Shillary

Blend of shill + Hillary, likely to invoke the view that Hillary Clinton serves corporate interests, lobbyists, etc. over the voters she represents.

If Shillary gets the Nomination theres^([sic]) still a chance to win via write in candidates. And even if Bernie "looses"^([sic]) the number of votes taken from Hillary will make it quite apparent that she does NOT have the support of the progressive base. I WILL NOT VOTE FOR HER.

2015, §nühw¤Łf, “Re: Shillary wants your emailz”, in alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk (Usenet):

Yes, please tell me how Shillary is the nicest corporate oligarchical servant, and how she will lovingly sell out the people who voted for her to her banker masters, with a twinkle in her fellating eye.

2016 February 13, Gene Lyons, anonymous quotee, “Understanding the 'Bernie Bros'”, in The Daily Journal, volume 83, number 37, page A11:

Idiot Trump is going to beat up Idiot Joe so viciously that it will be almost as satisfying as when Idiot Trump ended Shillary's career.

2020 April 18, Uchena Shorey, “Our demise”, in Daily News, volume 101, number 298, Voice of the People, page 19:

(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.


Dutertard

From Duterte + -tard. After Rodrigo Duterte.

But even then, what I saw in the Dutertards was the sincerity to fight for their presidential candidate.

2017 August 3, Antonio Contreras, “Inside the world of the Dutertards”, in The Manila Times, archived from the original on 2021-02-27:

(Philippine politics, neologism, derogatory) A fanatic of Rodrigo Duterte.


Blue Labour

It doesn't take a genius to see that its hostility towards statism, in the context of economic crisis and austerity, could provide useful ideological cover for an assault on welfare. Blue Labour thinking, here, converges seamlessly with Cameron's “big society”.

2011 May 21, Ed Rooksby, “Don't underestimate toxic Blue Labour”, in The Guardian:

(UK politics) A political tendency advocating the belief that working-class voters will be won back to Labour through socially conservative ideas on certain issues.


conservatarian

(politics) A person whose political opinions combine traditional social conservatism with political and economic right-libertarianism.


percussion bullet

en-noun

percussion bullet (plural percussion bullets)

(firearms) A bullet designed to explode on striking its target.


muschetor

From Middle French mouscheture, from Latin musca (“a fly”).

For quotations using this term, see Citations:muschetor.

(heraldry) A black spot like an ermine spot, but without its three specks.


submissile

(firearms, military) A missile that detaches from a larger missile.


rogue's march

(military, historical) Music played in derision of a person who is being expelled as a soldier, etc.


RNAS

Royal Navy Air Service
w:Royal Navy Air Service

(UK, military, World War I, aviation, historical) Initialism of Royal Navy Air Service (British)


Birchite

From the Birchite Right's standpoint, the George Wallace campaign had gone incredibly well. He had appeared at 1970 and 1971 functions of the Birch Society, the (White) Citizens Councils and Billy James Hargis' Christian Crusade.

1972, American Institute for Democracy, Homefront, volume 6, page 46:

Walker, Pentagon investigators discovered, was a member of the John Birch Society and had distributed Birchite material to his troops.

1995, Randall Bennett Wood, Fulbright: A Biography, page 288:

(US politics) Of or associated with the John Birch Society, its beliefs, or its practices.


Birchite

Across the political spectrum, meanwhile, Americans heaped ridicule upon the Birchites’ accusation of “subversion” in sex education.

2009, Jonathan Zimmerman, Whose America? Culture Wars in the Public Schools, page 196:

At National Review, he [William Buckley] got rid of the Birchites—a conspirational fringe claiming Eisenhower for a communist—tamed the libertarians, dropped (eventually) the magazine's white racism and sidelined its antisemites.

2025 June 14, Edmund Fawcett, “Writing the right”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 8:

(US politics) A supporter of the John Birch Society.


stand at attention

en-verb

stand at attention (third-person singular simple present stands at attention, present participle standing at attention, simple past and past participle stood at attention)

stands at attention (present singular third-person)
standing at attention (participle present)
stood at attention (participle past)
stood at attention (past)
stand to attention (alternative)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-stand at attention.wav

It is a strange fact, but it is unquestionably true that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during “God save the King” than of stealing from a poor box.

1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn:

(military) To stand straight with eyes forward and feet together.


Kinsley gaffe

Named after American journalist Michael Kinsley (b. 1951), who drew attention to the phenomenon.

They said it had been only a trial run, posted in error, showing hypothetical results from one small electoral district. You might call this a sort of Kinsley gaffe on a national scale.

2013 October 9, Max Fisher, The Washington Post:

Give Thune credit for candor, or at least for a Kinsley gaffe: Intentionally or not, he made clear that the game was getting the best available walk-back and moving on.

2018, David A. Graham, “Trump Can Never Go Too Far for Republicans”, in The Atlantic:

(US politics) A mistake whereby a politician inadvertently says something truthful which they had not meant to reveal.


potenty

(heraldry) Having an outline or placement like that of a succession of crutch or T shapes like the fur potent (noun).


counterpotenty

From counterpotent + -y or counter- + potenty.

(heraldry) Having an outline or placement like that of the fur counterpotent.


ringpost

professional wrestling
professional wrestling

(professional wrestling) Any of the posts that surround the ring.


Jacobinical

en-adj

Jacobinical (comparative more Jacobinical, superlative most Jacobinical)

more Jacobinical (comparative)
most Jacobinical (superlative)

From Jacobinic + -al or Jacobin + -ical.

(politics, by extension) Synonym of radical.


dearm

en-verb

dearm (third-person singular simple present dearms, present participle dearming, simple past and past participle dearmed)

dearms (present singular third-person)
dearming (participle present)
dearmed (participle past)
dearmed (past)
de-arm (alternative)


four-belt

(boxing) Relating to the four forms of professional heavyweight boxing - WBO, WBC, IBF and WBA


file 13

Just put it in file 13. It doesn't warrant a response.

If not, it’s not going to be of value to you or anyone else to put it in print after the event has taken place. Therefore it will be filed in file 13, and just in case you’re not familiar with this file, the army calls it the “waste-basket”.

1957, Cy Linder, “Piston Poppin’”, in American Motorcycling, page 34:

(US, military slang, dated) A trash can, wastepaper basket.


bowler hat out

bowler hat out (third-person singular simple present bowler hats out, present participle bowler hatting out, simple past and past participle bowler hatted out)

bowler hats out (present singular third-person)
bowler hatting out (participle present)
bowler hatted out (participle past)
bowler hatted out (past)

Reputed to be from the practice of turning Royal Air Force men out by giving them their bowler hat and telling them to go.

Joe was bowler hatted out of the R.A.F. for misconduct.

"Bit of luck my being here," said the brigadier, with a smile, rather like a schoolboy who has done something and got away with it. "You see, I was bowler-hatted out there. Question of age. Then, when I came back they reconsidered things.

1946, Richard McMillan, Miracle Before Berlin:

If an idea flopped, a subordinate would be bowler-hatted out of the gang; if the idea was successful, then it was Ted Donnell done it.

1958, P.H.H. Bryan, The Barford Cat Affair:

His name was Bill Sulis and amazingly he had been bowler hatted out of the Royal Air Force for flying a monoplane upside down and pranging it.

1979, Oliver Reed, Reed All about Me: The Autobiography of Oliver Reed:

(dated, military, slang, UK, usually passive voice) To eject (someone) from an organization.


fireground

(firefighting) The site where a fire occurs or has recently occurred.


jackass battery

en-noun

jackass battery (plural jackass batteries)

(historical, military, US) A group of cannons pulled by mules, used in 19th century warfare.


yardfowl

yardfowl (plural)
yardfowls (plural)
yard fowl (alternative)
yard-fowl (alternative)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-yardfowl.wav

From yard + fowl. Sense 2 (“political sycophant”) may allude to the tendency of chickens to gather around a person who is feeding them.

Like an expectant dog barking for his supper, he [Barbados Prime Minister Tom Adams] rushes in to please his new master [Ronald] Reagan like all good yardfowls by attacking Grenada.

1980 November 10, Maurice Bishop, quotee, “Adams’ election call angers Bishop”, in The Daily Gleaner, Kingston, Jamaica: Gleaner Company, →OCLC, page 5; quoted in Tony Thorndike, “The Political Economy of Independence of the Former Associated States of the Commonwealth Caribbean”, in Paul Sutton, editor, Dual Legacies in the Contemporary Caribbean: Continuing Aspects of British and French Domination (Legacies of West Indian Slavery), London: Frank Cass & Co., 2005, →ISBN, page 153:

All Caribbean politicians have a network of supporters and informants, popularly known as ‘yard-fowls’. The VSN [Volontaires de la Sécurité Nationale, or Tonton Macoute] were the yard-fowl armed.

1985, Graham Walker, editor, The World Today, London: Royal Institute of International Affairs; Oxford University Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 107, column 1:

The peculiar term "Yardfowl" has been with us for nearly 40 years. Its humble beginnings to present day, this apparently indigenous adjective has gone through its own socioeconomic changes. [...] Meant to convey a derogatory, pejorative connotation, "Yardfowl" was given immortality by our Calypso King the Mighty Gabby, when he produced a musical tribute, some years ago highlighting this unique Barbadian expression.

[1986, Sanka Price, Jr., editor, Politics Barbados: The Guide to the General Election, 1986, Bridgetown, Barbados: Barbados Labour Party, →OCLC, page 84:

A yardfowl, according to Marjorie's St. Euribian dictionary of standard dialect, is anybody who t'ink dat being able to call de prime minister by he first name is a paycheck. In other words, a total jackass.

2009, Ronald A. Williams, chapter 6, in Four Saints and an Angel, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Dorrance Publishing Company, →ISBN, pages 40–41:

The loathsome use of "yardfowl" has really never been meant to describe the average member of any political party in Barbados. [...] So "yardfowls" are generally not the people who will attend the party caucuses or the constituency meetings to ask questions and seek answers. Instead, you would expect those so designated, even by leading members of the political parties, to be the leading hecklers of opponents and to be mindlessly singing the praises of those whom they favour. Their refrain: "Talk yuh talk, I wid you all the way." They represent a unique vociferous brand.

2015 May 2, “Editorial: ‘Yardfowl’ here to stay”, in The Daily Nation, Bridgetown, Barbados: Nation Pub. Co., →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-03-18:

I was completely paralyzed by the wealth of idiocy on display this week and the complete intellectual impoverishment taking place in this country. Sadly, there is only one article per week and not every yardfowl is worthy of a decent or printable response.

2017 November 3, “The 1929 Anti-Corruption Act”, in Barbados Today, archived from the original on 2020-03-18:

(Barbados, politics) A political sycophant.


demidistance

(fortifications, historical) The distance between the outward polygons and the flank.


assault at arms

assault at arms (plural assaults at arms)

(fencing) A display of attack and defence in fencing.


High Tory

(politics, chiefly UK) A supporter of a very traditionalist form of conservatism in line with the Toryism that originated in the 17th century, favouring a hierarchical society over utopian equality.


High Toryism

(politics, chiefly UK) The political views of the High Tories; very traditional conservatism.


QM

QM (countable and uncountable, plural QMs)

(military, scouting, US) Initialism of quartermaster.


Mango Mussolini

Mango refers to Trump's orangish skin tone; the reference to Benito Mussolini is because of Trump's conservative nationalist politics, which his opponents liken to fascism.

Also, Bill Maher is a liberal in the same way Mango Mussolini is a conservative.

2017 June 6, Freezer, “LIEberal ICON Bill Maher uses N-Word, is NOT called, "RACIST!!! by LIEberals, and is NOT suspended”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet):

(US politics, derogatory, slang, offensive) Donald Trump.


Chimperor

Blend of chimp + emperor, compare Chimpy.

Now, pulling out a goodly number of troops and replacing them with international soldiers, plus forfeiting the "leadership" position to the UN sounds like a good deal. Fat chance the Chimperor will let that happen.

2004 April 23, Max O., “Re: Why Bush's war has already failed”, in nashville.general (Usenet):

The Chimperor lets water supplies get diluted with mercury and arsenic, led Texas to have one of the WORST water and air quality scores during his tenure as gubnor...

2004 October 9, DaveNOSPAM, “"Culture of Life" ??????? WTF?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet):

Could be a modern day indictment against the Chimperor. Especially the "I tell you one and one makes three" part. Time to overthrow those damned activist mathematicians!

2006 May 31, Jason Todd, “Re: On the cover of National Review: 50 Greatest Conservative Rock Songs”, in alt.punk (Usenet):

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


amphiptere

amphipteres (plural)
amphithere (alternative)
amphitere (alternative)

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí, “amphi-”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

af

<i class="Latn mention" lang="en">amphi-</i>

Azure, an amphiptere or, rising between two mountains argent, are the arms of Camoens, the Portuguese poet.

1969, John Vinycomb, Fictitious and Symbolic Creatures in Art, Library of Alexandria, →ISBN:

(heraldry, fantasy) A type of winged serpent, with two bat-like wings and typically with no other limbs.


stand of arms

(military, historical) A complete set of weapons for one soldier.


demilion

demilions (plural)
demi-lion (alternative)

(heraldry) The upper or front half of a lion.


Fiddler's Green

From 19th-century English maritime folklore.

Fiddlers' Green (alternative)
Fidlers' Green (alternative)

1996, Edward L. Daily, We Remember: U.S. Cavalry Association, Turner Publishing Company, page 7,
Fiddler's Green is where a cavalryman meets his comrades who have gone before him, at an old canteen, surrounded by a broad meadow, dotted with trees and crossed by many streams. Here the cavalryman stops, unsaddles his horse, and joins his comrades for a visit with many stories, reminiscences, and camaraderie, before continuing his journey. Soldiers of no other service may stop at Fiddler's Green, they must continue to march.

(US, military) A stopping place for fallen cavalrymen on the path to the afterlife.


leadership spill

en-noun

leadership spill (plural leadership spills)

Despite claims by the Snedden forces that the rebels had managed to muster no more than 14 votes for a leadership 'spill', the result in the secret ballot had in fact been very close.

1976, Laurie Oakes, Crash Through Or Crash: The Unmaking of a Prime Minister, page 41:

(Australian politics) A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant and open for re-election.


QAnon

/ˈkjʉː ɘˌnɔn/

Q clearance
United States Department of Energy

From Q + anon. From the United States Department of Energy's Q clearance + anonymous. Compare Q (“QAnon”).

2017 November 18, Amazing Answers, “RE: Who is QAnon?”, in alt.atheism (Usenet):

In October, an anonymous 4chan account began making cryptic posts about earth-changing political and judicial events to come. Ever since then, conspiracy theorists, journalists, and amused observers have speculated about who was behind the account that has come to be known as QAnon.

2018 May 29, Mike Rothschild, “Who is Q Anon, the internet’s most mysterious poster?”, in The Daily Dot:

The question “Who is the most hilarious person QAnon could turn out to be?” yielded thousands of responses. Here are the best and most common ones.

2018 August 6, Joe Berkowitz, “Who is the mastermind behind QAnon? Twitter has some fun theories”, in Fast Company:

In The mysterious figure called “Q” or “QAnon” first appeared online on Oct. 28, 2017, with a post on the far-right /pol/ message board of 4chan that they had inside information about a secret plot being hatched by the Trump administration.

2018 November 11, Michael Barkun, “Failed Prophecies Won’t Stop Trump’s True Believers”, in Foreign Policy:

(US politics) An anonymous poster on the Internet message boards 4chan, 8chan and 8kun, claiming to possess Q clearance, who originated a pro-Trump conspiracy theory claiming that Donald Trump is working against a cabal of Satanic, cannibalistic pedophiles comprised of his political opponents.

These bizarre results, first spotted by the NBC reporter Ben Collins, are not the result of the latest #MeToo era investigation reporting. Instead, they are the entirely unsubstantiated manifestation of a sprawling rightwing conspiracy theory known as QAnon.
[…] Joseph Uscinski, a University of Miami professor who studies conspiracy theories, said by phone that QAnon remains a “fringe” belief held by “a very small number of people”.

2018 July 31, Julia Carrie Wong, “What is QAnon? Explaining the bizarre rightwing conspiracy theory”, in The Guardian:

It's nebulous and continuously changing to adapt to current events, but the overarching conspiracy theory has been given a name: "QAnon".
 […] The baseless core of the QAnon story is that the Mueller investigation into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia is actually an investigation into global elites, and that the president is masterminding a secret plan to arrest top politicians and Hollywood stars for corruption and child abuse.

2018 August 2, Elizabeth Cassin, Mike Wendling, “QAnon: What's the truth behind a pro-Trump conspiracy theory?”, in BBC:

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:

Like much of the new conspiracism, QAnon began with conspiracy entrepreneurs.[…]11. For instance, on August 3, 2018, the authors consulted the discussion of “clues” by QAnon researchers on the following Reddit.com message board: https://www.reddit.com/r/greatawakening/comments/84sam4/does_anyone_have_the_link_to_the_current_8chan/.

2019 April 16, Nancy L. Rosenblum, Russell Muirhead, A Lot of People Are Saying: The New Conspiracism and the Assault on Democracy, Princeton University Press, pages 133 (Who Owns Reality?) and 195 (Notes):

(US politics) The conspiracy theory originated by this anonymous poster.

If QAnon's claims were true, they would shake the very foundations of global government and explain the confusion of politics in recent years. As it is, they are not true – but their importance could nonetheless be hugely significant.

2018 August 2, Andrew Griffin, “What is QAnon? The origins of the bizarre conspiracy theory claiming that Trump-Russia investigation is a hoax to catch pedophiles”, in The Independent:

A group dubbed "QAnon" has emerged at Trump campaign events recently. They follow and try to decipher the online posts of someone named "Q", who traffics in conspiracy theories focused on people in government and media.

2018 August 3, Jeff Brady, “QAnon: The Conspiracy Theorist Group That Appears At Trump Rallies”, in NPR:

"What a movement such as QAnon has going for it, and why it will catch on like wildfire, is that it makes people feel connected to something important that other people don’t yet know about,” says cult expert Rachel Bernstein, who specializes in recovery therapy. "All cults will provide this feeling of being special.”

2018 November 12, Renee Diresta, “Online Conspiracy Groups are a Lot Like Cults”, in Wired:

(US politics) The movement supporting this conspiracy theory.


PRB

PRB (countable and uncountable, plural PRBs)

It will argue that the recommendations of the public sector pay review bodies (PRBs) are reasonable and must be adhered to. […] Second, the PRBs have limited union representation, which sets them apart from the Low Pay Commission, which is responsible for making recommendations about the minimum wage. […] This prompted industrial action by nine health unions, which resulted in the government finally accepting the PRB recommendation in full.

2022 December 18, Larry Elliott, “Sunak and Hunt face a rerun of the 70s’ winter of discontent. It didn’t end well then”, in The Guardian:

(UK, government) Initialism of pay review body.


Trumptard

@MyInfidelAnna I’m thinking Anna’s brain got grabbed, logic is hard for Trumptards.

2018, Judith E. Rosenbaum, quoting @jdgirl99, “#MAGA, #ImWithHer, and #Snowflake: Politics and Twitter”, in Constructing Digital Cultures: Tweets, Trends, Race, and Gender, Lexington Books, →ISBN, section “Tweeting with a Passion: Twitter, Politics, and Social Justice”, page 206:

Finally, Hannity cited a tweet from the account @TheResistANNce, apparently run by a self-identified progressive schoolteacher: “Oh, they’re probably Trumptards,” wrote the Twitter user, referring to the concert audience.

2018, Ben Sasse, “The Polarization Business Model”, in Them: Why We Hate Each Other—and How to Heal, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, part II (Anti-Tribes), page 108:

Every one of those girls, I respected, supported in my own way. Till some became Trumptards on their Twitter, then you just gotta fap to them being disrespected. But the rest—mad respect.

2022, Miguel Syjuco, I Was the President’s Mistress!!, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN:

(US politics, slang, derogatory, offensive) A supporter of Donald Trump; a Trumpist.


Mr. President

(US, politics) Honorific used in addressing the president of the United States; POTUS.


parafrag

parafrags (plural)
para-frag (alternative)

(military) A kind of small bomb dropped with a parachute, and pre-scored to break into one-inch pieces.


Scaramucci

Anthony Scaramucci
White House Director of Communications

Borrowed from Italian Scaramucci. The measurement comes from Anthony Scaramucci's short time as White House Director of Communications in 2017.
Doublet of Scaramouche.

Ardern's peroration began, “It's been three weeks now since I was asked to take this job ...” From the crowd, a laugh of astonishment. In the space of only two Scaramuccis, to steal the unit of measurement of the day, she had transformed the fortunes of the Labour Party.

2017, Toby Manhire, “The rapture”, in Toby Manhire, editor, The Spinoff Book, New Zealand: Penguin Random House, published 2019, →ISBN:

My White House tenure lasted for approximately 220 “Scaramuccis.”

2018, Dan Pfeiffer, Yes We (Still) Can, London: Biteback Publishing, →ISBN:

If Trump himself had been more experienced at governing, or if he'd kept some senior officials longer than one or two Scaramuccis, or if he'd surrounded himself with true pros, not sycophants and sons-in-law, things might have been different.

2020, Paul Begala, You're Fired, New York: Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 14:

(humorous, US politics) A unit of time equal to the duration of Anthony Scaramucci's tenure as White House Director of Communications, variously defined as 10 or 11 days.


countercompony

From French contre-componé; equivalent to counter- + compony.

(heraldry) Consisting of a checkerboard of two rows of squares in alternating tinctures. (Contrast chequy.)


counterland

(military) Of or pertaining to actions against an enemy on the land surface.


wetdown

(firefighting) A traditional ceremony of spraying water over a new fire truck before it is placed into service.


anarcho-Bolshevism

(anarchism, sometimes derogatory, politics) Anarchism with Bolshevik characteristics.


cover name

cover names (plural)
covername (alternative)

By the time that he landed in New York early in June, 1915, Sir Edgar Speyer had good cause to be well aware that the Government was strongly opposed to any communication, direct or indirect, with enemy country and to all attempts to evade the censorship of letters and cables, whether by the use of code words or cover names;

1922, UK Parliament, Report […] in the Case of Sir Edgar Speyer, London, p. 7

1941, Richard Krebs (as Jan Valtin), Out of the Night, New York: Alliance Book Corporation, Chapter 31, p. 493,
The map of Germany was in my head—its cities, rivers, railroad schedules. I memorized a long string of names and cover names […]

[…] his headquarters were located, under a cover name, at the air terminal.

1962, Philip K. Dick, chapter 8, in The Man in the High Castle, New York: Ace Books, published 1988, page 113:

‘That’s a new one for us, isn’t it, Toby? A spy using his own name as a covername? I mean why bother any more? You’re Toby, so we’ll keep it a secret and call you Toby instead. Great.’

1990, John Le Carré, The Secret Pilgrim, Toronto: Pengin, published 1991, page 150:

(espionage, military) A name used to clandestinely identify somebody or something for confidentiality.


orled

The arms of the Valence family were orled with martlets

(heraldry) Furnished with an orle (or inner border), either a simple border, or a repeated closed repetition of a symbol.


himpathy

But this isn't because the problem of himpathy is rare. On the contrary -- it's so common that we regard it as business as usual.

2017, Kate Manne, Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny, →ISBN, page 196:

For too long we have clung to the idea of “himpathy”, as Washington Times journalist Irin Carmon so perfectly described it at the writers' festival.

2018 May 13, Helen Pitt, “Drop the 'himpathy': Clarion call of Sydney Writers' Festival's #MeToo moment”, in The Sydney Morning Herald:

Examples of “himpathy” abound. Cosby was buoyed by public support for decades, even as more than 60 women accused him of sexual assault.

2019 December 18, Anne Kingston, “Will Harvey Weinstein's big show produce ‘himpathy’?”, in Maclean’s:

(feminism) Inappropriate sympathy given to men or boys, especially those who are guilty of sexual transgressions.


padrino system

From Tagalog padrino (“godfather”) + system, alluding to the compadrazgo system practiced by Filipino families.

The Padrino System. The padrino plays an Important role in the Filipino family system. A padrino or godfather and a madrina or godmother for the child are chosen by the parents. A godparent should have several qualities. He should be of ...

1969, Benicio T. Catapusan, Flora E. Diaz-Catapusan, Philippine Problems:

At least 70% of the respondents acknowledged the existence of the "padrino system" in the company. This padrino or compadre system is a Filipino value which is very common.

1988, Tomas Quintin D. Andres, Negotiating by Filipino Values:

The padrino system came into extensive play, although corruption in government was minimal. During this period the padrino system became a source of strength for survival: from the perspective of the Filipino people it became an instrument […]

2005, Warayuth Sriwarakuel, Cultural Traditions and Contemporary Challenges in Southeast Asia: Hindu and Buddhist, CRVP, →ISBN, page 296:

(Philippines, Philippine politics) corruption involving patronage, nepotism and favoritism, especially in politics and government


calibered

(firearms, in combination) Having the specified caliber.


IC code

(UK, law enforcement) A code used by British police to identify the apparent ethnicity of a person


(UK, law enforcement) A person of white, north European ethnicity


(UK, law enforcement) A person of white, south European ethnicity


(UK, law enforcement) A person of black ethnicity


(UK, law enforcement) A person of asian (Indian) ethnicity


(UK, law enforcement) A person of asian (Chinese, Japanese) ethnicity


(UK, law enforcement) A person of arab or north African ethnicity


(UK, law enforcement) A person of unknown ethnicity


HVT

high-value target
high-value target#English

(military) Initialism of high-value target.


sans nombre

Sixth, de la Plaunche, Argent, a lion rampant, Sable, crowned, Or, round him billets sans nombre, Sable.

1812, Arthur Collins, Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical, page 376:

Charles VI. restored to the scutcheon of France the three lilies, first borne by Clovis; the race of Pepin having borne the azure field, semée des fleurs de lys sans nombre, which were also borne by the House of Capet down to 1389.

1877, University magazine, The Dublin university magazine, page 442:

[...] ancient inheritance of his father's family, which were azure, eight lioncels (or perhaps lioncels sans nombre) or.

1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 380:

Below the rose are the arms of Poitou, golden towers on red, and the old arms of France, azure with fleurs-de-lis sans nombre. Opposite to this on the south side is a small rose with the later shield of France, with only three[…]

1914, Arthur J. de Havilland Bushnell, Storied Windows: A Traveller's Introduction to the Study of Old Church Glass, from the Twelfth Century to the Renaissance, Especially in France, page 188:

The Northamptonshire Washingtons, or one branch of them, bore the following arms: "Paly (sans nombre) argent and gules with three mullets of the first on a chief azure." Another branch of the family bore : Argent with two bars[…]

1914, Robert Hudson George, A History of the Herefordshire Borderland, page 175:

Quarterly, bendy sans nombre or and gules, and likewise sinisterways of the second and first, on a pale sable between two Roman fasces in fess proper, a heart argent , charged with three bendlets purpure, and in chief an annulet[…]

1921, The Ecclesiastical Review, page 463:

(heraldry) Repeated (as a charge like a billet or a division like paly) many times, covering the field with no set number (of the thing).


York round

(archery) six dozen, four dozen, and two dozen arrows shot at each of three distances


American round

(archery) five ends, of six arrows each, shot at each of three distances


scientific socialism

scientific socialism (countable and uncountable, plural scientific socialisms)

Calque of French socialisme scientifique.

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Ainsi, dans une société donnée, l’autorité de l’homme sur l’homme est en raison inverse du développement intellectuel auquel cette société est parvenue, et la durée probable de cette autorité peut être calculée sur le désir plus ou moins général d’un gouvernement vrai, c’est-à-dire, d’un gouvernement selon la science. Et de même que le droit de la force et le droit de la ruse se restreignent devant la détermination de plus en plus large de la justice, et doivent finir par s’éteindre dans l’égalité ; de même la souveraineté de la volonté cède devant la souveraineté de la raison, et finira par s’anéantir dans un socialisme scientifique.

1849 [1840], Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, “Chapitre V. Second Partie. § 2.”, in Qu’est ce que la propriété?, page 242; English translation from “Chapter V. Part Second. § 2.”, in Benjamin Tucker, transl., What Is Property?, translation of original in French, 1876, page 277:

(socialism, obsolete) Society governed by science.

Diese weltbefreiende Tat durchzuführen, ist der geschichtliche Beruf des modernen Proletariats. Ihre geschichtlichen Bedingungen und damit ihre Natur selbst zu ergründen, und so der zur Aktion berufenen, heute unterdrückten Klasse die Bedingungen und die Natur ihrer eignen Aktion zum Bewußtsein zu bringen, ist die Aufgabe des theoretischen Ausdrucks der proletarischen Bewegung, des wissenschaftlichen Sozialismus.

1975 [1878], Friedrich Engels, “Dritter Abschnitt. II.”, in Herrn Eugen Dühring’s Umwälzung der Wissenschaft (Mark-Engels-Werke; 20), page 265; English translation from “Part III. II.”, in Emile Burns, transl., Herr Eugen Dühring's Revolution in Science (Marx/Engels Collected Works; 25), translation of original in German, 1987, pages 270-271:

Нау́чный социали́зм предполага́ет «материалисти́ческое понима́ние исто́рии», т. е. он объясня́ет духо́вную исто́рию челове́чества разви́тием его́ обще́ственных отноше́ний (ме́жду про́чим, под влия́нием окружа́ющей приро́ды).

1923 [1883], Георгий Плеханов [Georgi Plekhanov], chapter II, in Социализм и политическая борьба (Г. В. Плеханов – Сочинения; II), page 45; English translation from chapter II, in Socialism and the Political Struggle (Georgi Plekhanov – Selected Philosophical Works in Five Volumes; I), 1974, page 67:

Naúčnyj socialízm predpolagájet «materialistíčeskoje ponimánije istórii», t. je. on obʺjasnjájet duxóvnuju istóriju čelovéčestva razvítijem jevó obščéstvennyx otnošénij (méždu próčim, pod vlijánijem okružájuščej priródy).

(socialism) Socialism that starts from the analysis of capitalism, revealing its inner workings and contradictions, in order to develop a plan to move from capitalism to socialism.


route-march

route-marches (plural)
routemarch (alternative)
route march (alternative)

Half of the unit was preparing for some training exercise, apparently a route-march carrying full kit.

2012, Rosemary Rowe, Whispering of Spies, →ISBN:

He then proceeded to lead them on a route-march at a blistering pace that many struggled to keep up with.

2013, Stuart Tootal, The Manner of Men: 9 PARA's Heroic D-Day Mission, →ISBN:

We had been out on a route-march. You know, I daresay, that nowadays a route-march is not simply a matter of marching. In a route-march there is involved a certain amount of field training.

2013, Gerald Kersh, The Horrible Dummy and Other Stories, →ISBN:

This young officer came up to me and asked me whether I would mind marching more slowly -- they were running out of puff. I thought I was supposed to go on a route-march and be back by a certain time.

2015, Colleen Ryan Clur, Pixie Annat: Champion of Nurses, →ISBN, page 51:

(military) A long march for training purposes.


route-march

en-verb

route-march (third-person singular simple present route-marches, present participle route-marching, simple past and past participle route-marched)

route-marches (present singular third-person)
route-marching (participle present)
route-marched (participle past)
route-marched (past)
routemarch (alternative)
route march (alternative)

The troops drilled, trained, route-marched, and adapted to military life and to each other.

2011, James Hurst, Game to the Last: The 11th Australian Infantry Battalion at Gallipoli, →ISBN:

The Battalion of East Surreys billeted in its sad empty houses was route-marched through the rain around Stirling.

2013, Alan Whicker, Whicker’s War and Journey of a Lifetime, →ISBN:

(military) To go or send on a route-march.


motarded

en-adj

motarded (comparative more motarded, superlative most motarded)

more motarded (comparative)
most motarded (superlative)

(US, military, slang) Like a motard; obnoxiously overenthusiastic.


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.

(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.

NORAD

North American Aerospace Defense Command


champaine

French champagne (“base of a coat of arms”).

uder

champain (alternative)
champion (alternative)
champagne (alternative)

Purpure, a bend champaine argent—ARCHBY.
Argent, a pale champaine vert—BOWMAN.
Bendy of six champaine purple and argent—BOWBRIDGE.
Gyronny of four champaine or, enarched argent and gules—BRAUNECK.

1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 99:

(heraldry) Curved (concave), enarched, or sometimes varriated; especially in the phrase point champaine, an abatement consisting of a curved (or sometimes horizontal) stain the bottom of the shield.


champaine

3. Two rows of Vair, on a champagne gules an open crown or (both 2 and 3 for CRONBERG).

1892, John Woodward, George Burnett, A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, page 489:

(heraldry) Alternative form of champagne (“(ordinary occupying) the base of the shield”).


Hansardize

en-verb

Hansardize (third-person singular simple present Hansardizes, present participle Hansardizing, simple past and past participle Hansardized)

Hansardizes (present singular third-person)
Hansardizing (participle present)
Hansardized (participle past)
Hansardized (past)

Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament

(UK, Commonwealth, politics, dated) To confront a Member of Parliament with his former opinions as recorded in his speeches in Hansard.


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 7, 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


post-PC

political correctness
political correctness

(politics) After the decline of political correctness.


CBG

en-noun

CBG (countable and uncountable, plural CBGs)

carrier battle group
carrier battle group#English

(countable, military, nautical, aviation) Initialism of carrier battle group.


unsafetied

(firearms) On which the safety mechanism is not engaged.


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).


BFP

British Freedom Party
w:British Freedom Party

(UK, politics, historical) Initialism of British Freedom Party.


dispatch box

dispatch boxes (plural)
despatch box (alternative)

House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom

From dispatch (“important official message sent by a diplomat, government official, military officer, etc.”) + box. Sense 2 (“box placed on a table in a legislative debating chamber and used as a lectern”) is from the fact that in the Parliament of the United Kingdom dispatch boxes used by ministers and other Members of Parliament to carry important documents (sense 1) were formerly used as lecterns; these have generally been replaced by cases, usually made of wood, specifically made to be used as lecterns.

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It was about the only attempt at humour Raymond had made at the dispatch box that year, which may have been the reason so few members laughed.

1984, Jeffrey Archer, chapter 29, in First Among Equals, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Linden Press/Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, part 6 (Party Leaders: 1988–1990), page 369:

Officials are used to finding graffiti on the priceless fixtures and fittings in the House of Commons chamber. Teams of French polishers regularly repair damage caused by tourists. But during a recent examination they noticed that the beautifully-carved government Dispatch Box was covered in strange black pen marks. At the next Prime Ministers Questions they stood watch, and caught the culprit in the act. As Gordon Brown gesticulated wildly with his black marker pen, stabbing at the papers in front of him and missing to hit the wood beneath, the awful truth was clear. The PM was the vandal. […] The boxes were a gift from New Zealand after the rebuilding of the House of Commons following the Second World War. The are modelled on the dispatch boxes in the Australian parliament and are made from a strong, teak-like wood from the rare Puriri tree and were thought to be almost indestructible.

2008 August 31, Melissa Kite, “Dispatch Box vandal caught in the act and culprit is Prime Minister Gordon Brown”, in The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2008-08-31:

There is a familiar pattern that has come to define Theresa May's premiership. Encouraging rhetoric gets periodically wheeled out: the pledges to ease the burden on the "just about managing"; the promises to fight the "burning injustices" of social inequality. But then a few weeks later, the chancellor gets up at the dispatch box to deliver a budget or an autumn statement and it's as if those words had never been uttered.

2018 October 28, “The Observer view on the budget and the decade of austerity”, in The Observer, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-01-26:

Downing Street has refused to restart Brexit deal negotiations despite Michael Gove performing a U-turn at the dispatch box in which he praised a "constructive move" by the EU minutes after declaring the talks "effectively ended".

2020 October 19, Daniel Boffey, Lisa O’Carroll, “UK refuses to restart Brexit talks despite EU accepting its demands”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-03-30:

(Commonwealth, politics) A box that is placed on a table in a legislative debating chamber and used as a lectern for addressing the legislature.


National Party

South African National Party
w:South African National Party

(South African politics) Ellipsis of South African National Party.

National Party of Australia
w:National Party of Australia

(Australian politics) Ellipsis of National Party of Australia.

New Zealand National Party
w:New Zealand National Party

(New Zealand politics) Ellipsis of New Zealand National Party.

National Party of Canada
w:National Party of Canada

(Canadian politics) Ellipsis of 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.


hospital corpsman

en-noun

hospital corpsman (plural hospital corpsmen)

hospital corpsmen (plural)
HM (alternative)

(military, US, nautical) A member of a hospital corps, typically an enlisted navy sailor, often working at military hospitals.


CVPI

Crown Victoria Police Interceptor#English

(US, automotive, law enforcement) Initialism of Crown Victoria Police Interceptor.


HQMC

Headquarters Marine Corps
Headquarters Marine Corps#English

(US, military) Initialism of Headquarters Marine Corps.


FFAR

Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket
w:Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket

(US, military) Initialism of Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket.


Serbo-Communist

en-adj

Serbo-Communist (comparative more Serbo-Communist, superlative most Serbo-Communist)

more Serbo-Communist (comparative)
most Serbo-Communist (superlative)
Serbo-communist (alternative)
Serbocommunist (alternative)

(derogatory, ethnic slur, politics) Of or pertaining to Serbo-Communism.


Serbo-Communist

Serbo-Communists (plural)
Serbo-communist (alternative)
Serbocommunist (alternative)

(derogatory, ethnic slur, politics) A communist, either of Serbian heritage or collaborating with Serbs.


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


Northern America

(politics) The parts of the North American continent that lie north of the Rio Grande River.


hospitalman

(military, US, nautical) A seaman who is also a hospital corpsman.


idpol

identity politics
identity politics#English

(politics, slang) Abbreviation of identity politics.


unfragged

(US, military, slang) Not specified as a military target.


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.


NDCC

National Defense Cadet Corps
w:National Defense Cadet Corps

(US, military) Initialism of National Defense Cadet Corps.


previous question

en-noun

previous question (plural previous questions)

parliamentary procedure
parliamentary procedure

(politics) In parliamentary procedure, a call to end debate on a pending proposal and bring it to an immediate vote.


satyral

From Old French satirel (“little satyr”); see satyr for more.

Two satyrals supported the arms of the lords Stawell.

1847, Henry Gough, A Glossary of Terms Used in British Heraldry: With a Chronological Table, Illustrative of Its Rise and Progress, page 339:

Behind the satyral, the foliage rustled, and to Jingo's mounting astonishment, a huge brown susquat rushed into the encampment and stood beside the satyral, growling and baring his teeth at the salax king. It was Hooks, and the ghastly[…]

2011 10, Robert Louis Smith, Antiquitas Lost: The Last of the Shamalans, Medlock Publishing LLC, →ISBN:

(heraldry and fantasy) A creature with a human head and the limbs of different animals.


neoliberalize

en-verb

neoliberalize (third-person singular simple present neoliberalizes, present participle neoliberalizing, simple past and past participle neoliberalized)

neoliberalizes (present singular third-person)
neoliberalizing (participle present)
neoliberalized (participle past)
neoliberalized (past)
neo-liberalise (alternative)
neo-liberalize (alternative)
neoliberalise (alternative)

(politics, transitive) To transmute to neoliberalism; to make neoliberal.


Skupshtina

(historical, politics) The national assembly of Serbia.


protofascism

en-noun

protofascism (usually uncountable, plural protofascisms)

(politics) Any political system that is showing the beginnings of fascism.


guber

Despite his inability to get the speakership, luck later came to Ogbe's side when he was appointed as minister of communication to replace Isaac Shaahu who resigned to challenge Governor Aku in the guber race.

2016, Richard Tersoo Mnenga, Js Tarka: The Life of a Charismatic Leader, Xlibris Corporation:

(Nigeria, politics) Clipping of gubernatorial.


Cadillac tax

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


JRG

Revolutionary Governing Junta
Revolutionary Governing Junta#English

(historical, politics) Revolutionary Governing Junta


direct provision

Direct Provision is being introduced by the Directorate for Asylum Seeker Services of the Department of Justice Equality and Law Reform for all asylum seekers who arrive in the State on or after 10th April 2000.

2000 April 10, Brian O Raghallaigh, "S.W.A. Circular No. 04/00", S. W. A. [Supplementary Welfare Allowance] section, Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs

There have been calls for the abolition of the Direct Provision system in which all essentials are provided to asylum seekers but they are given very little money and are not allowed to work.

2002 April 22, Deirdre MacCarthy, “Calls For Abolition Of Direct Provision”, in RTÉ News:

Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of centres under the direct provision scheme, administered by the Reception and Integration Agency, for refugees or asylum applicants in Galway and nationwide; and the future plans for these centres in view of the reducing numbers of asylum seekers and the need to reconfigure spending at his Department in line with the EU/IMF/ECB deal.

2011 November 2, “Written Answers 366: Asylum Support Services”, in Dáil debates:

Your accommodation is full board, which includes bed, breakfast, lunch, and evening meal. This known as direct provision.

2018 July 4, Citizens Information Board, Services and entitlements for people seeking asylum:

(Ireland, politics) provision by the state of accommodation and living expenses to registered asylum seekers, who are not allowed to work for pay


Treasury Bench

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


white terror

white terror (countable and uncountable, plural white terrors)

By analogy with red terror, with the "white" Thermidorian Reaction against the "red" reign of terror.

I looked out the window of the former Grand Hotel de Pekin and thought of the days before World War II when I waltzed there with assorted Nazi, fascist and Scandinavian diplomats. On the street the slow‐moving bicycles moved silently where once I listened to the shuffling pad‐pad of camels bringing coal from Mentoukou. On these streets on Dec. 9, 1935, desperate Peking students had declared war on all kinds of fascism (so had I) and marched to break the “white terror,” as they called it.

1973 May 31, Nym Wales, “‘I Was Back in Peking’”, in The New York Times, sourced from MADISON, Conn., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-11-10, page 41:

(politics) Coordinated violence committed against (actual or imagined) socialists and their sympathizers.

(politics, Hong Kong) The erosion of democratic freedoms under Chinese rule.


traversing platform

traversing platform (plural traversing platforms)

(military, historical) A platform to support a gun and carriage which can easily be turned round.


succ

(Internet slang, politics, humorous, derogatory) Contraction of succdem.


Revolutionary Government Junta

(history, politics) A counterrevolutionary rulership in El Salvador.


lieberal

lieberals (plural)
LIEberal (alternative)

(US, slang, politics, derogatory) Pejorative for liberal, as considered particularly prone to lying.


lieberal

(US, slang, politics, derogatory) Pejorative for liberal, as above.


mixed monarchy

mixed monarchy (plural mixed monarchies)

Regal absolutism might be the preferred ideal, but he was ever fearful of its potential for tyranny, so in practice he approved limits on royal power, as in the case of England's mixed monarchy.

1994, Neal Wood, Foundations of Political Economy, page 48:

Europe's shift from a medieval to a modern sovereign state coincided with the Empire's own reforms, consolidating it as a mixed monarchy where the emperor shared power with a complex hierarchy of imperial Estates.

2016, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire, Penguin, published 2017, page 171:

(politics) A monarchy which includes elements of democracy and aristocracy.


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)

Why can't the Massachusetts Legislature summon its courage, and the Governor, and drain the swamp of which it is all so well aware, an act which in and of itself would eliminate many of the alligators.

1972 February 24, Ian Menzies, “Please! Drain swamp”, in The Boston Globe, page 24:

In every conversation I had with Trump supporters at his rallies during the election, one impulse kept surfacing: drain the swamp.

2024 November 11, Peter Hyman, “Donald Trump is right. There is a "swamp", but it’s the left that must drain it”, in New Statesman:

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


Serbo-Communism

Serbo-communism (alternative)
Serbocommunism (alternative)

(derogatory, politics) Yugoslavian socialism when viewed as a Serb political ideology.


armour-piercing

(military, British spelling) Alternative form of armor-piercing.


unheraldic

en-adj

unheraldic (comparative more unheraldic, superlative most unheraldic)

more unheraldic (comparative)
most unheraldic (superlative)

The crest of Walpole, as it is now borne by the family […] "A Saracen's head ducally crowned Or, with a long ca on gules, thereon a Catherine-wheel Or; […]." […] However, it was passed by the College of Arms, and ever since the Walpoles have been saddled with this most inartistic and unheraldic crest.

1900, The Genealogical Magazine, page 8:

(heraldry) Not heraldic; not adhering to the norms of heraldry.


special prosecutor

en-noun

special prosecutor (plural special prosecutors)

Under the Ford plan, the president—not the courts—would appoint the special prosecutor.

1999, Bob Woodward, Shadow: Five Presidents and the Legacy of Watergate:

conflict of interest
conflict of interest

(US, politics, law) A lawyer assigned to investigate, and if necessary prosecute, a case for which there is a conflict of interest for the normal prosecuting authority.


special counsel

special counsel (plural special counsels)

Schiff said Republicans have so far declined to assist the special counsel.

2018 November 30, Jon Swaine, The Guardian:

(US politics, law) A special prosecutor.


left turn

The noun is derived from left (adjective) + turn (noun).
The interjection is derived from left (adverb) + turn (verb), while the verb is derived from the interjection.

The commanding officer then orders—Shoulder Arms!—Flanks, to the centre advance!—To the right and left turn!—Forward!

1810, “Funeral Exercise”, in The Military Companion: Being a System of Company Discipline, Founded on the Regulations of Baron Steuben, Late Major-General and Inspector-General of the Army of the United-States. […], 3rd edition, Newburyport, Mass.: Thomas & Whipple. […], →OCLC, page 38:

[I]f they each step off at the same instant, with the left foot, the sound of their feet will enable them to keep step and time, and march about in this form, as directed by the instructor, to the leading file, "right turn" or "left turn," without confusion.

[1874], [Alfred Wilks Drayson], chapter XXI, in The Young Dragoon; or, Every Day Life of a Soldier. […], London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler, […], →OCLC, page 187:

Sun Tzŭ went on: When I say "Eyes front," you must look straight ahead. When I say "Left turn," you must face towards your left hand.

1910, Sun Tzu [Traditional Han: 孫子], “Introduction”, in Lionel Giles, transl., Sun Tzŭ on the Art of War […], London: Luzac & Co., translation of 孫子兵法 [Sūnzǐ Bīngfǎ, The Art of War], →OCLC, Sun Wu and His Book, page XI:

When you joined the Territorial Force you joined a body of men who wash their necks and shine their boots. About turn. Into file, left turn.

1993, Michael Glover, “England 1914: Your King and Country”, in The Fateful Battle Line: The Great War Journals and Sketches of Captain Henry Ogle, London: Leo Cooper, →ISBN:

Go on, soldier! Left! Right! Left! Right! Left! Right! Soldier, left turn!

2004, Roch Carrier, translated by Sheila Fischman, La Guerre, Yes Sir!, Toronto, Ont.: House of Anansi Press, →ISBN, page 77:

My family were there to witness it all and there I was bawling out the commands, "Left Turn, Right Turn, and Halt!"

2013, Billy Gilvear, Eric Gaudion, “Day of Pride”, in Storming Home: British Soldier, Bodyguard to the Stars, Boozer and Addict – Could Billy Change?, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Monarch Books, Lion Hudson, →ISBN, page 54:

(chiefly military) A command to a soldier or other person who is marching: turn ninety degrees to your left!


left turn

en-verb

left turn (third-person singular simple present left turns, present participle left turning, simple past and past participle left turned)

left turns (present singular third-person)
left turning (participle present)
left turned (participle past)
left turned (past)

Let them but remember Lewis the eleventh, who to a Clarke of the Exchequer, that came to be Lord Treaſurer, and had (for his device) repreſented himſelfe ſitting upon fortunes wheele: told him, hee might doe well to faſten it with a good ſtrong nayle, left turning about it, it might bring him, where hee was againe. As indeed it did.

[1641, Ben[jamin] Johnson [i.e., Ben Jonson], Timber: Or, Discoveries; Made vpon Men and Matter: […], London: [s.n.], →OCLC, pages 108–109:

They left-turned, right-turned and about-turned, and the sergeant marched them up and down a bit on the asphalt and then silently on the grass, more to get them moving than anything else.

1999, Leslie Thomas, chapter 1, in Other Times, London: Arrow Books, published 2011, →ISBN, page 3:

(intransitive, chiefly military) To turn ninety degrees to one's left, especially in response to a military command while marching.


Murderers' Row

(boxing, historical) A group of middleweight boxers in the 1940s.


ragged staff

en-noun

ragged staff (plural ragged staffs or ragged staves)

ragged staffs (plural)
ragged staves (plural)

(heraldry) A knotted stick with short stumps of branches on each side.


sap shield

The junctions of the gabions, as well as the most advanced gabion before it is filled, are covered by means of Knight's sap shields (steel plates mounted on wheels, see Fig. 382), which move along the berm, the front one fitting close against the sap roller.

1884, George Philips, Text Book on Fortification, Etc: For the Use of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst:

(military) A metal plate that shelters a sapper.


BMO

(military, slang) Initialism of black moving object: a woman wearing a burqa.


walking mattress

walking mattress (plural walking mattresses)

Humorous alternative explanation for the acronym WM (“woman marine”), implying that she is hypersexual.

(military, slang, derogatory, offensive) A female marine.


barracks rat

(slang, military) A soldier who prefers to stay in the barracks during time off.


Habeebatee

bor

Arabic حَبِيبَتِي (ḥabībatī)

(slang, derogatory, US military) An attractive Arab female.


Jane Wayne

(slang, US military) A female of masculine appearance or behavior.


shack rat

(slang, military) A female civilian visiting military barracks in order to have sex with soldiers.

(slang, military) A female civilian cohabitating with a male soldier.


deployment goggles

Camp Cupcake was somewhere where the grunts would make a pit stop. They'd see you and you were the most beautiful thing in the world. Back home you may not be much, but out there they've got deployment goggles—you look good, so you're in chow hall and it's kind of uncomfortable because you feel like a piece of meat or something on display.

2010, Laura Browder, Sascha Pflaeging, When Janey Comes Marching Home: Portraits of Women Combat Veterans, University of North Carolina Press, →ISBN, page 137:

(humorous, military slang) A tendency to regard people as more sexually attractive than one usually would, as a result of being deployed to a region where there are few potential partners.


womban

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-womban.wav


town manager

(government) A municipal official responsible for the operations of a town, usually appointed by a town or city council rather than elected.


city manager

(government) A municipal official responsible for the operations of a city, usually appointed by a town or city council rather than elected.

bainisteoir cathrach

a municipal official responsible for the operations of a city


active service

She was built by William Denny & Bros. Ltd., and launched in 1939, but went immediately on active service as a trooper [troopship].

1947 January and February, “Notes and News: New Southern Channel Steamer”, in Railway Magazine, page 49:

(UK, military) Full-time occupation in the military.


anti-Antifa

(politics) A collection of various far-right and fascist groups which oppose Antifa.

Anti-Antifa

collection of groups which oppose Antifa


naval base

(military) an installation in a port or harbour used as a centre of operations by the country's navy.


egg banjo

(UK, military, slang) A sandwich containing fried egg.


shy Tory

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


mouse gun

(firearms, colloquial) A pocket pistol, especially one of a particularly small caliber.


dragonné

(heraldry) Like a dragon in the hinder part, and a lion or other creature in the fore part.


fife major

(military, obsolete) The chief fifer in a regiment.


anarkid

It is politically more costly to club a clown on camera than a demonstrator. Or a masked black bloc anarkid.

2016, Larry Bogad, chapter I, in Tactical Performance: Serious Play and Social Movements, London and New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 137:

(derogatory, informal, politics) An immature or uninformed anarchist.


Woolworth gun

In reference to Woolworth's, a chain of inexpensive stores.

(US, military, slang, derogatory) The FP-45 Liberator, a crude, cheaply-made single-shot pistol.


cross-battery

(military, in the plural) A pair of batteries commanding the same spot from different directions.


party spirit

In the mean while, We will obſerve that beſides the Paſſion and Party Spirit, which poſſeſſ almoſt all Thoſe, who write on this Subject, there is a Diſtinction, which ſhould be conſtantly made in Caſes of this Nature, and which They never make, or never make exactly enough. They compare the Proceedings, without comparing the Situations.

1734 January 30, “The Same Subject Continued. To Caleb D’Anvers, Esq”, in Caleb D’Anvers [pseudonym; Nicholas Amhurst; William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath; Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke; et al.], editor, The Craftsman, volume XII, numbers 394 (Saturday, Jan. 19, 1733–4 [Julian calendar]), London: Printed for R. Francklin, […], published 1737, →OCLC, page 92:

Party-Spirit was the great and uncontroulable Adviſer and Defender of all things: Its groſſeſt Miſrepreſentations were readily believed; its moſt furious Dictates moſt chearfully obeyed.

[1744], Sallust, “Discourse VIII. Of Civil Wars.”, in Thomas Gordon, transl., The Works of Sallust, Translated into English. With Political Discourses upon that Author. […], London: Printed for R[ichard] Ware, […], →OCLC, section VII (A View of the Affecting Horrors, and Calamities, Produced by Civil War; Taken from the History of Greece), page 157:

Some facetious members of the club gave, in a few years, local notoriety to this election; and, when party spirit ran high in the days of Wilkes and Liberty, it was easy to create an appetite for a burlesque election among the lower orders of the Metropolis.

1817, Richard Phillips, “[Wandsworth]”, in A Morning’s Walk from London to Kew, London: Printed by J. Adlard, […]; sold by John Souter, […], →OCLC, page 77:

Even Monseigneur Bienvenu then had his hour of party spirit, his hour of bitterness, his clouds. [...] [I]t would have been well if Monseigneur Bienvenu had not been a royalist, [...]

1862, Victor Hugo, “A Qualification”, in Cha[rle]s E[dwin] Wilbour, transl., Les Misérables. Fantine. […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: [George W.] Carleton, publisher, […], →OCLC, book 1 (An Upright Man), page 33, column 2:

Certainly there have been bitterly contested elections in this country before. Party spirit is always rife, and in such vivid, excitable, disputatious communities as ours are, and I trust always will be, it is the very soul of freedom.

1868 October 20, John Lothrop Motley, Four Questions for the People, at the Presidential Election: Address of John Lothrop Motley, before the Parker Fraternity, at the Music Hall, October 20, 1868, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 4:

In the early days, men of first-class ability, such as Alexander Hamilton, Samuel Adams, and James Madison, did not disdain membership in the state legislatures. But the development of party spirit and machine politics brought with it a great change. Then came the legislative caucus; and party politics soon reigned in every capital.

1919, Samuel P. Orth, “Legislative Omnipotence”, in Allen Johnson, editor, The Boss and the Machine: A Chronicle of the Politicians and Party Organization (The Chronicles of America; 43), Abraham Lincoln edition, New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press; Toronto, Ont.: Glasgow, Brook & Co.; London: Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press, →OCLC, page 120:

Now the works of the flesh are plain: immorality, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger, selfishness, dissension, party spirit, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

1946, The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ: Revised Standard Version: Translated from the Greek: […], New York, N.Y.: Thomas Nelson & Sons, →OCLC, Galatians 5:19–21, page 409:

Official approval of a certain line of thought could and did produce a party-spirit which was narrow and polemical. At no time indeed was Thomism as such imposed on Catholic philosophers in a way which would imply that it was part of the Catholic faith.

1975, Frederick Copleston, “Thomism in France”, in A History of Philosophy (Bellarmine series; 20), volume IX (Maine de Biran to Sartre), Mahwah, N.J.: Paulist Press; Tunbridge Wells, Kent: Search Press, →ISBN, page 250:

Whether seen by fellow activists or photographed by the media, perhaps when MPs, Ministers and even the PM are seen backing the party, this supremely egalitarian business of electioneering is a rare opportunity to engender some party spirit and loyalty – some communitas, again [...].

2015, Emma Crewe, “Joining the House”, in The House of Commons: An Anthropology of MPs at Work, London, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 32:

(politics) The feeling of common purpose and togetherness experienced or shown by members or supporters of a group, especially a political party, sometimes accompanied by unreasonable animosity towards members or supporters of other groups.


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.


gamb

From Middle French gambe (variant of jambe) from Late Latin gamba (hoof, leg, shank). Doublet of jamb, gamba, and gam.

Vachell, Eng. a bull's gamb in pale, couped, argent. […] Vaughan of Littleton, Middlesex, a lion's gamb, or, holding a human heart, gules.

1817, Alexander Deuchar, British Crests: containing the crests and mottos of the families of Great Britain and Ireland; together with those of the principal cities; and a glossary of heraldic terms ... Embellished with nearly fourteen hundred crests, engraved by Robert Kirkwood, from original drawings, by G. Sanders, and J. Grant, page 284:

(heraldry) The leg or shank, typically of an animal, especially of a lion, on a coat of arms, crest, etc.


mainshaft

mainshafts (plural)
main shaft (alternative)

(archery) The primary shaft of an arrow into which the foreshaft containing the arrowhead is inserted.


JB

(US, military) Abbreviation of joint base.


SAF

(military) Initialism of small arms fire.


SAF

Singapore Armed Forces
w:Singapore Armed Forces

(Singapore, military) Initialism of Singapore Armed Forces.

Special Action Force
w:Special Action Force

(Philippines, law enforcement) Initialism of Special Action Force.

Serbian Armed Forces
w:Serbian Armed Forces

(military) Initialism of Serbian Armed Forces.

On Wednesday, the SAF posted a video on social media which it said showed RSF fighters fleeing Khartoum, hours after it reclaimed the airport.

2025 March 27, Nimi Princewill, “Sudan’s army has captured the capital. Is it a turning point in the devastating conflict?”, in CNN:

Sudanese Armed Forces
w:Sudanese Armed Forces

(military) Initialism of Sudanese Armed Forces.


washup

I found it quite interesting that the players had gone to great lengths not to fire nuclear weapons, even in games that pitted Soviet and Western forces against each other in demanding situations. […] Huge arguments would take place in the post-game analyses or "washups."

2001, William J Crowe, Jr., The Line of Fire:

(military, slang) A meeting to gauge the success or failure of an operation or war game.

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


walk back the cat

en-verb

walk back the cat (third-person singular simple present walks back the cat, present participle walking back the cat, simple past and past participle walked back the cat)

walks back the cat (present singular third-person)
walking back the cat (participle present)
walked back the cat (participle past)
walked back the cat (past)

(diplomacy) To back down; to adopt a position where one is more willing to compromise.


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


unrep

en-noun

unrep (countable and uncountable, plural unreps)

(nautical, military) The act of taking on fuel without putting into port.


unrep

en-verb

unrep (third-person singular simple present unreps, present participle unrepping, simple past and past participle unrepped)

unreps (present singular third-person)
unrepping (participle present)
unrepped (participle past)
unrepped (past)

(intransitive, nautical, military) To take on fuel without putting into port.


Spygate

(neologism, US, politics) A conspiracy theory claiming that Barack Obama's administration planted a spy in Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.


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:


peggy

Against this, her deck staff runs to about a hundred, being made up of some fifty able-seamen, eight or ten 'peggies' […]

1936, Charles Richard Benstead, Atlantic Ferry, page 178:

The number of "peggies" going aft to fetch the meals had been increasing steadily.

1955, Willi Frischauer, Robert Jackson, The Altmark affair, page 177:

(UK, naval slang) The petty officers' mess steward.


SADF

South African Defence Force
w:South African Defence Force

(South Africa, military, historical) Initialism of South African Defence Force, an official name of armed forces of South Africa active from 1957 to 1994.


butcher's bill

What's the butcher's bill?


Obummer

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


eliminee

(military) A soldier who fails to meet the requirements of a special training course.


LAD

en-noun

LAD (countable and uncountable, plural LADs)

local authority district
w:local authority district

(England, government) Initialism of local authority district.


reproductive justice

(politics) A subset of human rights based around personal bodily autonomy, including the right to have children or abort them (pro-choice), associated with political activism of the 2000s.


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.

The DSA is aimed at improving what many European lawmakers see as the lack of oversight over large tech companies.

2020 December 15, Billy Perrigo, “European Union Announces New Big Tech Regulations”, in Time:

The warning from the EU came from Věra Jourová, the European Commission vice-president for values and transparency, who tweeted that “news about arbitrary suspension of journalists on Twitter is worrying” and said the economic bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA) required platforms to respect media freedom.

2022 December 16, Dan Milmo, Rowena Mason, Alex Hern, “Twitter’s suspension of journalists sets ‘dangerous precedent’, UN warns”, in The Guardian:

The big platforms will also have to publish an independent audit of their compliance with the DSA, as well as how many people they employ in content moderation.

2023 April 25, Dan Milmo, “‘Unprepared’ Twitter among tech firms to face tough new EU digital rules”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Digital Services Act
w:Digital Services Act

(EU politics) Initialism of Digital Services Act.


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):


mustard seed

mustard seed (countable and uncountable, plural mustard seeds)

Being myself much given to the collection of birds for scientific purposes, a line of operation, requiring, in most cases, the finest shot that can be procured, I use mustard seed habitually, and have learned, incidentally as it were, its efficacy when directed against birds which, it might be thought, could not be brought down with it.

1873 November 22, Dr. Elliott Coues, U. S. A., “Use of Small Shot”, in The American Sportsman, volume 3, number 8, West Meriden, Conn., page 117:

“ […] Much as I hated to do it, while that sow was chasing after him, I let him have it in the stern with a light load of mustard-seed shot. That combination worked!” […] The mustard-seed shot he mentions are No. 12's and the load was extremely light.

1972 May, Robert Halverson, “Punishment …Or Reward?”, in Field & Stream, volume 77, number 1, page 223:

Hmmmm... you suppose if you miss, you might blow a 1+1/2" hole anyway, with that rig? :) Even #9? 22rf shot (mustard seed) is supposed to be #12, not sure what that would do either. :/

2007 June 6, alv...@example.com, “Re: the downside”, in rec.knives (Usenet):

(firearms, also attributively) Small lead shot, usually of size No. 12, used for shooting birds and other animals at close range.


M4 (countable and uncountable, plural M4s)

(firearms) Ellipsis of M4 carbine, a military assault rifle.


Schröderisation

From German Schröder + English -isation (suffix forming nouns denoting the act, process, or result of doing or making something); see further at Schröderization.

Clearly, as has been said, we should diversify sources of energy. […] As Edward Lucas says in his book The New Cold War, we should avoid the Finlandisation, or what he rather unkindly called the "Schröderisation, of western Europe.

2008 October 10, Donald Anderson, Baron Anderson of Swansea, “EU and Russia (EUC [European Union Committee] Report)”, in House of Commons Debates (House of Lords of the United Kingdom), volume 704, part no. 137, London: Parliament of the United Kingdom, archived from the original on 2016-10-27, column 428:

Despite the disagreement of Poland and Lithuania, the renewal of EU–Russia negotiations in November 2008 in relation to the development of a new general agreement is evidence of a gradual formation of separate political relations or possibly even a hint of ‘Schröderisation’ […] in the European Union. It should be noted that ‘Schröderisation’ is not about the construction of an EU–Russia union so much as the general softening of Washington’s attitude towards the Kremlin and development of Russia’s own domestic policy towards the West of deeper involvement with it.

2010, V[olodymyr] P[avlovych] Horbulin, O. F. Byelov, O. V. Lytvynenko, “The Security Situation around Ukraine: A General Description”, in Ukraine’s National Security: An Agenda for the Security Sector, Zürich, Berlin: LIT Verlag, →ISBN, page 46:

But it is true that he [Vladimir Putin] has managed to pull off a "Schröderisation" (buying politicians, businessmen, etc.) of Europe.

2013 April, Boris Nemtsov, quotee, “The Adoption of the EU Magnitsky Law would be a Blow to the Criminal Regime”, in Elena Servettaz, editor, Why Europe Needs a Magnitsky Law: Should the EU Follow the US?, [United Kingdom?]: Elena Servettaz, published 2013, →ISBN, archived from the original on 2019-01-28, page 55:

Like Gerhard Schröder and Tony Blair before him, François Hollande saw himself as driving a "third way" for socialism, between social democracy and liberalism[…]. In the same spirit, several German media outlets, analysing the principles of the competitiveness pact, interpreted it as symbolic of the French president's "Schröderisation".

2020, Mathieu Fulla, “French Socialists, Capitalism and the State: A Unique Approach within West European Social Democracy?”, in Mathieu Fulla, Marc Lazar, editors, European Socialists and the State in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries (Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements), Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, Springer Nature, →DOI, →ISBN, part III (Socialists and Changes in Capitalism and States), page 277:

(politics) Alternative spelling of Schröderization.


Schröderization

tlb

(American spelling, Oxford British English)

Schroderization (alternative)
Schröderisation (alternative)
schröderisation (alternative)

/ˌʃɹɜːdəɹaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/

/ˌʃɹɜːdəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/

From German Schröder (surname of the former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder (born 1944)) + -ization. Schröderization refers to his actions of quickly agreeing to the Nord Stream pipeline project for Russia to supply natural gas to Germany before he stepped down as chancellor in 2005, and subsequently accepting paid positions in various Russian energy companies, which were widely criticized.

af

Nevertheless, official Berlin's clearly heightened interest in the subject of human rights compels us to speak of the start of the "de-Schröderization" of German policy toward Moscow.

[2006, The Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press, Columbus, Oh.: American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 15, column 2:

Clearly, as has been said, we should diversify sources of energy. […] As Edward Lucas says in his book The New Cold War, we should avoid the Finlandisation, or what he rather unkindly called the "Schröderisation", of western Europe.

Little awareness is shown of the aggressive uses of Russian economic power and its intelligence presence, not only in the former Soviet Union but, with increasing confidence and guile, in the new EU member states of Central and Southeastern Europe. It is Russia's novel modes of engagement, not "Cold War stereotypes," that explain why shreyderizatsia (Schröderization) has become part of the region's vocabulary.

2009, James Sherr, “The Implications of the Russia–Georgia War for European Security”, in Svante E. Cornell, S[tephen] Frederick Starr, editors, The Guns of August 2008: Russia’s War in Georgia (Studies of Central Asia and the Caucasus), Abingdon, Oxfordshire, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, published 2015, →ISBN, page 223:

According to the French commentator Françoise Thom, [Vladimir] Putin’s politics of re-integration of the former Soviet territory, in which the war in Ukraine is the first step, is ideologically accompanied by the rehabilitation of Sovietism, or even Stalinism, and economically by a ‘Schröderization’ of European elites by making Europe dependent on its gas and oil.

2015, Dobrota Pucherová, Róbert Gáfrik, “Introduction: Which Postcolonial Europe?”, in Dobrota Pucherová, Róbert Gáfrik, editors, Postcolonial Europe?: Essays on Post-Communist Literatures and Cultures (Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft [International Research on General and Comparative Literature]), Leiden, Boston, Mass.: Brill and Rodopi, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 11:

In the end, [Angela] Merkel defeated [Gerhard] Schröder, leading many to believe that the ‘Schröderization’ of Germany’s Russia policy had come to an end. But it took more than promises to curb the appetite of German business interests in Russia, as Merkel would soon find out.

2017, Lars-Christian U. Talseth, “The Geoeconomic Dialogue (2006–2009)”, in The Politics of Power: EU–Russia Energy Relations in the 21st Century, Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, Springer Nature, →DOI, →ISBN, page 185:

(politics) The co-opting of business or political figures by a foreign regime, specifically Russia.

Schröderisierung

co-opting and corruption of foreign business or political figures by hostile regimes


counterthrow

(martial arts) A move that saves a fighter from being thrown by the opponent and converts the motion into a throw of the opponent instead.


presocialist

en-adj

presocialist (comparative more presocialist, superlative most presocialist)

more presocialist (comparative)
most presocialist (superlative)
pre-socialist (alternative)

(socialism) Preceding socialism; before a socialist revolution.


presocialist

presocialists (plural)
pre-socialist (alternative)

utopian socialist
utopian socialist#English

(rare, socialism) Synonym of utopian socialist.


presocialism

(socialism) That social order preceding socialism; the transition to socialism.

utopian socialism
utopian socialism#English

(rare, socialism) Synonym of utopian socialism.


san fairy ann

A homophonic translation of French ça ne fait rien (“it doesn’t matter”), probably originating among British and ANZAC army soldiers during World War I (1914–1918).

bor

“[…] It seems scrounging for fuel ’ad reached such a pitch in the village […] But our washing ’ad to be done, ’an I thought if I got the whole of this football team scrounging they might find something as everyone else ’ad overlooked.[…]” / “‘Very well,’ says I, ‘San fairy ann. Napoo [i.e., n’y a plus] washing—napoo ball.’[…]”

1920 March 10, “Won on the Posts. (With the British Army in France.)”, in Punch, or The London Charivari, volume CLVIII, London: […] Bradbury, Agnew & Co., […], →OCLC, page 185, column 1:

‘Very well,’ says I, ‘it doesn't matter. No more washing—no more ball.’

We said he were wonderful brave dog about Upstart, which me and Slippers would not have taken on. He said: "Fairy Ann! Fairy Ann!" But he were most-happy dog.

[1930 October, Rudyard Kipling, “Toby Dog”, in Thy Servant a Dog […], London: Macmillan and Co., […], published October 1931, →OCLC, pages 87–88:

We stood to attention for a seeming eternity while the Adjutant, a runt-like little Guards captain, proceeded at a snail's pace along the ranks, closely attended by the dreaded R.S.M. Copp. […] His [Copp's] choicest utterance was 'I've had enough of your San-Fairy-Ann [ça ne me fait rien] attitude!' – was this an echo of 1914-18 or of our earlier wars against the French?

1997, Christopher Hurst, “A Taste of Hell”, in The View from King Street: An Essay in Autobiography, London: Thalia Press, →ISBN, book I (The Pre-history of a Publisher), page 123:

Occasionally, when he has had too much to drink, he'll give voice to his disappointments, but Sarah only smiles at that and blows him a kiss and says, San Fairy Ann, dear, San Fairy Ann, and he will give up trying to explain.

2002, Melanie McGrath, chapter 1, in Silvertown: An East End Family Memoir, London: Fourth Estate, HarperCollinsPublishers, →ISBN, page 10:

[G]oo-on, he says, goo-on, I'll give you 'alf, Morris, he says if she [a racehorse] romps home, romp, did she bloody romp, she ran like the clappers out of hell, dropped dead two hours after in her trailer but san-fairy-ann, what's that to me, and where's my fiver?

2005, Hilary Mantel, Beyond Black, London: Fourth Estate, HarperCollinsPublishers, →ISBN, page 164:

‘Ça ne fait rien.’ / ‘San fairy Ann,’ she laughed. ‘Well, I suppose that’s English now, in a way.’ / ‘That’s what some of the soldiers say, san fairy Ann,’ one of the children piped. ‘What does it mean?’ / ‘Eet doesen’t matair.’

[2007, Annie Wilkinson, For King and Country, London: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 232:

As Mrs. Jarvie loves to say "San fairy ann," or in other words, fuck it.

2023, Natali Clark, “San Fairy Ann”, in Staring at Medusa, Altona, Man.: FriesenPress, →ISBN, page 275:

(Australia, New Zealand, UK, military slang, humorous, obsolete) It doesn't matter.


Serbo-Bolshevik

(derogatory, ethnic slur, politics, rare) Serbo-Communist


government-in-exile

(geopolitics) An independent polity that claims to be the legitimate government of a country, but is forced to operate from another country.


scientific socialist

en-noun

scientific socialist (plural scientific socialists)


FAR

Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces
w:Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces

(military) Initialism of Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces.


on parade

[…] he was ordered to leave general Washington’s camp, in consequence of the character that had been given of him; and upon his appearing on parade afterwards, he was ordered to leave general Washington’s camp on pain of imprisonment.

1780, Proceedings of a General Court Martial of the Line […] for the Trial of Major General Arnold, Philadelphia, page 8:

The upper clouds are to the lower, what soldiers on parade are to a mixed multitude; no men walk on their heads or their hands, and so there are certain laws which no clouds violate; but there is nothing except in the upper clouds resembling symmetrical discipline.

1843, [John Ruskin], chapter 2, in Modern Painters […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, , § 3:

Rawdon sat down in the study before the Baronet’s table, set out with the orderly blue books and the letters, the neatly docketed bills and symmetrical pamphlets, the locked account-books, desks, and dispatch boxes, the Bible, the Quarterly Review, and the Court Guide, which all stood as if on parade awaiting the inspection of their chief.

1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, “54”, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:

The morning of Major Ferguson's round had come again. It was the most detested event of the week: for the staff, because he expected the punctilio of a large teaching hospital to which the resources of the place were unequal; and for the patients because for an hour or more they would be virtually on parade unable to move from their beds, smoke or talk.

1953, Mary Renault, chapter 3, in The Charioteer, New York: Pantheon, published 1959, pages 40–41:

Battalions of infantry stood on parade around the durbar ground […]

1973, Jan Morris, chapter 16, in Heaven’s Command: An Imperial Progress,, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, page 332:

(military) Assembled and in formation, prepared for inspection, to receive orders, etc.


Hinduphobic

en-adj

Hinduphobic (comparative more Hinduphobic, superlative most Hinduphobic)

more Hinduphobic (comparative)
most Hinduphobic (superlative)

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

(India, politics) Leftist; liberal; supportive of Western or Islamist interests.


parade rest

[…] no audible or visible order was given, but the ten thousand soldiers executed the movement of parade rest as a man.

1959, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 4, in The Sirens of Titan, New York: Dial, published 2006, page 98:

A stern, sawed-off soldier, whom Colonel Eiger had referred to as a master sergeant, whispered something to the honor guard, who stood at parade rest and glanced anxiously at Colonel Eiger […]

1989, John Irving, chapter 9, in A Prayer for Owen Meany, New York: William Morrow, page 494:

(US, military) A position of rest in which the feet are 12 inches apart and the hands clasped behind the back, or the left hand is behind the back and the right hand holds the rifle with its butt on the ground.


hypercentralization

hyper-centralisation (alternative)
hypercentralisation (alternative)
hyper-centralization (alternative)

This implies a situation in which the logic of the plan—not capitalist imperatives—remains central, but where the leadership becomes at best one whose impatience with the people lead it toward a hypercentralization of power and toward a self-defeating forcing of the pace of development.

1985, John S. Saul, editor, A Difficult Road: The Transition to Socialism in Mozambique, New York: Monthly Review Press, →ISBN, page 18:

Facing the problem of an undergovernment inherent in a huge and backward country, […] Stalin tried to cure it by hypercentralization […]

2018, Olga Velikanova, Mass Political Culture Under Stalinism, page 65:

(politics) An intense concentration in centralization.


Salazarist

Salazarist (comparative more Salazarist, superlative most Salazarist)

more Salazarist (comparative)
most Salazarist (superlative)

Nor were previous forced labor practices to be altered. On the contrary, as we shall see, they were merely rationalized and reinforced by the Salazarist system.

1985, John S. Saul, chapter I, in John S. Saul, editor, A Difficult Road: The Transition to Socialism in Mozambique, New York: Monthly Review Press, →ISBN, section 1, page 39:

(politics) Of or relating to António de Oliveira Salazar or Salazarism.


Salazarist

(politics) A supporter of António de Oliveira Salazar or Salazarism.


prounion

prounion (comparative more prounion, superlative most prounion)

more prounion (comparative)
most prounion (superlative)


identification parade

en-noun

identification parade (plural identification parades)

He had once in his early days dropped in with his Superintendent at an identification parade. It was not his case, and they were both there on other business, but they lingered in the background and watched while a man and a woman, separately, walked down the line of twelve nondescript men, looking for the one they hoped to recognise.

1951, Josephine Tey, chapter 2, in The Daughter of Time, London: Peter Davies, page 24:

One of the ticket clerks at the Brahmpur Railway Station was going to be asked to try to pick Maan out at an identification parade in the jail. Under these circumstances, he could not let Maan’s head be shaved.

1993, Vikram Seth, A Suitable Boy, Boston: Little, Brown, Chapter 17.26, pp. 1330-1331:

(law enforcement) A process by which a witness confirms the identity of a criminal suspect, by viewing the suspect together with other people who were not involved in the crime.