oh, sure, Ned's execution was shocking, but I always figured that Winterfell would remain this shining sanctuary for all the wayward Starklings to strive back towards....

2005 July 18, rmb...@gmail.com, “Re: CHOW: aCoK - Bran VII - There's A Liiiiiiight (Over At The Winterfell Place)”, in alt.fan-grrm (Usenet):

(ASoIaF/GOT fandom slang) Any of the six children of Ned Stark in the A Song of Ice and Fire novel series and its television adaptation Game of Thrones.


Makorra

Joining together in the living room we all enjoyed our morning breakfast with a side of Legend of Korra (um, team Makorra) while the presidents from each club had their President Council Meeting.

2012 August, Lily Ung, “Weekend of Awesomeness Weekend!”, in Sunburst, volume 52, number 1, page 13:

“Makorra” fans have waited to see their interactions develop throughout the first season.

2013, Rachel Arlin, "'Legend of Korra' returns", The Massachusetts Daily Collegian (University of Massachusetts), 24 September 2013, page 5

But you have to agree that Makorra (Shipping name for Mako & Korra) wasn't rushed!

2013, Natasha Lui, "Legend Of Korra: An Amazing Anime Or Terrible Anime?", The White Polo's Magazine (Hong Kong Academy), November 2013, page 2

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Mako and Korra from the animated television series The Legend of Korra.


clopfic

‘Shipping’ (imagined romantic entanglements between characters) and ‘clop-fic’ (erotic narratives) are two common genres in the fan fiction of the Brony community.

2013, Venetia Laura Delano Robertson, “Of ponies and men: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and the Brony fandom”, in International Journal of Cultural Studies, volume 17, number 1:

For example, some members of the MLP: FiM fandom create fan works that sexualize the ponies, such as clopfic fanfiction and fanart.

2018, CarrieLynn D. Reinhard, Fractured Fandoms: Contentious Communication in Fan Communities, page 46:

Pony fanfiction is common, with “clop-fic” delving into erotic tales.

2018 April, Dale Peeples, Jennifer Yen, Paul Weigle, “Geeks, Fandoms, and Social Engagement”, in Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Clincs, volume 27, number 2, page 264:

(My Little Pony fandom slang) Erotic fanfiction based on My Little Pony.


Joebama

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

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

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

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

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

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


Fuffy

note(s): For FC, Piper, Elaine, B_A and everyone who asked for more Fuffy. :)

2002 November 27, cheebs!, “FIC: Returning - F/B, PG, 1/1”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative (Usenet):

I personally wish Joss will give us a Fuffy ending to the series...Buffy realizing it's Faith she needs to be with.

2003 January 5, Alberich, “Re: Faith may rat out Buffy”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

You guys need to read more (fem)slash. In most of the Wuffy and Fuffy fics I've read recently, Spike is either absent, or plain old pre-chip Evil!Spike.

2005 July 16, Aaron Davies, “Re: SEASON 4 FIC CHALLENGE: Looking for a good character development fic!”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative (Usenet):

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


M/K

Initialism from the names Mulder and Krycek.

Last March, I posted my first ever fanfic, an M/K fic to X Slash, and it got lots of loving feedback. Lots and lots of feedback.

1998 December 3, Woodinat, “Re: Feedback Experiences in general”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

I am a mostly M/K fan, but I'll read just about anything that is slashy and well-written...

1998 December 24, Sosoprano, “Slash list question”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

Anyone care to pass their latest M/K slash through the English/Swedish translator, and then back again?

1999 July 8, Kipler, “Wacky Summer Translation Machine Fun (Was: Re: Fanfic in Spanish?)”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

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


C/P

Initialism from the names Chakotay and Paris.

I have had many people ask for a C/P story.

2001 October 16, Christine Porter, “REP: Fic: Just a Pinch of Spice {Voy} C/P”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (Usenet):

Many perfectly good C/P fics suddenly run into these cliches once the two are together and it's completely ruined for me!

2003 June 16, nikita79x, “Re: Cliches (was: K/S cliches)”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (Usenet):

I actually have a longer C/P story that I wrote the first part of - must be 3 or 4 years ago (or longer) and just never finished it.

2008 January 2, Cait N., “Re: NEW VOY: Three Reasons 1/1 (C/T, m/m, Figure Eight Challenge) [PG]”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (Usenet):

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Chakotay and Tom Paris from the television series Star Trek: Voyager.


ponysona

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My ponysona is Heartbeat Bubbles, and she is red and green and follows Fluttershy around and is kind to all animals.

2013, "Naked As A Jaybird", "Brony Porn 4 Lyfe", The Muffington Post (satirical newspaper of the University of Alberta), 17 April 2013, page 13

Forty-six per cent of Bronies have an OC, 39 per cent have a Ponysona, which is typically the first OC they create.

2016, Pavol Kosnáč, “The development of spirituality in the Brony community”, in Carole M. Cusack, Pavol Kosnáč, editors, Fiction, Invention and Hyper-reality: From Popular Culture to Religion, unnumbered page:

An interactive session into learning how to create your own ponysona with LilyScribbles; […]

(My Little Pony fandom slang) A pony alter ego or self-insert character created by a fan.


Supercorp

Jordan's heterosexuality is juxtaposed with the recurring generalization of all Supercorp fans as LGBTQ+, allowing the debates around queerbaiting to shift their focus from the evidence of queerness in the primary narrative to the homophobia of the ostensibly heterosexual creators and the purported harm inflicted on LGBTQ+ fans.

2019, Michael McDermott, “From Canon to Politics: Queerbaiting and The CW's Supergirl”, in Joseph Brennan, editor, Queerbaiting and Fandom: Teasing Fans Through Homoerotic Possibilities, page 119:

However, unless the show writers decide to turn the show in a more queer direction, SuperCorp is doomed to remain hidden as reading between the lines during all Lena Luthor and Kara Danvers/Supergirl interactions.

2018, Anna DeGalan, "Supergay: A Queer Analysis of the CW’s 'Supergirl'", paper submitted to Bowling Green State University, page 19

Many fans have been frustrated by cast members' dismissiveness of Supercorp, […]

2020, Chelsea M. Gibbs, “'It's real, you're real, and you deserve a full, happy life': Supergirl's 'Sanvers' as an Affirmation to Queer Tumblr Fangirls Everywhere”, in Melissa Wehler, Tim Rayborn, editors, Girl of Steel: Essays on Television's Supergirl and Fourth-Wave Feminism, page 153:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Kara Danvers (Supergirl) and Lena Luthor from the television series Supergirl.


Captain Swan

Captain + Swan, a combination of Killian Jones' title as Captain Hook and Emma Swan's surname.

And the 'Captain Swan' fans would have been like, grr!

2015, Merrin Dungey, quoted in Mars Tonic, "Once Upon a Time - It's Good to Be Bad", GayCalgary Magazine, May 2015, page 30

In its annual “Year in Review” for 2015, Tumblr listed Captain Swan, a “ship” or relationship between Captain Hook and Emma Swan of the TV program Once Upon a Time as one of its most popular pairings.

2016, Susan Henneberg, 20 Great Career-Building Activities Using Tumblr, page 43:

Additionally, wittyoncer states that Swan Queen is “compelling,” echoing the shared belief that Outlaw Queen and Captain Swan are anything but […]

2017, Shannon A. Suddeth, "(Dis)Enchanted: (Re)constructing Love and Creating Community in the Once Upon a Time Queer Fandom", thesis submitted to the University of South Florida, page 31

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Emma Swan and Killian Jones from the television series Once Upon a Time.


Spirk

Note: he doesn't know about Spirk, as far as I know.

2003 February 22, ToolPackinMama, “Re: K/S is a universal constant”, in alt.tv.star-trek.tos (Usenet):

It is most commonly noted that the first famous pairing of Kirk/Spock, or Spirk, falls under the category of buddyslash.

2013, Janidean Bruner, "I 'like' slash: the demographics of Facebook slash communities", thesis submitted to the University of Louisville, page 10

Even more so, the other main reason for so much consistency in economies is the long tradition of "proper" fanfiction writing and engagement, handed down from the "Spirk" zine-writers of the 80s and 90s, to the AOL email lists and forums of early X-Files fans in the mid to late 90s, to the multi-page, interactive, and searchable archives of fanfiction sites today.

2016, Brittany Kelley, "To My Betas, Endless Chocolate Frogs!: Exploring the Intersections of Emotion, the Body, and Literacy in Online Fanfiction", thesis submitted to the University of Louisville, page 146

(fandom slang, rare) The ship of characters Spock and James Kirk of the Star Trek franchise.


gemsona

The fanbase has been prolific in the propagation of theories and speculation as well as the creation of original gem warrior characters or "gemsonas."

2015, "Believe in Steven and the Crystal Gems", Ka Mana'o (Leeward Community College), Summer 2015, page 7

She also provides links to her “gemsona” (herself as a Gem) and a Steven Universe fan comic that she drew.

2020, Jake Pitre, “Queer Transformation, Contested Authorship, and Fluid Fandom”, in John R. Ziegler, Leah Richards, editors, Representation in Steven Universe, page 40:

The aesthetic of most of the gemsonas follows popular, mostly American animation character forms, although some anime styles are also found.

2022, Frenchy Lunning, Cosplay: The Fictional Mode of Existence, unnumbered page:

(Steven Universe fandom slang) A Crystal Gem or regular Gem alter ego or self-insert character created by a fan.


Obozo

Blend of Obama + bozo, from Bozo the Clown.


Scullyslash

Okay...for Scullyslash, you have Walking the Line and The Road Not Taken by XFStew and DeeJay, r'spectively […]

1998 March 21, Coolcat350, “Re: Question re) Best of Fan Fic”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

But there is quite a lot of Scullyslash. Maybe not archived on Gossamer, but there are at least two Scullyslash archives that I know of and one very active mailing list.

1999 June 12, Dasha K, “Re: A DARE... Hmm...”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

Radclyffe began writing online with Scullyslash stories that paired Dana Scully from the X-files with an original character of her own creation.

2004, Elizabeth Florence Pearce, "Reading the Lesbian Romance: Re-imagining Love, Sex, Relationships, and Community", thesis submitted to the University of Iowa, page 151

(X-Files fandom slang) Fan fiction featuring Dana Scully in a romantic and/or sexual relationship with another woman.


machete beta

en-noun

machete beta (countable and uncountable, plural machete betas)

From the image of the beta-reader freely suggesting edits as if hacking away at the fic with a machete.

Marasmus, for asking to read it and then agreeing to do machete beta... […]

2000 July 7, play...@aol.com, “xfc: Gutless by Magdeleine (16/16)”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

Thanks to Livia Balaban for skillfully wielded machete beta (and snorking); […]

2000 September 20, Alelou123, “NEW: Desire (NC-17) 1/6 by Alelou”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

M. Sebasky, whose machete beta brought a lot of richness to this piece; […]

2001 June 25, Deslea R. Judd, “NEW Dream A Crystal Moon *R* 1/1 Deslea R. Judd”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

(X-Files fandom slang) A harsh and exacting beta-read.


Lincolnite

(US, historical) A supporter of Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), his policies, or Northern interests during the American Civil War.


redemptionista

In the first place, it is not true that redemptionistas want redemption for Spike to be easy or quick.

2001 July 2, Clairel, “The actual redemptionist position (was Re: Starved for S/B fic on the creative newsgroup?)”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

If I see next season true sorrow and compassion from him in regards to his past actions, the redemptionistas will have a convert that they probably don't want.

2001 July 26, Shawn Carter, “Re: I'm starting to get upset about the whole Spike thing”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

Cheers to Spike. Cheers to the Redemptionistas who never stopped believing.

2005 November 14, Alane, “Happy Spike Redemption Day!”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

(Buffy the Vampire Slayer fandom slang) A fan who wanted Spike to be redeemed.


evilista

OTOH, James differs from most evilistas in that he seems to think that despite all of this, Spike can consistently do good and can be with Buffy.

2001 June 25, Mrs. Poet, “Re: The standard of goodness for Spike”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

Redemptionists hope this will be the crisis that forces him to change, evilistas are shrugging it off as typical Spike behavior, and even perhaps showing him in a better light than they thought as he is remorseful.

2002 May 7, Rose, “Re: James Marsters in Baltimore, MD July 12-14 2002”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

There are the Evilistas that believe the only good vampire is a dusty vampire.

2002 December 3, Juleen, “Re: Buffy fan subgroups”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

(Buffy the Vampire Slayer fandom slang) A fan who wanted Spike to remain evil and unredeemed.


Spikeophile

(The rabid Spikeophiles are expecially fond of it, as they use it to demonstrate that he's not a soulless demon like the rest of vampirekind.)

1999 July 24, Lord Usher, “Re: Pure Demon theory”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

If you mean that Spikeophiles are wrong to love this fictional character, well, that's just silly.

2002 July 25, Clairel, “Re: New Fury interview: Spike & soul”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

This all or nothing thinking is probably what causes the Spikeophiles and the anti-Spikists to go at each other so hard.

2002 September 9, Ray Stark, “Re: Faith (S3) vs Buffy (S6)”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

(Buffy the Vampire Slayer fandom slang) A fan of the character Spike from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.


Fordonomics

Blend of Ford + economics, equivalent to Ford + -o- + -nomics.

Nixonomics or Fordonomics, the results are readily predictable because it’s all been done before, the Council declared: / “During the past two decades there have been five cyclical declines in residential homebuilding. […]

1974, International President's Bulletin, page 197:

‘Fordonomics’ Hints Specialized Remedies

1974 August 19, Oakland Tribune, Oakland, Calif., →ISSN, page 34:

On the way to Fordonomics

1974 September 5, The Home News, New Brunswick, N.J.: Home News Publishing Co., page 30, column 1:

What You Were Afraid To Ask About Fordonomics

1974 October 14, Dick West, The Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Ind., page 6, columns 1–2:

Fordonomics expected Jan. 14

1974 December 12, Paragould Daily Press, Paragould, Ark., page 12, columns 1–2:

Huddleston, Perkins Fault ‘Fordonomics’

1975 January 26, Sunday Herald-Leader, volume 29, number 4, Lexington, Ky.: The Lexington Herald-Leader Co., page A-1:

Western Airlines Chief Critical of Gerald Ford Economics […] ART KELLY Criticizes Fordonomics

1975 February 13, Idaho State Journal, volume LXII, number 283, Pocatello, Ida.: Idaho State Journal, Inc., section A, page 2:

Take Rep. George Mahon, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, a reasonable, responsible conservative Democrat. At a session sponsored by the Democratic caucus to hear a critique of Fordonomics, Mahon had this to say to former Economic Council Chairman Walter W. Heller: / “I find people I talk to in and out of Washington, in and out of Texas, are wondering where this country is headed. How long can we go on with the debt now at $534 billion? It is going on up toward $600 billion and upward to $1 trillion. […]

1975 July 31, United States Congress Joint Economic Committee, “Midyear Review of the Economic Situation and Outlook”, in Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Joint Economic Committee, The United States Government Publishing Office, [From the Washington Post, July 31, 1975] / The Myth of the Federal Deficit / (By Hobart Rowen), page 255:

▪ In economics, Ford settled on his base premise early on: that inflation was more ruinous to more people than recession and that it could be contained only at the cost of some pain in added unemployment. His rare candor in saying so has won him high marks, even among liberals who object to his policies. He can, moreover, claim with some statistical support that Fordonomics is working—that the slump is bottoming out and that inflation has come down from double to single-digit levels.

Debate: The first dividend has been to muffle Reagan’s running sermon on Fordonomics in general and deficit spending in particular as the root of all economic evil.

1976 April, Newsweek, volume 87, page 266:

> >> How about the U.S. STOPS ALL FOREIGN AID TOMORROW, *INCLUDING* TRADE
> >> SUBSIDIES TO SOCIALIST cANADA!
> >
> > The US subsidizes Canadian trade? It subsidizes farm exports, and imposes
> > unfair tariffs.
> >
> >
> 300,000,000 or 30,000,000 potential customers for trade.
>
> Who's more important?
Excuse my earlier answer. I forgot that you were a fan of Fordonomics.

2003 December 10, Dave Smith, “Re: Take That You French Whores......................”, in rec.food.cooking (Usenet), message-ID <3FD7D526.4755A094@sympatico.ca>:

(US politics, uncommon) Economic policies associated with the administration of Gerald Ford, 1974–1977.


Trumpocalypse

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Trumplican

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Bush 43

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


Planetos

planet + -os, a suffix used in the series in the names of continents, e.g. Westeros, Essos, and Sothoryos.

However, the comet’s presence is not limited to the sky over Drogo’s pyre, and winter is coming to all of Planetos; […]

2016, Patrice A. Loar, "'On the Cusp of Half-Remembered Prophecies': Interpreting Prophecy in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire", thesis submitted to the University of New Orleans, page 4

We aim to solve this problem by calculating the mass of Drogon from his size, and then estimating the lift that his wings would be able to generate, assuming that gravity on Planetos is the same as on Earth.

2017, J. Edwards, J. Hancock, S. Nayak, “Do We Have Liftoff?”, in Journal of Physics Special Topics:

[…] and Oberyn continues having sexual tension with every human on Planetos.

2019, Kim Renfro, The Unofficial Guide to Game of Thrones, page 116:

(fandom slang) The unnamed fictional planet which serves as the setting for the A Song of Ice and Fire novel series and its television adaptation Game of Thrones.


intellectualoid

Coined by columnist R. Emmett Tyrrell writing in The American Spectator from intellectual + -oid.

In the aftermath of this attack, it was reported that Bedell was a pot-smoking intellectualoid from California who left word on the Internet that according to his findings, a "coup regime" took over Washington at the time of President John F. Kennedy's assassination and has governed the country "up to the present day."

2010 March 12, R. Emmett Tyrrell, “The angry left joins talk radio”, in The Washington Examiner:

Barack Obama owes his position to his membership in a class that is destroying America: the intellectualoids -- shallow people able to fool others into believing they possess superior intellects.

2015 June 17, L. E. Ikenga, “Obama and the Black Intellectualoids”, in American Thinker:

I do not think the press is "an enemy of the people," but, as Dwight Eisenhower said in 1964, its ranks are filled with "sensation-seeking columnists and commentators" whose writings mark them as little more than intellectualoids.

2020 June 23, John Bolton, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 37:

(US, derogatory) One with intellectual pretensions