Three Amigos

From three + amigo. From Spanish amigo (“friend”), and there being three of them.

(plural only, informal, Canada, US, politics) Canada, Mexico, and the United States.

NORAD

North American Aerospace Defense Command

(plural only, informal, Canada, US, politics) The prime minister of Canada and the presidents of Mexico and the United States.

(informal, Canada, US, politics) The North American Leaders Summit.


put to the horn

en-verb

put to the horn (third-person singular simple present puts to the horn, present participle putting to the horn, simple past and past participle put to the horn)

puts to the horn (present singular third-person)
putting to the horn (participle present)
put to the horn (participle past)
put to the horn (past)

(transitive, Scots law, historical) To outlaw (a person) by three blasts of the horn at the Cross of Edinburgh.


desert the diet

desert the diet (third-person singular simple present deserts the diet, present participle deserting the diet, simple past and past participle deserted the diet)

deserts the diet (present singular third-person)
deserting the diet (participle present)
deserted the diet (participle past)
deserted the diet (past)

(Scots law, historical) To abandon criminal proceedings under a particular libel.


Winstonian

en-adj

Winstonian (comparative more Winstonian, superlative most Winstonian)

more Winstonian (comparative)
most Winstonian (superlative)


Dickbats

From Dick (first name of Dick Grayson) + Bats (nickname for Batman).

compound

I refuse to call him Dickbats. I know many of you call him that, but I won’t.

2012 October 13, Andrew Asberry, “Batman: Knightfall Vol. 3 – Knightsend review”, in Batman News:

With the man who beat him out of the picture, Croc settles for a scuffle with Dickbats and Robin.

2016 July 16, Brian Warshaw, “Batman: Arkham: Killer Croc review”, in Batman News:

The dialogue is also classic King, with Gordon saying to Dickbats “you’re not him. You’re that other him.”

2018 July 20, Quinn Morris, “Comic Review: Batman #51”, in Sequential Planet:

(fandom slang) Dick Grayson in the role of Batman.


ultimus haeres

From Latin ultimus haeres (“ultimate heir”).

(Scots law) The process whereby the estate of a deceased person with no will or traceable blood relatives goes to the Crown.


Mandelian

en-adj

Mandelian (comparative more Mandelian, superlative most Mandelian)

more Mandelian (comparative)
most Mandelian (superlative)

Of or relating to Nelson Mandela (1918–2013), South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and politician.


Trumpophobic

Trumpophobic (comparative more Trumpophobic, superlative most Trumpophobic)

more Trumpophobic (comparative)
most Trumpophobic (superlative)

Now, like many other Trumpophobic Republicans, he (Lindsey Graham) fears that, should the Donald be duly nominated in Cleveland in July and then whipped by Hillary Clinton in November, Republicans will spend the next few decades hanging upside-down in a cave.

2016 March 2, “How Donald Trump happened”, in Macleans.ca:

Once again, the Trumpophobic Left has proved that it will not give President Donald J. Trump credit for anything

2017 April 18, “The MOAB Attack on ISIS Was a Beautiful Bargain”, in National Review:

the effort to turn this into an illegal campaign contribution reaches a new depth in Trumpophobic improvisation.

2018 May 9, “How a Febrile Press Whipped Up Anger At Trump, for Nothing”, in New York Sun:

Characterized by hatred or fear of Donald Trump.


Trumpophobia

At home, I see intolerance, various forms of prejudice, demonisation and the exploitation of fear – the last like shooting at the side of a barn, in the American context – at work in our Trumpophobia. This is the soft despotism of the American neoliberal.

2016, Stan Grant, Quarterly Essay 64 The Australian Dream: Blood, History and Becoming:

Heer, who writes a bi-weekly column with headings such as “Steve Bannon is Turning Trump into an Ethno-Nationalist Ideologue” and “Donald Trump is the Bizarro Noam Chomsky”, appears to have contracted a particularly virulent strain of Trumpophobia

2017 April 5, D McCann, “The new totalitarians: Fresh thoughts on James Burnham”, in Quadrant:

Comedian Bill Maher — currently in the midst of his 15th season on HBO's "Real Time With Bill Maher" — has certainly been the beneficiary of increased viewership due to Trumpophobia.

2017 May 7, Zach Freeman, “Maher needed to put away his notebook and be present at Chicago Theater”, in Chicago Tribune:

Alan Dershowitz, a Clinton voter in the last election, warned that the effort to escalate perfervid Trumpophobia from criminalization of policy differences (as well as sour grapes over the lost election) to “psychiatrization” was even more sinister and anti-democratic.

2018 January 10, Conrad Black, “Michael Wolff and the Death Rattle of Trumpophobia”, in National Review:

We may disapprove of Donald Trump's crude behaviors and documented low respect for truth[3]. However, these may have created a kind of Trumpophobia that leads otherwise thoughtful people to exaggerate earlier positive influences of US foreign policy

2018, FT Manheim, “Is Donald Trump's Influence on World Affairs Really Worse than Earlier American Policies?”, in papers.ssrn.com:

(US, politics, informal) Fear of Donald Trump


conscript father

en-noun

conscript father (plural conscript fathers)

Calque of Latin patrēs cōnscrīptī; see there for more.


Republicant

"[…]I mean ... republicant's will use anything, even a person's own humanity against them, Just don't go out of your way to mention it at every campaign stop, If somebody asks, you can tell 'em if it's any of their business a' course."

2008, Ross Nicholson, Hillary's Angel: The McGovern Campaign in Dallas, Texas, 1972: What Happened to Hillary Clinton Thirty-Five Years Ago, page 141:

The Kennedy family has been an inspiration to all of humanity. As I write this, Ted is in my prayers as he battles a brain tumor. And for the record, I am not a Democrat (Demobrat) or a Republican (Republicant). I am a Godsurecan!

2009, Hippie Bob, Hippie Bob & the Chocolate Factory: A True Fairytale, page 63:

And that goes double and then some for them folks that strutted around the Republicant Convention wearing Purple Heart band aids and otherwise putting down everybody that has ever fought and died for our country.

2010, Terry P. Rizzuti, R. E. Armstrong, The Life and Times of Bubba Lee Boatbum, page 29:

Congress was an ineffective mix of "blue balls" and "blue-dog" Democrats, "Republi-Dems", and "Republicants."

2012, W.J. Reichertz, Purpose Beyond 2012: The Wisconsin Idea, Occupy Wall Street and Democracy's Future:

(US politics, slang, derogatory) A member, especially a politician, of the Republican Party (with an implication that they are unable to get things done).


National Party

South African National Party
w:South African National Party

(South African politics) Short for South African National Party.

National Party of Australia
w:National Party of Australia

(Australian politics) Short for National Party of Australia.

New Zealand National Party
w:New Zealand National Party

(New Zealand politics) Short for New Zealand National Party.

National Party of Canada
w:National Party of Canada

(Canadian politics) Short for National Party of Canada.


National Party South Africa

(South Africa, politics) A minor South African political party founded in 2008.


NNP

New National Party
New National Party#English

(South Africa, politics) Initialism of New National Party.


New National Party

(South Africa, politics) A short-lived South African political party that disbanded in 2005.


INC

Indian National Congress
w:Indian National Congress

(Indian politics) Initialism of Indian National Congress.


(Philippine politics) Rodrigo Duterte, president of the Philippines from 2016-2022.


regalia minora

(Scots law) Things that inherently belong to the sovereign but may be conveyed to a subject.


regalia majora

(Scots law) Things that inherently belong to the sovereign and are inseparable from his or her person.


Imperial Manila

The phrase 'Imperial Manila' is used throughout the archipelago to denote the capital-heavy decision-making and the imposition of the will and culture of the political and economic centre on the peripheries.

2018, Balázs Áron Kovács, Peace Infrastructures and State-Building at the Margins, Springer, →ISBN, page 280:

(Philippine politics, derogatory) The notion stating that the Philippine government largely imposes its power within Metro Manila and its surroundings, and ignoring the other regions.


New Kingdom

Calque of German Neues Reich, eventually displacing New Empire, an older calque of the same term. Coined in the 1840s as part of a periodization of Ancient Egyptian history into Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms.

Second Intermediate Period
Second Intermediate Period

Third Intermediate Period
Third Intermediate Period

(historical, Egyptology) Egypt after the Second Intermediate Period but before the Third Intermediate Period, from the time of the overthrow of the Hyksos under Ahmose I at the start of the 18th Dynasty to its de facto disintegration at the end of the 20th Dynasty.

Det nye Rige

Egypt from the 18th Dynasty through the 20th


First Intermediate Period

the First Intermediate Period (canonical)

(historical) The period of Egyptian history from the end of the Old Kingdom to the start of the Middle Kingdom (comprising the Seventh/Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and early Eleventh dynasties), characterized by a loss of central authority in favor of local nomarchs.

Erste Zwischenzeit

Egypt between the Old and Middle Kingdoms


pitris

(Hinduism) The spirits of departed ancestors, venerated in Hindu culture.


White Wall

Calque of Ancient Greek Λευκὸν τεῖχος (Leukòn teîkhos), itself calqued from Egyptian jnb-ḥḏ. Some of the modern uses are likely to be directly calqued from Egyptian.

calque

Λευκὸν τεῖχος

Thoſe who eſcaped fled to Memphis, whither the conquerors purſued them, and immediately made themſelves maſters of two quarters or diviſions of the city: but the Perſians having fortified themſelves in the third, called the white wall, which was the largeſt and the ſtrongest of the three; they were beſeiged in it near three years, during which they made a moſt vigorous defence, till they were at laſt delivered by the forces that were ſent to their ſuccour.

1735, Charles Rollin, The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, volume III, pages 250–251:

I will make an offering unto Ptaḥ and the gods who are within White Wall, I will perform all the ceremonies appertaining to Seker in the secret sanctuary, I will look upon the god who is on his southern wall (i.e. Ptaḥ), and then I will sail on down the river in peace.

1907, Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge, transl., The Egyptian Sûdân: Its History and Monuments, volume 2, page 19:

Lord of remembrance in the Hall of Justice,
Secret ba of the lord of the cavern,
Holy in White-Wall,
Ba of Re, his very body.

1976, Miriam Lichtheim, transl., Ancient Egyptian Literature, volume II: The New Kingdom, University of California Press, page 81:

For the Egyptians even more important was the fact that the place of the royal residence did not change, but remained at White Wall (Ineb-hedj), on the west bank of the Nile south of modern Cairo. […] The original capital at White Wall, founded at the beginning of the 1st Dynasty, was probably gradually replaced in importance by the more populated suburbs further to the south, approximately to the east of Teti’s pyramid.

2000, Jaromir Malek, “The Old Kingdom”, in Ian Shaw, editor, The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, pages 83 and 104:

The First Dynasty kings, however, continued to be buried in the south, in the cemetery of their forefathers of Dynasty Zero at Umm al-Ga‘ab by Abydos, close to the town of Tjeny (called Thinis or This in Greek)—likewise not yet reliably located archaeologically—which in the Early Dynastic Period still served as the capital of the country alongside the White Wall.

2012, Miroslav Verner, translated by Anna Bryson-Gustová, Temple of the World: Sanctuaries, Cults, and Mysteries of Ancient Egypt, page 93:

(rare) Memphis, Egypt or its central fortress


Cadillac tax

(US politics, informal) The excise tax levied on particularly expensive private health insurance plans, so-called Cadillac plans.


BBT

(television) Initialism of Big Bang Theory, a US sitcom first aired in 2007.


catholic creditor

en-noun

catholic creditor (plural catholic creditors)

(Scots law) A creditor whose debt is secured over several or the whole subjects belonging to the debtor, e.g. over two or more heritable estates.


fugitation

fugitation (countable and uncountable, plural fugitations)

(Scots law) The act of absconding from justice; outlawry.


Pangu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 盤古／盘古 (Pángǔ).

zh-l

盤古／盘古 (Pángǔ)

(Chinese mythology) The first living being and creator of all in Chinese mythology.


Treasury Bench

(UK politics) The front bench in the House of Commons.


Clintonoid

en-adjective

Clintonoid (comparative more Clintonoid, superlative most Clintonoid)

more Clintonoid (comparative)
most Clintonoid (superlative)

Which Clintonoid columnist or propagandist did not employ this dramatic phrase, as their hero found himself at the mercy, not of a law 'n' order Democrat on the approved model, but of a law 'n' order Republican?

1999, Christopher Hitchens, chapter 3, in No One Left to Lie to: The Triangulations of William Jefferson Clinton:

But this, he asserted, "does not require the rhetoric of reparations," and it fit what he called "the Clintonoid tenor of sappy public apologies and maudlin psychobabble about collective pain and healing."

2005, Austin Sarat, Lawrence Douglas, Martha Merrill Umphrey, The Limits of Law, →ISBN, page 89:

Clintonoid liberals have their own narratives that minimize the lessons to be drawn from Trump's victory.

2018, Adolph L. Reed Jr., “Foreword”, in Crashing the Party: From the Bernie Sanders Campaign to a Progressive Movement:

(derogatory, informal, US) Clintonian: relating to or supporting Bill or Hillary Clinton.


Clintonoid

A Clintonoid would be able to easily dismiss it as just some sort of clerical error if it weren't so logically cohesive.

1995, Michael Cliff Kellett, The Murder of Vince Foster, page 135:

Samuel Francis sounds like a Clintonoid in his column "Will Europe Survive?" (Principalities & Powers, August).

2016, Ted Rall for Counterpunch, Hey, Clintonoids, Stop Bullying Me About My Vote:

(derogatory, informal, US) A Clintonite.


Fireside Poets

(UK, historical) A school of 19th century New England poets, often characterized as including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, William Cullen Bryant, John Greenleaf Whittier, James Russell Lowell, and Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.


mind meld

From the Star Trek franchise, where the term was first used in 1966 for a telepathic ability possessed by the alien race of Vulcans to share thoughts and feelings with another individual.

By this point, Axelrod's mind meld with Obama was so complete that the two men barely needed to speak.

2018, Didier Ndongala Mumbata, Barack Obama, The Political Phenomenon, Paragon Publishing, →ISBN, page 134:

(colloquial) A state of deep compatibility in opinion or plans between two people.


drain the swamp

en-verb

drain the swamp (third-person singular simple present drains the swamp, present participle draining the swamp, simple past and past participle drained the swamp)

drains the swamp (present singular third-person)
draining the swamp (participle present)
drained the swamp (participle past)
drained the swamp (past)

(figurative, US politics) To eliminate the root causes of problems, especially to rid politics and government of evils, such as corruption and bureaucracy.


lightland

Calque of German Lichtland, itself intended as a rough calque of Egyptian Ax-x*t:N18 (ꜣḫt), on the assumption that it relates to Ax-x:H_SPACE (ꜣḫ, “to be(come) splendid, radiant, glorious”). Apparently first used in English by Miriam Lichtheim (3 May 1914 – 27 March 2004).

Appearing on his father’s throne,
Like Re when he rises in lightland,
He places light above the darkness,
He lights the shade with his plumes.

1976, Miriam Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, volume II: The New Kingdom, page 83:

When you have dawned in eastern lightland, / You fill every land with your beauty.

2004, Thomas F. X. Noble, Western Civilization to 1500: The Continuing Experiment, page 28:

The Coffin Texts liturgy begins with spell 30:
“A cry goes out from the mouth of the great ones, the lords of the rḫy.t,
a plaintive cry sounds in the mouth of the veiled ones
at the thunderclap of the gods in Light-land,
when they see the terror on their faces,
the like of which they have never seen before,
when they see Osiris N.,
how he fares in peace on the roads of the West
in his form of a divine ancestral spirit,
after he has equipped himself with all the power of spirits,
when the great ones at the head of Light-land said to him: […]”
And yet the chiefs of Light-land, that is, of the liminal area between sky, earth, and the netherworld, where the sun rises and sets, greet the newcomer as son of the “beautiful West” […]

2007, Jan Assmann, Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt, page 151:

They were intended to assist Unas on his journey to the afterlife and ensure that he would dwell in ‘lightland for all eternity’.

2014, Martin Meredith, The Fortunes of Africa: A 5000-Year History of Wealth, Greed, and Endeavor:

(Egyptology) Synonym of Akhet (the region in the sky in which the sun tarries just before it rises or after it sets)


bulawa

bulawas (plural)
bulava (alternative)
buława (alternative)

(historical) A ceremonial mace or baton, used by the military of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.


heliast

From Ancient Greek ἡλιαστής (hēliastḗs).

(historical, Ancient Greece, law) A judge in the supreme court of ancient Athens.


phonetic determinative

en-noun

phonetic determinative (plural phonetic determinatives)

Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs

The Egyptological sense was apparently coined by Alan Gardiner in his 1927–1957 Egyptian Grammar.

Now if we look at the meaning of the five-rayed star (Fig. III-1,c,i) as an Egyptian hieroglyph [Gardiner, 1957, 487, symbols N13,14,15], we find that when the star was alone it was used as an ideogram or determinative (sometimes it was also used phonetically or as a phonetic determinative) in various words having to do with stars or constellations.

1987, Roger Herz-Fischler, A Mathematical History of Division in Extreme and Mean Ratio, page 52:

Although the standing ram, fully articulated and thus suggesting vitality, can function as a generic determinative, it also appears in the primary position, often accompanied by a phonetic determinative: either the flaming bꜣ-pot or the nẖnm-vase for ẖnm.

2008, Susan T. Hollis, The Ancient Egyptian “Tale of Two Brothers”: A Mythological, Relgious, Literary, and Historico-Political Study, page 65:

It is difficult to know whether the boat hieroglyph was merely intended as an ideogram, or as a phonetic determinative for the verb ḫd, ‘to fare downstream’.

2012, Toby A. H. Wilkinson, Royal Annals Of Ancient Egypt, page 116:

At this point, one can notice that “entire words entering bodily into the writing of etymologically unrelated words” is not a phenomenon limited to the so-called “phonetic determinatives”.

2015, Stéphane Polis, Serge Rosmorduc, “The Hieroglyphic Sign Functions: Suggestions for a Revised Taxonomy”, in Fuzzy Boundaries: Festschrift Für Antonio Loprieno, I, page 168:

(Egyptology) a type of hieroglyph that functions similarly to a phonogram, representing a series of consonants, but is unable to function autonomously and must follow other phonograms that together represent the same consonants


Comus

(Greek mythology) The god of festivity, revels and nocturnal dalliances, a son of Dionysus.


Ismene

Ismene and the Guard are the opposite of Antigone and Creon, yet for a full understanding of the human condition they are equally important.

2012, André Lardinois, “5: Antigone”, in Kirk Ormand, editor, A Companion to Sophocles, Wiley-Blackwell, page 65:

(Greek mythology) A daughter and half-sister of Oedipus, daughter and granddaughter of Jocasta, and sister of Antigone, Eteocles and Polynices.

(Greek mythology) A daughter of the river-god Asopus by the nymph Metope.


God-Save-the-Kinger

The Bill does not deal with Germans only, it deals with all aliens, including those whom our friends opposite – the flag-waggers, the band players, the God-save-the-Kingers — spoke of as “our brother Allies.”

1920, Australia. Parliament, Parliamentary Debates: Senate and House of Representatives:

Protestants, generally speaking, were God-save-the-Kingers and went to Mass in the afternoon or the night instead of in the morning.

1972, James Plunkett, The Gems She Wore: A Book of Irish Places, page 35:

But the situation is not without its humorous side; it is delightful to listen to the former red-white-and-blue people -- the bigoted Unionists-- the erstwhile 'God Save the Kingers', expressing their views on the present régime.

1979, Dervla Murphy, Wheels Within Wheels, page 29:

(derogatory) An outspoken supporter of the British Government when the monarch is a king.


approbate and reprobate

en-verb

approbate and reprobate (third-person singular simple present approbates and reprobates, present participle approbating and reprobating, simple past and past participle approbated and reprobated)

approbates and reprobates (present singular third-person)
approbating and reprobating (participle present)
approbated and reprobated (participle past)
approbated and reprobated (past)

(Scots law) To accept and reject the same deed or instrument (which is not permitted).


Nimuë

Nimue (alternative)
Nimuee (alternative)
Nimueh (alternative)
Nymue (alternative)
Nymuë (alternative)
Nymuee (alternative)
Nymueh (alternative)

(Arthurian legend) either as the Lady of the Lake, or the wizardess lover of Merlin (and sometimes rival to Morgaine)


Pelopid

(Greek mythology) Any of the descendants of Pelops.


shy Tory

(UK politics) A person who intends to vote for the Conservative Party but who does not reveal this fact when polled.


Neo-Confucianism

A Chinese philosophy influenced by Confucianism which originated in the Tang dynasty and became prominent during the Song and Ming dynasties.


Regifugium

From Latin [Term?], literally "Flight of the King".

(historical) An annual festival on February 24 in Ancient Rome, commemorating the expulsion of the last king of Rome, Tarquinius Superbus, in 510 BC.


Fugalia

Synonym of Regifugium (“ancient festival”)


Hitlery

Given the perverted acts of her "husband", there were in January 1998 two alternate dramatic ways Hitlery could establish her legacy as America's Top Feminist: […]

1998 September 20, Reynmeistr, “The Legacy of HITLERY”, in alt.current-events.clinton.whitewater (Usenet):

It looks as if Hitlery Clinton went to visit some wives, of Marines that are getting ready to ship out to go kick Sadam's ass. To bad for Hitlery that most of those wives did not want Hitlery to be anywhere around them.

2003 January 26, Alvin Valkenheiser, “HITLERY CLINTON IN UPSTATE N.Y.”, in nyc.politics (Usenet):

Hitlery’s most recent rhetoric about guns are the usual boiler-plate Democrat talking points: close the online and gun show loophole, ban guns for those on the no fly list, etc.

2015 December 30, Roddy D. Riggs, “Letters to the Editor: Gun Blather is Usual Rhetoric”, in Belleville News-Democrat, volume 158, number 364, Belleville, Ill., page 2C:

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


Trumperor

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Trumperor.

(US politics, informal, derogatory) U.S. president Donald Trump, seen as a tyrant.


Megapolitan

/mɛɡəˈpɒlɪtən/

/mɛɡəˈpɑlɪtən/

A variant of Megalopolitan; analysable as Megapolis + -itan. Megapolis is derived from Late Latin megapolis, from Ancient Greek μεγα- (mega-, “prefix meaning ‘large’”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”).

der

At length he [Antigonus III Doson] assaulted with his right wing the position of Eucleidas; and, favoured by an error of that general, and a timely charge of Philopœmen with the Megapolitan cavalry, gained a complete victory.

1860, “SELLASIA”, in [Thomas Stewart Traill], editor, The Encyclopædia Britannica, or Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 8th edition, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, & Co., →OCLC, page 42, column 1:

The upshot is, we are guided by a party of shock-headed Arcadians, who are going in the direction of the excavations, and a Megapolitan boy who has probably an eye to gain.

1902 January, H. R. James, “Art. V.—Across the Peloponnesus.”, in The Calcutta Review, volume CXIV, number CCXXVII, Calcutta: Printed & published by the City Press, […], Messrs. Thacker, Spink & Co., […]; Madras: Messrs. Higginbotham & Co.; London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Ld., […], →OCLC, section III (Karytæna and Megalopolis), page 51:

(Ancient Greece) Of, pertaining to, or from the ancient city of Megalopolis (now Megalopoli) in Greece.


Megapolitan

/mɛɡəˈpɒlɪtən/

/mɛɡəˈpɑlɪtən/

The Megapolitans whoſe City did abide the ſiege, were compelled to pay as a fine for their rebellion twenty talents to the Athenians, and the Æolians.

1670, Quintus Curtius Rufus, “The Sixth Book of Quintus Curtius. Of the Acts of Alexander the Great, King of Macedon.”, in Robert Codrington, transl., The Life and Death of Alexander the Great, King of Macedon. In Ten Books, […], London: Printed for Tho[mas] Johnson for Samuel Speed, […], →OCLC, page 213:

The Lacedæmonians, in Conjunction with the Phocenſes, make War with the Megapolitans, Thebans and Argives. After ſeveral Battles, in which both ſides are ſometimes ſucceſsful, and at other times unſucceſsful, a Truce is concluded between the Lacedæmonians and Megapolitans.

1709, Lewis Ellis du Pin [i.e., Louis Ellies Dupin], “Sect. XXXV. An Abridgment of the History of the Time between Xerxes and Alexander the Great, Extracted from Diodorus Siculus. [Olympiad CVII. 1st Year. Aristodemus Archon.]”, in The Universal Library of Historians; (viz.) The Oriental, Greek, Latin, French, German, Spanish, Italian, English, and Others. […], volume II, London: Printed for R. Bonwicke [et al.], →OCLC, page 159:

When, therefore, the above-mentioned request for help from the Megapolitans reached Athens in 352, Demosthenes expressed himself in favour of complying with it, especially emphasizing the necessity of not allowing Sparta to become too powerful.

1896, Adolf Holm, [Frederick Clarke, transl.], “The Sacred War—Beginning of Demosthenes’ Career (356–352)”, in The History of Greece from Its Commencement to the Close of the Independence of the Greek Nation … Translated from the German: In Four Volumes, volume III (The 4th century B.C. up to the Death of Alexander), London: Macmillan and Co., Limited; New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC, page 238:

(Ancient Greece) An inhabitant of the ancient city of Megalopolis (now Megalopoli) in Greece.


washup

(UK politics, slang) The period prior to dissolution of parliament, in which any remaining bills are quickly pushed through or else abandoned.


Shrub

A play on his surname Bush, a shrub being a smaller bush, thus indicating that he is the junior Bush in relation to his father George H. W. Bush. Popularized by American newspaper columnist Molly Ivins (1944–2007), who co-wrote Shrub: The Short But Happy Political Life of George W. Bush (2000) with Lou Dubose.

Ann Richards [...] is running for reelection as Governor of Texas against George W. Bush, a Republican and the eldest son of the former President. […] She derides him as “all hat and no cattle.” […] Her followers hand out bumper stickers saying: “Don't elect the son-of-a-Bush.” They call him “Shrub.”

1994 October 20, Ian Brodie, “Lone Star governor struggles to uproot the Shrub”, in The Times, London, page 15:

For the past five days, mostly in New York and SC, the Shrub has apparently been running ads that characterize McCain’s policy proposals in what Murphy terms a “willfully distorting” way.

2000 April 13, David Foster Wallace, “David Foster Wallace on John McCain: ‘The Weasel, Twelve Monkeys and the Shrub’”, in Rolling Stone:

If this tax-cut were proposed in exactly opposite proportions, conservatives would be screaming about communist re-distribution of wealth and having aneurysms right and left. It’s much better when the rich take from the poor. After all, the American rich are oppressed and deserve this windfall. Shrub said so. It must be true.

2001 April 4, David Hollingsworth, “Readers’ views: Tax cut helps only rich”, in Lexington Herald-Leader, volume 19, number 91, Lexington, Ky., page A10:

It seems that a recent letter opines that President Shrub deserves our loyalty simply because we can’t possibly know his decision making “unless we were to step into the role as president.” […] As to our inability to understand his choices, Shrub has a record in Texas.

2001 May 7, Dick Goodemoot, “Letters: President Bush deserves disrespect”, in Corvallis Gazette-Times, volume 139, number 127, Corvallis, Ore., page A11:

Less than 24 hours after the idiot Shrub gives that disasterous inaugural speech of his, the Shrub's daddy goes to the media to apologize to the world for his son's crazy talk. Shrub's daddy is now going around trying to reassure other countries that his son didn't really mean what he said and that he is not really going to invade them after all.

2005 January 24, AbelM...@webtv.net, “Shrub is a Certifiable Loon & The Whole World Knows This.”, in alt.politics (Usenet):

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

George H. W. Bush
Lou Dubose
Molly Ivins


Forrest Trump

From Forrest Gump, the slow-witted title character of the 1994 film and 1986 book Forrest Gump.

What owns Atlantic City and sits on a park bench?
Forrest Trump.

1994 October 25, Paul Kowalski, “Forrest Gump”, in alt.tasteless.jokes (Usenet):

Your assertion that getting it down to 2 people makes it easier to prevent Forrest Trump's gaining a majority is ridiculous .^([sic])

2016 March 6, halfpastdead9, “ROMNEY/KASICH”, in rec.gambling.poker (Usenet):

(derogatory) Nickname for Donald John Trump.


Shrubya

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Obummer

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


oath of calumny

en-noun

oath of calumny (plural oaths of calumny)

(Scots law, historical) A method for the prevention of calumnious and unnecessary suits, by which both parties at the beginning of a cause swear, either by themselves or their counsel, that the facts set forth by them are true.


Heracleidae

(Greek mythology) The descendants of Heracles.


Heraclidan

(Greek mythology) Of or relating to the Heraclids.


Hydaspes

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὑδάσπης (Hudáspēs), proposed to have been borrowed from Old Persian *Vidāspaʰ (literally “caring for horses”), from *vīd- (“to take care of”) + 𐎠𐎿𐎱 (a-s-p, “horse”) to explain the development -sp- instead of -st-, but this has no basis in any attested names for the river.

der

(Greek mythology) A god associated with the river.


ruby red

(US politics) Extremely Republican-leaning.


DSA

Until very recently, it wasn’t that socialism was toxic in a red-scare way. It was irrelevant, in a dustbin-of-history way. But then came Bernie Sanders’s 2016 candidacy, then the membership boom of DSA, then the proliferation of socialist cultural products like Chapo, and then, finally, the spectacular rise of Ocasio-Cortez.

2019 March 3, Simon van Zuylen-Wood, “When Did Everyone Become a Socialist?”, in New York Magazine:

Democratic Socialists of America
w:Democratic Socialists of America

(US politics, socialism) Initialism of Democratic Socialists of America.


Chimpy McFlightsuit

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

[see title]

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

[see title]

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

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

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


art and part

Art refers to the contrivance of a plan, and part to being involved in carrying it out.

(Scots law) The aiding or abetting in the perpetration of a crime.


Alsatia

Named for the region of Alsace, a region outside legislative and juridical lines. More at Alsatia.

Whitefriars, adjacent to the Temple, then well known by the cant name of Alsatia, had at this time, and for nearly a century afterwards, the privilege of a sanctuary[.]

1822, Sir Walter Scott, chapter XVI, in The Fortunes of Nigel, Edinburgh:

Maggie always appeared in the most amiable light at her aunt Moss’s; it was her Alsatia, where she was out of the reach of law[.]

1860, George Eliot, chapter VIII, in The Mill on the Floss, Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons:

(historical, slang) An area lying north of London's River Thames, once privileged as a sanctuary and thus known as a refuge for criminals. It spanned from the Whitefriars monastery to the south of the west end of Fleet Street and adjacent to the Temple.


Hinduphobic

en-adj

Hinduphobic (comparative more Hinduphobic, superlative most Hinduphobic)

more Hinduphobic (comparative)
most Hinduphobic (superlative)

(India, politics) Opposed to Hindutva or Hindu nationalism.


Hinduphobe

A person who hates, dislikes or is prejudiced against Hinduism and Hindus.


LaRouchebag

Your meaning was always clear. Equally clear is how adherance to LaRouche "philosophy" effectively negates one's ability to have a meaningful impact on most discussions, if for no other reason than others' inability to take a LaRouchebag seriously.

2003 August 21, Jamie, “#HOT! US deploys nuclear missiles in Israeli subs”, in talk.politics.misc (Usenet):

Larouchebag is a racist douche bag who was one of the originators of Urban mythology.

2005 November 14, George, “Many in Jordan See Old Enemy in Attack: Israel”, in soc.culture.usa (Usenet):

..., 29, is a follower of cultish, crypto-anti-Semitic pseudo-leftist Lyndon Larouche, also known as a LaRouchebag.

2010 August 9, Twitchell, “Crazy Town Hall Lady Wants To Win Barney Frank's Seat, Colonize Mars”, in alt.gossip.celebrities (Usenet):

(US politics, slang, derogatory) A political follower of Lyndon LaRouche.


Jediist

Jediist (comparative more Jediist, superlative most Jediist)

more Jediist (comparative)
most Jediist (superlative)


Russiagater

(US politics, derogatory) One who strongly believes or advocates that there was and possibly still is collusion between the 2016 Trump campaign/subsequent administration and the Russian government.


Chimpy McHalliburton

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Chimpy McHitlerburton

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

blend

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Sniktbub

From snikt (sound of Wolverine's claws) + bub (term of address used by Wolverine).

compound

If you're one of the many thousands of comic book fans who skipped over Keanu Reeves' "The Day The Earth Stood Still" and got your Sniktbub trailer fix from a blurry, shaky-cam video on YouTube, I've got some good news for you.

2008 December 16, Jared Rea, “New "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" Trailer”, in The Escapist, archived from the original on 2018-11-22:

(fandom slang) A nickname for Wolverine.


casualty of superiority

en-noun

casualty of superiority (plural casualties of superiority)

(Scots law, historical) In the feudal law of Scotland, any emolument arising to the superior depending on uncertain events: those of nonentry, relief or composition, and escheat alone remaining, but considerably modified by the Conveyancing Act of 1874.


paytriot

paytriots (plural)
pay-triot (alternative)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


The Storm

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

conspiracy theory
conspiracy theory#English

NCSWIC

nothing can stop what is coming; slogan, meaning referring to mass arrests of opposing politicians or violence


Corbynomics

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

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

Piecing together Corbynomics is difficult, not least because it has evolved during Mr Corbyn’s time in charge of Labour. The gulf between the Labour leadership’s past positions and the milder proposals in the manifesto means that enormous uncertainty hangs over what a Corbyn-led government would do in office.

2018 May 17, “Corbynomics would change Britain—but not in the way most people think”, in The Economist:

The Labour leadership’s calculation is that Corbynomics couched in these terms – as a fiscal remedy to social ills - is a proposition the public agrees with. May’s faltering performance will only boost their confidence.

2019 March 6, Patrick Maguire, “The Conservatives are losing on knife crime, and three other lessons from this week’s PMQs”, in New Statesman:

(UK politics) The economic ideas and policies of British politician Jeremy Corbyn.


usual channels

(UK politics) Communication channels between the government and the main opposition party, used to discuss matters pertaining to the business of parliament.


Shrillary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


riding interest

riding interest (plural riding interests)

(Scots law) An interest that depends on another interest.


Bushinator

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Achlys

(Greek mythology) An ancient Greek goddess of death-mist, misery and sadness.


Aion

From Ancient Greek Αἰών (Aiṓn, “Greek god or personification, Gnostic spirit”).

bor

Eon (alternative)
Aeon (alternative)
Æon (alternative)

(Greek mythology) A Hellenistic deity associated with time, the orb or circle encompassing the universe, and the zodiac.

Eon

Greek god associate with time, the universe and the zodiac


Ruist

en-adj

Ruist (comparative more Ruist, superlative most Ruist)

more Ruist (comparative)
most Ruist (superlative)


Phanes

(Greek mythology) The primordial god of creation in the Orphic cosmogony.


Ourea

The primordial gods of the mountains in Greek mythology


Ophion

(Greek mythology) A Titan-king of heaven, before being overthrown by Cronus and Rhea.


Corbynism

Two accounts of Corbynism – by journalists Gabriel Pogrund and Patrick Maguire and the Guardian’s Owen Jones – unpick Labour’s rapid descent from the optimism of ‘Oh, Jeremy Corbyn’ to landslide defeat at the polls[.]

2020 September 13, John Harris, “Left Out: The Inside Story of Labour Under Corbyn; This Land: The Story of a Movement - review”, in The Observer, →ISSN:

Corbynism was as hopeful as it was hopeless. From his 2015 leadership election victory to the following general election, it offered a screen on to which people, tired of both technocratic and insipid New Labour wannabies and austerity, projected their hopes and fears. People queued round the block to hear him speak and then voted for him in droves.

2022 June 8, Neal Lawson, “Keir Starmer, you have a golden opportunity. Now try a bit of Corbynism”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(UK politics) The political philosophy exemplified by Jeremy Corbyn of the British Labour Party, characterised by antiausterity and renationalization policies.


trust, but verify

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

calque

доверя́й, но проверя́й

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


orange-American

orange-Americans (plural)
orange American (alternative)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Lib-Lab

(UK politics, historical) A Liberal candidate who was financially maintained by trade unions and supposed to represent the working classes.


Bhagiratha

(Hinduism) A great king who brought the River Ganges, personified as the river goddess Ganga, to Earth from the heavens.


Killary

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

Just what do LIBs see in Killary?

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

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

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

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

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

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


Oenone

Borrowed from Latin Oenōnē, from Ancient Greek Οἰνώνη (Oinṓnē).

They went to that fair villa by the sea; and pleasantly did many a morn pass in the large hall, on whose frescoed walls was painted the story of Œnone, she whom the Trojan prince left, only to return and die at her feet.

1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Forget Me Not 1833, Giulietta—A Tale of the Forteeenth Century:

(Greek mythology) The first wife of Paris of Troy, whom he abandoned for Helen.


Sherman necktie

en-noun

Sherman necktie (plural Sherman neckties)

Sherman neckties (plural)
Sherman's necktie (alternative)

/ˈʃɜːmən ˈnɛktaɪ/

From Sherman, the surname of Union Army general William Tecumseh Sherman (1820–1891) + necktie. During the American Civil War, Sherman ordered the destruction of the rails of railways in order to obstruct the Confederate States Army.

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:

As the Democrats met in Chicago to declare the war a failure, northern soldiers 700 miles away were making "Sherman neckties" out of the last open railroad into Atlanta by heating the rails over a bonfire of ties and twisting the iron around trees.

1988, James M. McPherson, “We are Going to be Wiped Off the Earth”, in Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (The Oxford History of the United States; 6), New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN; paperback edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2003, →ISBN, page 774:

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:

Sherman's army cut a swath of destruction fifty miles wide as it marched leisurely through Georgia without any meaningful Confederate resistance. The men destroyed nearly all property in their path, famously twisting railroad tracks around tree trunks—"Sherman neckties"—so they would never be usable again.

2006, Christopher J. Olsen, “Confederate Families at War in 1864–1865”, in The American Civil War: A Hands-on History, New York, N.Y.: Hill and Wang, →ISBN; paperback edition, New York, N.Y.: Hill and Wang, 2007, →ISBN, page 214:

Sherman, however, had grown to hate the Confederate trains running into Atlanta almost as much as the armies behind the city's earthworks. He declared, "Let the destruction be so thorough that not a rail or tie can be used again." The troops had a two-day-long Sherman necktie party.

2009, Marc [Josef] Wortman, “The First Bonfire”, in The Bonfire: The Siege and Burning of Atlanta, New York, N.Y.: PublicAffairs, →ISBN, part VI (War is Cruelty, and You Cannot Refine It), page 306:

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:

(US, rail transport, historical, chiefly in the plural) A segment of rail that has been heated and twisted into a loop, as a means of destroying a railway.

Confederate States Army
Fort McAllister Historic State Park
Union Army
William Tecumseh Sherman


Eurystheus

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Εὐρυσθεύς (Eurustheús).

"But why hasn't Iolaus killed Eurystheus?," she asks. In a witticism very much akin to Electra's "But where are the messengers?," Euripides has Alcmene ask, essentially, why the plot she is part of has just swerved from its expected course: Iolaus is supposed to kill Eurystheus, by tradition.

1991, Transactions of the American Philological Association, Scholars Press, page 129:

Already we have seen from Iliad 19 and the birth of Eurystheus that at an early stage of the tradition Herakles was destined to be subordinate to his cousin.

1993, Timothy Gantz, Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources, Volume 2, Johns Hopkins University Press, page 381:

There is a different kind of religious reference at 989-90, where Eurystheus claims that it was Hera who had afflicted him with the enmity towards Heracles.

2003, Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood, Tragedy and Athenian Religion, Rowman & Littlefield (Lexington Books), page 323:

(Greek mythology) A Mycenaean king of Tiryns (or, according to some authors, of Argos), in Argolis, who imposed the twelve labours on Heracles.


mahoraga

Transliteration of Pali mahoraga or Sanskrit महोरग (mahoraga).

(Indian mythology) A type of serpentine deity in Indian mythology, most notably Buddhism and Jainism.


Manimekhala

Transliteration of Sanskrit मणिमेखल (maṇimekhala) or Pali Maņīmekhalā.

translit

(Buddhism, Hinduism) The goddess in Hindu-Buddhist mythology; guardian of the seas.


Phorcys

Sophocles calls them^([the sirens]) the daughters of Phorcys.

1836, Leigh Hunt, The Sirens and Mermaids of the Poets: The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, Part 2, page 273:

But what of Phorcys as father of Persephone?
Phorcys too has a role in Orphic genealogy, already known to Plato: he belongs to the Titan generation, together with Kronos and Rhea (Tim. 40e = Orph. fr. 24 Bernabé / 16 Kern).

2010, Noel Robertson, Religion and Reconciliation in Greek Cities: The Sacred Laws of Selinus and Cyrene, Oxford University Press, page 126:

Now, Phorcys, it is known, was a variation of Orcus, the equivalent of Hades in the Uranid pantheon. Phorcys belonged to the Atlantean group of deities or monsters, who was reputed to carry off men to the Inner world and keep them imprisoned there, which was possibly a folklore memory of subterranean temples for magic rites.

2016, Comyns Beaumont, Britain: The Key to World History, Resonance BookWorks, page 287:

(Greek mythology) A primordial sea god, son of Pontus and Gaia, who by Ceto fathered numerous monsters including Echidna and the gorgons.

But the Phrygians are ſometimes mentioned as ſeparate from the Trojans: in the catalogue of the Trojan allies they are led from the distant Aſcania by Phorcys and Aſcanius, whose names are not derived from Greek, and we learn that ſome of the Phrygians spoke a different language.

1798, John Bacon Sawrey Morritt, A Vindication of Homer and of the Ancient Poets and Historians Who Have Recorded the Ancient Siege of Troy, page 52:

(Greek mythology) Phorcys of Phrygia, a Phrygian ally of the King Priam of Troy during the Trojan War.

Forci

Phrygian ally of Priam in the Trojan War


Revenge of the Fifth

Blend of Revenge of the Sith + fifth.
From the name of the Star Wars movie Episode III – Revenge of the Sith and a day of the month most similar sounding to "Sith".

(Star Wars fandom slang) The Fifth of May (May 5). The second Star Wars Day, the day after May the Fourth (May 4). Sometimes used to celebrate the Dark Side, when May 4 is used to celebrate the Jedi.

en:Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith


Revenge of the Sixth

Blend of Revenge of the Sith + sixth.
From the name of the Star Wars movie Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, and a day of the month of similar sound to "Sith".

Revenge of the Fifth
Revenge of the Fifth

(Star Wars fandom slang) The Sixth of May (May 6). The third Star Wars Day, the second day after Revenge of the Fifth (May 5). Sometimes used to celebrate the Dark Side, when May 4 is used to celebrate the Jedi.


May the Fourth

May the Fourths (plural)
May the 4th (alternative)

(Star Wars fandom slang) Star Wars Day (May 4); the day fans celebrate Star Wars.


Trekzine

The aloofness and emotional control of Vulcans has driven many of Star Trek's female viewers crazy, for the almost-stated first principle of the Vulcan Love Story of the Trekzines is to break into the inner emotional nature of the outwardly calm Vulcan.

1975, Jacqueline Lichtenberg, Sondra Marshak, Joan Winston, Star Trek Lives!, page 86:

You are the only Trekzine of your kind, and besides that, you are of consistently high quality and classy, both in format and execution.

1981, Walter Irwin, G. B. Love, editors, The Best of Trek: From the Magazine for Star Trek, page 75:

The early Trekzine publishers like Devra Langsam, editor of the aforementioned Spockanalia and later of Masiform D, used mimeo, often with astonishingly good results.

1997 October 29, Judygran, “Re: Fanfic, Writing 'n' Stuff (Re: Slash writers (long)(reply is long too!)”, in alt.startrek.creative (Usenet):

(dated, fandom slang) A Star Trek fanzine.


Trekfandom

I learned to write through fanzines, and have made many wonderful friends through Trekfandom.

1990, Jean Lorrah, Metamorphosis, unnumbered page:

(A celebrated point of dispute in Trekfandom is James Kirk's continual violation of the 'prime directive' not to interfere in the internal affairs of other planets, seen as an expression of colonialist attitudes in the U.S. in the late 60s.)

1994, Anne Cranny-Francis, Popular Culture, page 67:

Opinions among fans may differ but I personally think most of Trekfandom is united in their dissatisfaction with the show.

1996 September 3, heds...@utk.edu, “Re: why is everybody blasting this show????”, in alt.tv.star-trek.voyager (Usenet):

(fandom slang) The fandom of the Star Trek science-fiction franchise.


Trekdom

She is so involved in Trekdom that she can pick up the phone just once and contact I don't how many meticulously organized Star Trek fandoms.

1983, Theodore Sturgeon, "Introduction", in Sonni Cooper, Black Fire, unnumbered page

As is well known in Trekdom, the early Klingons were a thinly veiled metaphor for the Soviet Union.

2009, Yonassan Gershom, Jewish Themes in Star Trek, page 100:

She was cataloguing my collection of Trek zines because it contained items she hadn't heard of elsewhere, a real treasure trove of Trekdom.

2013, Jacqueline Lichtenberg, “Recollections of a Collating Party”, in Anne Jamison, editor, Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World, page 92:


Trekfan

From Trek + fan. For the irregular plural, compare trufan.

(dated, fandom slang) Synonym of Trekkie


Klingonesque

en-adj

Klingonesque (comparative more Klingonesque, superlative most Klingonesque)

more Klingonesque (comparative)
most Klingonesque (superlative)


Batfleck

Blend of Batman + Affleck, from the actor Ben Affleck.

The man under the batsuit in Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice is actor Ben Affleck, a casting decision that had been loudly critiqued as out of step with Batman's character. With reservations about “Batfleck” already resonant, Snyder's photo was an apt target for a flurry of memetic reappropriation.

2016, Ryan M. Milner, The World Made Meme: Public Conversations and Participatory Media, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 55:

Chloe holds up her cell, showing me the text I'd sent of Ben Affleck in the Batman costume. “You sent us Batfleck.”

2018, Elyssa Patrick, With Me Boxed Set Books 1 - 4, page 1711:

Sure, in the early 1960s, Superman was lean and toned, but at that time he lacked the hyperbolic, indeed, comic musculature that came to mark so many other entries into the superhero genre. (Yes, I'm talking about you, Batfleck.)

2019, Douglas E. Cowan, Magic, Monsters, and Make-Believe Heroes: How Myth and Religion Shape Fantasy Culture, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 11:

(fandom slang) A nickname for the version of Batman interpreted by Ben Affleck, which debuted in the film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) from the DC Extended Universe.


Hawkespeak

From Hawke + -speak, first used c. 1983.

(Australian politics, colloquial, derogatory) The type of convoluted and prolix spoken diction of former Prime Minister Bob Hawke.


L/NP

(Australian politics) Abbreviation of Liberal / National parties. (coalition)


National

(Australian politics, New Zealand politics) A member of the National Party

(New Zealand politics) Clipping of New Zealand National Party


Liberal Party

Liberal Party of Canada
Liberal Party of Canada#English

(Canadian politics) Ellipsis of Liberal Party of Canada. or any of the provincial Liberal Parties

Liberal Party of Canada

Liberal Party of Australia
w:Liberal Party of Australia

(Australian politics) Ellipsis of Liberal Party of Australia.

Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats#English

(UK politics) The predecessor of the Liberal Democrats


J/C

Initialism from the names Janeway and Chakotay.

(Had I missed "Elogium" I would have oh-so-little material for the J/C crusade!)

1995 December 1, schlock, “STARDIARY #6: MAYBE IT'S TIME TREKKERS WENT *ON STRIKE*.”, in alt.startrek (Usenet):

I am thinking of starting an all-ages list for J/C fans […]

1998 October 6, MsSpooky83, “OT-J/C mailing list?”, in alt.startrek (Usenet):

Christine says this is possibly her last J/C fic, but I seriously hope it's not as her 'voice' in VOY fic is truly memorable.

2013 March 29, ASC Awards, “ASC Awards Comment Digest #246 Janeway/Chakotay”, in alt.startrek.creative (Usenet):

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


J/Cer

They are both in a script-like style I am a committed J/Cer, so I do include romantic developments.

1996 September 19, CWilson980, “Voy Alternate Basics J/C pt 1”, in alt.startrek.creative (Usenet):

The story I'm referring to was identified as a vignette and it was very sad, well at least it was sad for a J/Cer such as I.

1998 April 12, Di, “Help finding a Story”, in alt.startrek.creative (Usenet):

A lovely 'what if' that all ardent J/Cers would love to see.

2001 March 23, Kattz, “VOY Feedback Vote #3 by CyberMum”, in alt.startrek.creative (Usenet):

A fan who ships the Star Trek characters Kathryn Janeway and Chakotay.


Johnny Turk

(obsolete, informal, military slang) An Ottoman soldier in World War One, particularly a Turkish one.

(by extension) The Ottoman Empire in general.


Coalition

(Australia, politics) Ellipsis of Coalition of the Liberal Party and National Party. (Liberal-National coalition)


Trekkish

Trekkish (comparative more Trekkish, superlative most Trekkish)

more Trekkish (comparative)
most Trekkish (superlative)


tree nymph

(Greek mythology) In Greek myth, a female tree spirit; a dryad.


AfD

The country’s mainstream conservatives, as polls predicted, won the largest share of votes in Sunday’s election according to official preliminary results and will be looking to form the next government, while the AfD came in second.

2025 February 24, Sophie Tanno and Nadine Schmidt, “Germany’s far-right may be frozen out of power, but the AfD is now a powerful force”, in CNN:

(German politics) Alternative for Germany (Alternative für Deutschland), a right-wing German political party.


Tridemism

Calque from Chinese 三民主義／三民主义, tri- + demo- + -ism.

Three Principles of the People
Three Principles of the People

(historical, politics) The Three Principles of the People.


solar boat

(archaeology, Egyptology) A wooden burial boat intended to be used by a king to make celestial journeys in the afterlife.

(archaeology, Egyptology) The boat that, in myth, carries the sun on its journey across the sky; solar barque.


brahminical

Brahminical (alternative)
Braminical (alternative)

Now the Jains officially recognise all the Gods of the Hindu creed, as well as the Lingam and the Snake. They wear the Brahminical thread; they adhere to every claim of Hindu caste-law.

1901, Rudyard Kipling, chapter 11, in Kim, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, page 254:

Despite the strict brahminical régime of his household, W. C. Tuttle was all for modernity.

1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Penguin, published 1992, Part 2, Chapter 4, p. 435:

[Pandit Lalluram] pivoted on one buttock and broke wind. Dukhi leaned back to allow it free passage, wondering what penalty might adhere to the offence of interfering with the waft of brahminical flatus.

1995, Rohinton Mistry, chapter 3, in A Fine Balance, London: Faber & Faber, published 1997, page 113:

Of or relating to brahmins or Brahmanism.


National Front

* (France): Calque of French Front National, from front+national

Any particular party of several far-right nationalist political parties

(French politics) Former name of National Rally (“Rassemblement National”).


National Rally

Calque of French Rassemblement national.

Alternative form: (abbreviation) NR

(French politics) A far-right nationalist political party of France, formerly named National Front.


Brexit Party

(UK politics) A British single-issue trans-European political party of the European Parliament dedicated to extracting Great Britain from the European Union


Jebya

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


EHRC

Equality and Human Rights Commission
w:Equality and Human Rights Commission

(UK politics) Initialism of Equality and Human Rights Commission.


drum tower

A tower in the center of a premodern Chinese city that houses signal drums.


COALition

2017 Giles Parkinson, Big utilities about to pay price of saying no to coal and COALition Renew Economy, 11 September 2017. Accessed 3 June 2019.

2019 David Llewellyn-Smith, Can Albo out-coal the COALition? MacroBusiness, 28 May 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.

(Australia, politics, slang, mildly derogatory) The Coalition of the Liberal Party and the National Party, emphasising its pro-coal policies.


bouleuterion

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βουλευτήριον (bouleutḗrion).

lbor

βουλευτήριον

[…]we print here an updated and revised list of bouleuteria, some attested only in written sources, some physically preserved.⁶³ In most cases, however, the identification of a building as a bouleuterion is uncertain.

1994, Mogens Herman Hansen, From Political Architecture to Stephanus Byzantius: Sources for the Ancient Greek Polis, Franz Steiner Verlag, →ISBN, page 38:

The "Old Bouleuterion", whether it was built before or after the Persian sack of Athens,³ certainly antedates the New Bouleuterion.

1995, Michel Troper, Mikael M. Karlsson, Law, Justice and the State: Proceedings of the 16. World Congress of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy: Reykjavík, 26 May - 2 June, 1993, page 135:

The history of the bouleuterion as a distinct architectural form seems to begin in late Archaic Athens, where the first Bouleuterion was perhaps built soon after the constitutional reforms of Kleisthenes.

2006, Frederick E. Winter, Studies in Hellenistic Architecture, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 142:

(architecture, historical) A building in Ancient Greece, housing the boule (council of citizens), where public affairs were discussed.


fancam

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A smorgasbord of extras enable the Beastie fiend to view the concert from other, remote-controlled cameras and jump in and out of different fancams, even accompanying one concertgoer on a trip to the bog.

EXID's Hani has made a splash with her fancam in 2014 and is now regarded as one of the hottest female idol stars.

He didn't seem tired when he was onstage, but Jin-woo had seen a number of backstage videos and some candid shots, not to mention fancams following Ki-tae everywhere, where Ki-tae just looked exhausted. Did Vampires get exhausted?

In addition to the live coverage on TV, YouTube, and various news and entertainment websites, countless short clips edited for maximum virality have circulated on Instagram and TikTok — “fancams,” in social media parlance, featuring forensic analyses of Mr. Depp’s and Ms. Heard’s trial attire, and courtroom exchanges that have been described as “SAVAGE.”

2022 April 29, Ezra Marcus, “Johnny Depp Case Brings Stan Culture Into the Courtroom”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(chiefly South Korean idol fandom) Amateur film footage of a celebrity taken unofficially by a fan.


Trump derangement syndrome

en-noun

Trump derangement syndrome (uncountable)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Whites

1996, S. Greenfield, "When the Whites Go Marching In? Racism and Resistances in English Football", Marquette Sports Law Review, Vol. 6, No. 2, Art. 7, p. 315: #*: "When the Whites go Marching In" is a version of the hymn "When the Saints Go Marching In" and has been sung by football fans whilst attending "away" matches in other countries... In this context the reference is to English supporters indicating their disapproval of black players.

When the Whites go marching in, oh, when the Whites go marching in, oh, I wanna be in that number when the Whites go marching in!

(sports, historical) Any of several sports teams whose uniform is predominantly white, particularly

(soccer, UK) The away team during international matches.


poor's roll

(Scots law, historical) The list of poor people who are litigants, but unable to pay the expenses of litigation, and therefore allowed to sue in forma pauperis.


archflamen

archflamen (plural archflamens or archflamines)

archflamens (plural)
archflamines (plural)


Aramazd

Transliteration of Old Armenian Արամազդ (Aramazd). Doublet of Ahura Mazda.

translit

(Armenian mythology) The chief and creator god in pre-Christian Armenian mythology, thought to be a syncretic deity, a combination of an autochthonous figure and the Iranian Ahura Mazda.


base right

(Scots law, historical) The right which a disposer acquires when disposing of feudal property.


Libertas

Unadapted borrowing from Latin Lībertās. Doublet of liberty

(Roman mythology) the Roman goddess and personification of liberty; equivalent to the Greek goddess Eleutheria.


Jovial

/ˈd͡ʒəʊ.vɪ.əl/

I know the ſhape of's Legge: this is his Hand: / His Foote Mercuriall: his martiall Thigh / The brawnes of Hercules: but his Iouiall face— / Murther in heaven?

1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii], page 390, column 1:

It was pointed out in chapter 3 that [C. S.] Lewis liked to regard Jupiter as his personal presiding deity, but Mercury would have been almost as apt a choice, for Lewis had been extraordinarily favoured by that Intelligence whom, in ‘The Planets,’ he calls the ‘Lord of language’: both as a speaker and as a writer Lewis was uncommonly fluent. However, despite these talents, despite the fact that he saw Mercurial as well as Jovial strains in his paternity, and despite his opinion that Mercury shared with Jupiter a special need of rehabilitation, Lewis claimed no special relationship with the planet of the second sphere. In fact, he confesses that the Mercurial essence is almost beyond his grasp: […]

2008, Michael Ward, Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C. S. Lewis, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:

(Roman mythology, obsolete) Pertaining to the Roman god Jove or Jupiter (the counterpart of the Greek god Zeus), the god of the sky and thunder and the king of the gods; Jovian.


lawburrows

(Scots law) A writ requiring a person to give security against doing violence to another.


devaloka

Transliteration of Sanskrit देवलोक (devaloka).

(Hinduism, Buddhism) In Indian religions, a plane of existence where gods and devas exist.


wiggins

Alteration of wiggings, from wig (“to be nervous or fearful”). First recorded use in 1997, in the first episode of the American television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Compare also wigging out.

We could meet someplace quieter. Louder. Uh, that place just kind of gives me the wiggins.

1997 March 10, “Welcome to the Hellmouth”, in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar):

Living in Rush's world never failed to give me the wiggins, but this time I barely noticed.

2014, Ian Thomas Healy, Scott Bachmann, Frank Byrns, The Good Fight:

(slang) The creeps; a feeling of fear or anxiety.


indy-curious

/ˌɪndiˈkjʊəɹɪəs/

(UK politics) Interested in the possibility of independence (for Wales), without necessarily being in favour of it.


personal exception

(Scots law) A ground of objection that applies to an individual and prevents them from doing something which, except for their conduct or situation, they would be allowed to do.


Red Star

A depiction of a red star, often used as a symbol of communism and the Soviet Union.


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)
say the quiet part out loud (alternative)

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Corpus searches seem to confirm that this phrase was absent from widespread usage until after the mid-1990s, when the cartoon character Krusty the Clown used a similar phrase in the episode "A Star Is Burns" of the American animated TV series The Simpsons, saying, "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


B-town

Bollywood is also very commonly known as both tinsel town and B-town, neither of which is listed in the dictionaries.

2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 302:

Indian studios provide media services to Western costumers, and foreign money has been poured into shared partnership studios working in the Mumbai film industry. ‘It’s Raining Dollars in B-Town’, trumpeted India Today headlines, and international involvement has only increased. In 2008, Danny Boyle’s cinematic adaptation of Slumdog Millionaire was shot in Bombay’s Dharavi slum and attracted worldwide attention.

2016, Jasmine Y. Damle, Popular Hindi Cinema: Aesthetic Formations of the Seen and Unseen, Routledge, →ISBN, page 209:

(India, slang) The Bollywood movie industry.


katwa

Borrowed from Hindi कटवा (kaṭvā), derived from Hindi काटना (kāṭnā, “to cut”), referring to the Muslim practice of circumcision.

(India, offensive, derogatory, religious slur) a Muslim man.

sulla

other insulting terms directed at Indian or Pakistani Muslims


knyaz

(historical) Alternative form of knez (“duke or prince in medieval Slavic countries”)


Warsaw Uprising

For Poles, the Warsaw Uprising is one of the several exceptionally painful tragedies that indelibly stamp Poland’s struggle for survival from its extinction from Europe’s political map in the Third Partition of 1795 to its independence in 1989.

(historical) a major World War II operation, in the summer of 1944, by the Polish underground resistance, led by the Home Army, to liberate Warsaw from German occupation.


octovir

(historical, Ancient Rome) Any member of a group of eight officials.


duodecimvir

en-noun

duodecimvir (plural duodecimvirs or duodecimviri)

duodecimvirs (plural)
duodecimviri (plural)
duodecemvir (alternative)

(historical, Ancient Rome) Any member of a group of twelve officials.


quindecimvir

quindecimvir (plural quindecimvirs or quindecimviri)

quindecimvirs (plural)
quindecimviri (plural)
quindecemvir (alternative)

From Latin quīndecimvir, from quindecim (“fifteen”) + vir (“man”).

(historical) Any member of an official group of fifteen people, especially a member of the 15-man college of priests who cared for the Sibylline Books in ancient Rome.


service of an heir

(Scots law) A proceeding before a jury to determine the heir of a deceased person.


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.


Backstop

(UK) A proposed seamless border between Ireland and Northern Ireland in the event of Brexit.


thermopolium

About 80 thermopolia have been found at Pompeii, where residents could choose their edibles from containers set into street-front counters.

2020 December 26, Elisabetta Povoledo, “Snail, Fish and Sheep Soup, Anyone? Savory New Finds at Pompeii”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(historical, Ancient Rome) A place where food and hot drinks were sold.


Bristol pound

(UK, historical) A local currency (not legal tender) in Bristol, England, tied to the pound sterling, introduced in 2012 to promote local business and retired in 2021. Symbol £B.


Mahajanapada

Mahajanapadas (plural)
mahajanapada (alternative)

/mɑːhəˈd͡ʒɑːnəˌpɑːdə/

/mʌhəˈd͡ʒʌnəˌpʌdə/

/mɑhəˈd͡ʒɑnəˌpɑdə/

/məhəˈd͡ʒənəˌpədə/

Borrowed from Sanskrit महाजनपद (mahājanapada).

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We know that there were sixteen mahajanapadas in the 6th and 5th centuries BCE but there were more than one hundred janapadas, some of which were independent and some others were included in the bigger mahajanapadas.

2006, Irā Kiruṣṇamūrtti, Irāmaccantiran̲ Nākacāmi, Sangam: numismatics and cultural history : essays in honour of Dr. R. Krishnamurthy, New Era Publications, pages 66–67:

Among the 16 mahajanapadas the monarchical states of Kosala, Vatsa, Avanti, and Magadha, along with the non‐monarchical mahajanapada of the Vrijis or Vajjis, attained political prominence by eclipsing other contemporary powers. However, it was the mahajanapada of Magadha which ultimately rose to prominence.

2016 January 11, Susmita Basu Majumdar, “Magadha, Kingdom of”, in N. Dalziel, J. M. MacKenzie, editors, The Encyclopedia of Empire, Wiley, →DOI:

Pataliputra was founded by Udayin while Rajgriha was founded by Bimbisar. Vajji was the ancient name of north Bihar. The territory of the Vajji Mahajanapada was located on the north of the Ganges river and extended up to the Terai region of Nepal.

2019 April 1, 2200+ MCQs with Explanatory Notes For HISTORY 2nd Edition, 2nd edition, New Delhi: Disha, page A23:

One of 16 prominent ancient Indian realms extant from around 600 BCE to 345 BCE.

မဟာဇနပဒ

one of 16 prominent ancient Indian realms


Glorious Revolution

1964, Michael G. Hall, Lawrence H. Leder, Michael Kammen, Prologue, The Glorious Revolution in America: Documents on the Colonial Crisis of 1689, Institute of Early American History and Culture, University of North Carolina Press, page 4,
In 1688 New York and New Jersey were added to the Dominion of New England, and there is evidence that Pennsylvania and even Maryland were to be next. But before these imperial plans could mature, James II was toppled from the throne by the Glorious Revolution.

2007, Nick Harding, Hanover and the British Empire, 1700-1837, Boydell & Brewer (The Boydell Press), page 15,
Britain's union with Hanover was made possible by the Glorious Revolution of 1688.

The defection of the old 'country' Whigs paved the way for the prominence of a new generation of Whigs after 1690 (the Junto Whigs), whose views and attitudes were considerably different from those Whigs who had served their political apprenticeship before the Glorious Revolution.

2012, Barry Coward, The Stuart Age: England, 1603-1714, 4th edition, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), page 367:

(historical, British history) The 1688 deposition of James II as King of England and Ireland and (as James VII) of Scotland and his subsequent replacement by his daughter Mary II and her Dutch husband William III (II of Scotland).

光榮革命 /光荣革命

1688 deposition and replacement of James II and VII

(historical, Spanish history) The 1888 revolution that resulted in the deposition of Queen Isabella II of Spain.


HM slave

From HM, an abbreviation of Hidden Machine, adapted from Japanese ひでんマシン (Hiden Mashin, “Secret Machine”).

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Farfetch'd is pretty good for a HM slave. And once you've visited everywhere, you can HM delete Cut and Flash and False Swipe and raise it to a decent level and watch it own damn near everything.

2001 February 17, Talen, “Re: [OT] Frustration...”, in alt.fan.dragonball (Usenet), message-ID <qohs8tgvf0jap8p9fto88fufl17blr740f@4ax.com>:

That leaves Flash, Waterfall, Fly, and (not a HM, but needed in much the same way) Rock Smash for another HM slave.

2001 February 15, rak...@mindspring.com, “Re: Smeargle just an ugly smear in your team?”, in alt.games.nintendo.pokemon (Usenet), message-ID <3a8b4f6a.316743@news.mindspring.com>:

I think the HM slaves work best because then you just have to level them up to about 40 playing through the game, and switching them out for some other more useful pokes leveling up.

2005 May 17, daramark, “Re: New player strategy.”, in alt.games.nintendo.pokemon (Usenet), message-ID <Pkeie.1739$dS3.443546@news20.bellglobal.com>:

For this purpose, some players like to bring along a "HM Slave" (or two) - a Pokémon whose only purpose is to use HMs.

2015, Pokémon X & Y - Strategy Guide, GamerGuides.com, →ISBN, page 24:

(Pokémon video games, fandom slang) A Pokémon retained by the player to use Hidden Machine moves (certain moves that usually help in exploring the world of the games).

秘伝要員

Pokémon whose purpose is to use HM moves


Hecatoncheires

/ˌhɛkətɒŋˈkaɪɹiːz/

From Ancient Greek ἑκᾰτόν (hekătón, “hundred”) + χείρ (kheír, “hand”), compare the adjective ἑκατόγχειρος (hekatónkheiros, “hundred-handed”). The putative *Ἑκατόγχειρες (*Hekatónkheires) is unattested in Hesiod's Theogony, which instead describes the giants with the phrase ἑκατὸν μὲν χεῖρες (hekatòn mèn kheîres).

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τῶν ἑκατὸν μὲν χεῖρες ἀπ’ ὤμων ἀίσσοντο, ἄπλαστοι, κεφαλαὶ δὲ ἑκάστῳ πεντήκοντα ἐξ ὤμων ἐπέφυκον ἐπὶ στιβαροῖσι μέλεσσιν· ἰσχὺς δ’ ἄπλητος κρατερὴ μεγάλῳ ἐπὶ εἴδει.

The three Hecatoncheires were named Cottus, Briareus (or Aegaeon) and Gyges (or Gyes).

1840, George Cornewall Lewis (translator), John William Donaldson (translator, later chapters), Karl Otfried Müller, History of the Literature of Ancient Greece: To the Period of Isocrates, Robert Baldwin, page 92,
[…] nor is it until the poet has related how Zeus set free these Hecatoncheires, by the advice of the Earth, that we are introduced to the battle with the Titans, which has already been some time going on.

But then Zeus went down to Tartarus and released the Cyclopes and the hundred-handed monsters. The Cyclopes awarded Zeus their weapons of thunder and lightning, and the Hecatoncheires pelted the Titans with boulders.

1973, James Weigel, James L. Roberts, Mythology, CliffsNotes, page 50:

1993, Tim Parks (translator), Roberto Calasso, The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony, [1988, R. Calasso, Le nozze di Cadmo e Armonia], Random House (Vintage), page 202,
By this time many beings had spread out across space, both on high and below: the Titans, the Cyclopes, the Hecatoncheires.

(Greek mythology) Three monstrous giants of enormous size and strength, each with fifty heads and one hundred arms, who were offspring of Uranus by Gaia, whom Zeus freed from captivity and who in return aided the Olympians in the Titanomachy.


Jomon

(archaeology) Relating to an early Neolithic culture in Japan and Korea.