Israel-firster

From Israel + firster, influenced by and compared to America First (“American isolationist ideology”).

The ZPC never lost a beat: Israel Firster and Zion-Con fanatic, US Treasury Under Secretary responsible for terrorism and financial intelligence, Stuart Levey, succeeded in convincing China to tighten trade credit ...

2010, James Petras, Zionism, Militarism and the Decline of US Power, page 78:

Former Israel-firster Andrew Sullivan chalked up the likes of Krauthammer as "victims of Israel Derangement Syndrome."

2011, Norman G. Finkelstein, "This Time We Went Too Far" - Truth and Consequences of the Gaza Invasion, page 177:

These Benedict Arnold-types willingly collude with a foreign power and plot to damage America by serving that foreign power, the nation of Israel, as undercover spies, saboteurs, and intel agents. To most Jews, their origin of birth is of no consequence. They are Israel-firsters and are traitors.

2012, Edward Hendrie, Bloody Zion, page 132:

The increasing proximity to the president of this quintessential "Israel firster" most likely played a role in reigning in Obama's initiative to completely freeze Israeli settlements.

2013, Josh Ruebner, Shattered Hopes - Obama's Failure to Broker Israeli-Palestinian Peace, page 75:

routinely used the white supremacist anti-Semitic slur "Israel Firster" to describe any Jew who was hawkish on Israel.

2014, Ben Shapiro, Bullies - How the Left's Culture of Fear and Intimidation Silences Americans, page 247:

Don't pull U.S. into this. You Israel firster should fight your own fights.

One critic argued, "Kirk is a pure Israel-firster ... [H]e brings home the bacon for Israel big time.

2018, Colton C. Campbell, David A. Dulio, James A. Thurber (editors), Congress and Diaspora Politics - The Influence of Ethnic and Foreign Lobbying, page 236:

It has also earned me the titles "Ziofascist", "Jewish Nazi", "Tool of the Likud", and "Israel Firster".

2019, Alan Dershowitz, Taking the Stand - My Life in the Law, page 478:

On the other, to fail to show sympathy for Palestinians was to out yourself as a heartless tribalist, an Israel-firster.

2022, Richard Landes, Can “The Whole World” Be Wrong? - Lethal Journalism, Antisemitism, and Global Jihad, page 478:

(informal, somewhat derogatory, politics) A person who places the interests and welfare of the State of Israel above those of the nation in which they reside.


Laptopgate

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(US politics) The Hunter Biden laptop controversy.


patrol officer

(law enforcement) A member of a local or state law enforcement agency who patrols a particular area.


AMAC

w:Association of Mature American Citizens

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


hostile environment

As Liberty (2018: 5) have argued: 'The hostile environment is a sprawling web of immigration controls embedded in the heart of our public services and communities.'

2020 July 8, Rees, James, Pomati, Marco, Social Policy Review 32: Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, 2020, Policy Press, →ISBN, page 51:

Among the targets of the hostile environment policy (it was later used euphemised as the 'compliant environment' policy) were those who became, through no fault of their own, entangled in what became known as the Windrush scandal.

2024 January 18, Paul Warmington, Permanent Racism: Race, Class and the Myth of Postracial Britain, Policy Press, →ISBN, page 130:

(UK politics) An immigration policy in which service providers such as doctors, landlords and banks must perform ID checks to verify that potential clients have legal right to remain.


mailcall

(military, postal) The distribution of mail to a member of a military unit.


VHT

en-noun

VHT (countable and uncountable, plural VHTs)

* (motorsport): Genericization of a trademark, deriving from an initialism of very high traction.
* (taxation): Initialism of vacation home tax.

vacation home tax
vacation home tax#English

(taxation, abbreviation) Synonym of vacation home tax.


BAMN

(US politics) Initialism of By Any Means Necessary.


hamsick

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(communism, Internet slang, derogatory, neologism) A communist, or a supporter of communism.

(communism, Internet slang, derogatory, neologism, by extension) A supporter of far-left views or the Soviet Union.


Sore Loserman

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

Sore-Loserman (alternative)
Sore/Loserman (alternative)

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

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

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


MAGAtard

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

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


silent vote

(politics) The vote of a person whose choice or intention is not publicly known or previously expressed.


suicide mission

suicide mission (plural suicide missions)

He said savagely, "We're apt to catch it anyway—here. You're immune, you don't care, you're safe! The rest of us are on a suicide mission—and damn it, when I die I want to take a few of those monkeys with me!"

1958 November, Marion Zimmer Bradley, “The Planet Savers”, in Amazing Stories:

The soldiers, from a unit north of Baghdad, told family members that they considered the convoy destined for Taji to be a "suicide mission", citing the poor condition of their vehicles and the absence of ground and air support to protect the convoy.

2004 October 16, Dan Glaister, “Doubts about US morale in Iraq as troops refuse 'suicide mission'”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(chiefly military) A task which is so dangerous for the people involved that they are not expected to survive.


duck dinner

Dishonorable discharge
dishonorable discharge#English

(military slang) Dishonorable discharge.


federal subject

federal subject (plural federal subjects)

Calque of Russian субъект федерации (subʺjekt federacii).

calque

субъект федерации

(government) A constituent entity of Russia, its top-level political division; it includes all federated entities: republics, krais, oblasts, cities of federal importance, an autonomous oblast, and autonomous okrugs, all of which are, constitutionally, equal subjects of the federation.


federal territory

en-noun

federal territory (plural federal territories)

(government) A region or area that is under the direct jurisdiction of a federation's national government, but is not part of any federated state.


rules-based order

If ever there was an example of how Mr. Trump is uninterested in maintaining the post-World War II “rules-based order” and replacing it with superpower politics, this was it.

2025 January 27, David E. Sanger, “Behind the Colombia Blowup: Mapping Trump’s Rapid-Escalation Tactics”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(politics, geopolitics) A set of global, rule-based, structured relationships based on political liberalism, economic liberalism and liberal internationalism since the late 1940s.


drafting site

If you don’t have a drafting site, but you do have an accessible creek, is it possible to build an impoundment on the creek for fire water supply?

2012 March 1, “Drafting Tools & Techniques”, in FirefighterNation, Fairlawn, New Jersey: Clarion Fire & Rescue Group, retrieved 2024-11-01:

Conditions at the drafting site, however, were less than ideal, which forced the engine companies to violate some of the basic guidelines of drafting.

2017 November 1, “Urban Drafting Operations at a Chemical Warehouse Fire”, in Fire Engineering, Fairlawn, New Jersey: Clarion Fire & Rescue Group, retrieved 2024-11-01:

(firefighting) A designated location for a firefighter to draw or pump water out of a natural source, such as a lake or river.

Saugstelle

designated location for a firefighter to draw water out of a natural source


Kamalanomics

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


UGF

(military) Initialism of underground facility.


faux frais

Unadapted borrowing from French faux frais.

ubor

(Marxism, capitalism) The faux frais of production.


kokutai

tlb

(Japanese politics, philosophy, chiefly historical)

Borrowed from Japanese 国体(こくたい) (kokutai, literally “national character”).

ja-r

The national essence and character of Japan viewed as conforming to Shinto-Confucian ideals, with the emperor as its ethical, spiritual, cultural and political center.

國體 /国体

national character of Japan viewed as centered on the emperor

The ideology centered on the principle of kokutai.


tickle the wire

en-verb

tickle the wire (third-person singular simple present tickles the wire, present participle tickling the wire, simple past and past participle tickled the wire)

tickles the wire (present singular third-person)
tickling the wire (participle present)
tickled the wire (participle past)
tickled the wire (past)

(criminology, law enforcement, idiomatic) To create a situation that will encourage the target of a criminal probe to speak and divulge information on a wiretapped telephone.


inertial reference

Moreover, one terminal of M is connected to the inertial reference (IR).

1974, Jose Behar Cruz, Mac Elwyn Van Valkenburg, Signals in Linear Circuits, page 532:

This goal leads to an experiment system design which combines hardward from many technology areas: an optical telescope and IR sensors; and advanced angular intertial reference; a flexible multi-level of actuation digital control system; digital tracking processors which incorporate real-time image analysis and a pulsed, diode-pumped solid state tracking laser.

1995, “The High Altituted Balloon Experiment Demonstration of Acquisition, Tracking, and Pointing Technologies”, in Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports, page 2841:

To address this potential unsafe condistion and as an interim solution, EASA issued Emergency AD 2009-0012-E […] to require implementation of an aircraft Flight Manual (AFM) operation procdure, to isolate both the Inertial Reference (IR) and ADR in case a faulty IR is detected .

2013, Federal Register - Volume 78, Issue 220, page 68348:

(aviation, military) Any of various devices found in airplanes, missiles, satellites, guns, etc. that sense and calculate data such as linear acceleration and turning rate around each axis and which send that data on to other systems.


Robert's Rules of Order

(government) A manual of parliamentary procedure by U.S. Army officer Henry Martyn Robert.


Starmerian

en-adj

Starmerian (comparative more Starmerian, superlative most Starmerian)

more Starmerian (comparative)
most Starmerian (superlative)

Mashed alongside these faux-mateyisms, were classically clumsy Starmerian metaphors. He spoke of “reservoirs of confidence”, “bonds of hope” between state and individual, “the well of disrespect”.

2023 July 6, Madeline Grant, “Keir Starmer’s speech is interrupted by protesters - hurrah for some excitement!”, in The Telegraph:

I’d be the first to admit that at least some elements of that agenda are self-contradictory, and the faint whiff of freshly baked cakeism is caught by one’s nostrils when surveying this Starmerian vision of Britain in the year 2034.

2024 January 4, Sean O’Grady, “Will 2024 be the year of ‘Starmer the radical’?”, in The Independent:

Labour’s retort was a very passive, Starmerian picture of their leader in neutral white T-shirt to watch the first England-Serbia fixture, lest he rock the incumbent Scottish vote.

2024 June 21, Paul Flynn, “Only Sadiq Khan would be truly welcome at Pride — other politicians have lost their right”, in Evening Standard:

(UK politics) Of or pertaining to Keir Starmer (born 1962), British Labour politician and Prime Minister since 2024.


conscientious objection

en-noun

conscientious objection (countable and uncountable, plural conscientious objections)

(military, sociology) An objection for reasons of conscience in performing military service because of religious or moral principles.


Greater Israel

(geopolitics, sometimes derogatory) The historic or the desired future borders of the State of Israel.


BINGO

(US, aviation slang, chiefly military, primarily of fuel) Alternative letter-case form of bingo (“just sufficient to return to base”).


range queen

(weaponry, uncommon) A gun which is shot, but only at a range in order to avoid damage.


human intelligence

(espionage) Intelligence-gathering by means of human sources and interpersonal communication.


electronic intelligence

(espionage) Intelligence-gathering by use of electronic sensors.


signals intelligence

(espionage) Information gained from intercepted signals, including traffic analysis.


communications intelligence

signals intelligence
signals intelligence

(espionage) A subcategory of signals intelligence that engages in dealing with messages or voice information derived from the interception of foreign communications.


intelligence-gathering

(espionage) The process of collecting information in order to gain knowledge about a situation or adversary, often performed clandestinely.


Liebour

Liebour

2020 April 26, Friedmanite19, “Same old Liebour”, in Reddit, archived from the original on 2024-08-06:

Liebour

2022 July 10, WillSing4Scurvy, “Liebour”, in Reddit, archived from the original on 2024-08-06:

(UK politics, New Zealand politics, Internet slang, derogatory) The Labour Party (with an implication that its leadership are liars).


attack ad

(politics) An advertisement designed to wage a personal attack against an opposing candidate or political party.


escort carrier

(military, historical) A small and slower type of aircraft carrier used by several navies in World War II.


police escort

(law enforcement) A service offered by police and law enforcement to assist in transporting important individuals or resources.


blow forward

(firearms) A firearm action where the propellant gas pressure and the friction of the bullet traveling down the bore drag the whole gun barrel forward to facilitate the opening of the breech.


VDV

Borrowed from Russian ВДВ (VDV), acronym of Возду́шно-деса́нтные во́йска Росси́и (Vozdúšno-desántnyje vójska Rossíi, “Airborne landing force of Russia”).


taekwondoist

The aim of this research is to carry out a comparative analysis of the morphological characteristics of top karatekas, judokas, taekwondoists, boxers and wrestlers […] so that during the training process we could correctly and objectively select athletes and to manage the transformation training processes effectively […]

2015, Julijan Malacko, Dragan Doder, Veroljub Stankovic, Milorad Dokmanac, Biljana Savic, Radoslava Doder, “A Comparative Analysis of the Morphological Characteristics of Elite Karatekas, Judokas, Taekwondoists, Boxers and Wrestlers”, in International Journal of Morphology, volume 33, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, page 246:

(martial arts) A practitioner of taekwondo; a taekwondoka.


MENAFATF

Financial Action Task Force
w:Financial Action Task Force

(politics) Initialism of Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force.


Zion Don

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(US politics, derogatory, uncommon) Donald Trump.


LINO

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

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

2014 March 8, John Vaught Labeaume, “No Thanks, CPAC. This Libertarian Won't Attend a Conservative Love-Fest.”, in Reason Magazine:

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


Kamalanomenon

Blend of Kamala + phenomenon, first attested in 2024. Modelled after femininomenon, a blend of feminine + phenomenon used in the 2022 single "Femininomenon", the opening track on Chappell Roan's 2023 studio album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess.

Explaining the Kamalanomenon (another Chappell Roan reference) is part of Jessica Maddox’s job. […] She spent Sunday evening telling her husband, “because I’m like, 10 days on the internet ahead of him,” about the significance of the coconut tree, which has been a thing for weeks now.

2024 July 23, Maura Judkis, Jesús Rodríguez, “The Kamala Harris meme decoders have entered the chat”, in The Washington Post:

The vibe shift since Harris became the presumptive nominee has been whiplash-inducing, leaving some conservatives suspecting a plot. [see title]

2024 August 2, Michelle Goldberg, “Don’t Listen to the Right. The Kamalanomenon Is Real.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(US politics, informal, neologism) The political and social media momentum of Kamala Harris during her 2024 United States presidential campaign.

Chappell Roan
Femininomenon
The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess


wingnutty

(informal, derogatory, politics) Holding extremist views.

Of or resembling a wingnut.
Holding extremist views.


in the rear with the gear

In reference to being behind front lines ("the rear") alongside equipment and supplies ("the gear").

They offered me a deployment overseas to see some action, but I declined. I prefer just staying in the rear with the gear.

(military, slang) Far away from any battlefield; not involved in active combat; in a support role.


sleeping power

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(politics, law, chiefly in the plural) A power which is unused, or which has not been exercised for a long time; especially one which is extensive, but little-known.


KATUSA

w:Korean Augmentation to the United States Army

(military) Abbreviation of Korean Augmentation to the United States Army.


counterrevolutionariness

... counterrevolutionariness or a manifestation of total lack of awareness " ( vol 37 p 404 ) . V.I. Lenin branded talk of trade union " independence , " in whatever guise it was presented as " a very great deception , a very great betrayal[…]

(politics) the state or quality of being counterrevolutionary


non-forecast airlift

non-forecast airlift (plural not attested)

(military, aviation) A special flight that is tasked to meet an unpredicted desired effect.


axis of upheaval

Coined by Richard Fontaine and Andrea Kendall-Taylor on 23 April 2024, by analogy with terms such as axis of evil.

The four powers increasingly identify common interests, match up their rhetoric, and coordinate their military and diplomatic activities. Their convergence is creating a new axis of upheaval—a development that is fundamentally altering the geopolitical landscape.

2024 May/June, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Richard Fontaine, “The Axis of Upheaval: How America’s Adversaries Are Uniting to Overturn the Global Order”, in Foreign Affairs, volume 103, page 50:

Washington’s efforts at strengthening its Quad relationship is being met by a new quad, the so-called “axis of upheaval” involving Beijing, Moscow, Pyongyang, and Tehran.

2024 May, Ralph A Cossa, Brad Glosserman, “The ‘year of elections,’ take two!”, in Comparative Connections, volume 26, page 2:

While for decades the threats to the U.S.-led economic order were limited, today China and Russia, along with North Korea and Iran, have coalesced into an "axis of upheaval" whose shared ambition is nothing short of remaking the U.S.-led global liberal economic order of the past 80 years.

2024 June 3, Joseph Quinlan, “It’s a New World. Investors’ Old Rules No Longer Apply”, in Barron’s, volume 104, page 46:

(neologism, politics, history) The alleged antiwestern collaboration between China, Iran, North Korea and Russia.


Democ🐀

From Democrat, with rat replaced with 🐀, a symbol depicting a rat.

Still closer to my values than the Democ🐀s

(US politics, Internet slang, derogatory) A Democrat.


Kamalamentum

Blend of Kamala + momentum, after Kamala Harris (Vice President of the United States from 2021 to 2025).

person

What the Kamalamentum effort shares with that 2008 phenomenon is one of Barack Obama's favorite words: "audacity."

2024 July 27, Ross Douthat, “Kamala Harris and the Audacity of Desperation”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-08-21:

As upbeat Democrats ride a wave of Kamalamentum into their convention in Chicago next week, a seasoned strategist explains how almost everything about the presidential race has changed over the last 30 days.

2024 August 17, Ryan Lizza, “'A Completely Different Campaign': How Kamala Harris Reopened the Electoral College Map”, in Politico, archived from the original on 2024-08-21:

[Article title:] For Kamalamentum, the Next Three Weeks Are Critical

2024 August 19, Ben Mathis-Lilley, “For Kamalamentum, the Next Three Weeks Are Critical”, in Slate, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-08-22:

(US politics, neologism) A wave of enthusiasm for the 2024 presidential campaign of Kamala Harris.


Starmergeddon

From Starmer + -geddon, after Keir Starmer (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024).

It would be a huge mistake. In the last debate Rishi [Sunak] showed what he can do, and on any fair reading he won. It is by no means too late to tilt the steering wheel in the direction of common sense, avert Starmergeddon, and prevent this country from going in completely the wrong direction.

2024 June 28, Boris Johnson, “The nation doesn’t really want Sir Keir or his tax-hiking, EU-loving, soft-on-illegal-migration agenda. There’s still time for us to swerve from the cliff edge of ’’’Starmergeddon’’’”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-06-28:

Britain echoes this. In pounds, the FTSE All-Share rose in 15 of 17 US election year second-halves following first-half gains. We got your back, Union Jack. ¶ So, don't stress "Starmergeddon". Instead: think perverse, buy inverse. Buy now.

2024 July 7, Ken Fisher, “Don’t stress ’’’Starmergeddon’’’ – Labour will usher in a market rise”, in Chris Evans, editor, The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-08-21:

Well, we're all still here. According to most of the rightwing press, we were in for "Starmergeddon". Plague, floods and earthquakes would only be the start. Famine would be along shortly thereafter.

2024 July 12, John Crace, “Relax, Starmergeddon hasn't happened. The grownups are in charge”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-07-15:

United Kingdom
United Kingdom#Proper noun

(UK politics, neologism) A supposed disaster predicted to take place after the 2024 election of Labour Party leader Keir Starmer as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.


CIRB

(Canada, government, business, labour, contract law) Initialism of Canada Industrial Relations Board.

labour; contract law; labour; contract law


Barry the Fairy

It's now obvious that Hillary lied to Congress, and Barry the Fairy lied to the world at the United Nations. Bwaaahhhhhhhhh......

2012 October 10, Peace and Justice, “Re: Right-wing "science"”, in seattle.politics (Usenet):

So here's Barry the fairy running back to his gay pornography pretending that it's HE is tormenting ME.

2013 June 11, Steve, “Opel's Song”, in alt.fan.rush-limbaugh (Usenet):

As if Barry the Fairy would know such things... Remember that he lives in a country that bows down to the "royalty" freaks..

2016 December 30, Steve, “Re: PM Netanyahu just ROCKED the world in this 2 minute speech”, in alt.society.liberalism (Usenet):

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


OCIAA

w:Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs

(US politics, historical) Initialism of Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs.


IGC

Iraqi Governing Council
w:Iraqi Governing Council

(politics) Initialism of Iraqi Governing Council.


IGC

en-noun

IGC (countable and uncountable, plural IGCs)

Intergovernmental Conference
w:Intergovernmental Conference

(European Union, politics, countable) Abbreviation of Intergovernmental Conference.


strategic depth

strategic depth (countable and uncountable, plural strategic depths)

(military) The distances between the front lines or battle sectors and the combatants' industrial core areas, capital cities, or heartlands.


ghost vote

(politics) A valid vote that is counted in voting totals for an election, but which lacks any associated public record as to who cast it.


counting agent

(politics) An electoral observer appointed by an election candidate to oversee the counting of ballots; typically for the purposes of ensuring all proper processes have been followed, and sometimes to gather data about the distribution of votes from different polling stations.


electoral observer

electoral observer (plural electoral observers)

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(politics) One who observes the counting of election ballots, typically so as to assess the conduct of the election process, and to report or record any suspected interference.


EMSEC

(military) Abbreviation of emission security.


Buchananian

en-adj

Buchananian (comparative more Buchananian, superlative most Buchananian)

more Buchananian (comparative)
most Buchananian (superlative)

I did not address the Buchanan situation before because it was so distasteful. I was sick at the thought of the Buchananian nastinesses I would have to recount: the demeaning of the Holocaust, the phony “evidence” to question a crime of the gas chambers, the smarmy defense of war criminals and the attacks on American prosecutors who dare chase them down, […]

1990 September 14, A. M. Rosenthal, “Forgive Them Not”, On My Mind, in The New York Times, page A33:

(US politics) Of or relating to Pat Buchanan (born 1938), American paleoconservative author, political commentator, and politician.


fauxsurrection

Apparently, according to DOJ, very few of those arrested were on Parler and the WaPo just threw Facebook under the bus because there is significant evidence that a majority of the planning for the J** 6th fauxsurrection was carried out on Facebook.

2021 January 17, skylane5sp, Ugly Hedgehog - Photography:

All of this is being driven by the Democrats’ obsession with using the J6 fauxsurrection to keep Trump off of the ballot in 2024.

2022 October 8, Stephen Kruiser, “The Morning Briefing: Dear Dems—Trump 2024 Is Gonna Be Super LIT”, in PJ Media:

Just to show how desperate they are to put the Fauxsurrection back into the purview of Americans, someone actually took the time to pen this nonsense, connecting J-6 with the 20 Republican House Caucus members wrangling over the concessions to get them to vote for Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House.

2023 July 1, “Kevin McCarthy’s Speaker of the House Battle Has Effectively Wiped J-6 From the Annals of History”, in The Patriotic News:

(politics, derogatory) A false flag or staged insurrection, especially the January 6 United States Capitol attack as viewed by supporters of Donald Trump.


traffic light coalition

en-noun

traffic light coalition (plural traffic light coalitions)

“The end of the traffic light coalition is a liberation for our country. The end of the self-proclaimed ‘progressive coalition’ that took Germany to the brink of economic ruin was more than overdue,” Weidel wrote on X.

2024 November 7, Sophie Tanno, Sebastian Shukla and Olesya Dmitracova, “Germany’s normally stable government has collapsed. Here’s why”, in CNN:

In a quirk of German politics, the governing coalitions are often given names. The previous coalition government, headed by the SPD (red), included the Green Party (green) and Liberal Party (yellow) - together they were known as the “traffic light” coalition.

2025 February 22, Sebastian Shukla, Nadine Schmidt and Claudia Otto, “Germany is holding a national election. Here’s what’s at stake”, in CNN:

(German politics) A German political coalition consisting of the Social Democratic Party, the Free Democratic Party, and the Greens.


fedsurrection

Blend of fed (“federal agent”) + insurrection, popularized by American right-wing politicians Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz.

blend

“We are here to expose the truth and ask key questions about the extent to which the federal government was involved,” Gaetz said. “January 6 was not an insurrection… [but] there may very well have been a fedsurrection.”

2022 June 1, Tess Owen, “Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz Declare Jan. 6 Riot a ‘Fedsurrection’”, in VICE:

Right-wing social media users are amplifying questionable interpretations of some of the clips, claiming they show law enforcement officials helping the rioters storm the Capitol, with some FBI officials acting as insurrectionists, coining the term “fedsurrection.”

2023 November 19, Sara Dorn, “New Jan. 6 Videos Released—Launching Wild Conspiracies From The Far Right”, in Forbes:

Speaker Mike Johnson’s recent decision to release the tapes from January 6th contributed to a new focus on the fedsurrection theory.

2023 December 19, Linnaea Honl-Stuenkel and Walker Davis, “Sixteen members of Congress have spread “fedsurrection” conspiracy theory”, in CREW:

(politics, derogatory) An insurrection with large numbers of federal agents taking part, especially the January 6 United States Capitol attack as viewed by supporters of Donald Trump.


police report

(law, law enforcement) A formal documentation of an incident that occurs and is recorded by a police officer.


barleycorn sight

en-noun

barleycorn sight (plural barleycorn sights)

(weaponry) A type of front sight of triangular appearance.


international crisis

international crisis (plural international crises)

(politics, geopolitics) A sequence of interactions between the governments of two or more sovereign states in severe conflict, short of actual war, but involving the perception of a dangerously high probability of war.


high-value target

high-value target (plural high-value targets)

(US military) A person or resource which an enemy commander can least afford to lose.


Tampon Tim

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

So called because of his signing of a Minnesota law in 2023 mandating that menstrual pads and tampons be provided free of charge to both sexes in public schools.

“Tampon Tim is hands down the best political nickname ever,” tweeted conservative commentator Liz Wheeler.

2024 July 8, Rachel Treisman, “Why Republicans are calling Walz 'Tampon Tim' — and why Democrats embrace it”, in NPR:

Some Democrats, in response, have been quick to embrace the nickname, arguing that "Tampon Tim" isn't quite the burn it's meant to be — and that it draws attention to a law that's meant to be an asset to young Minnesotans.

2024 August 8, Virginia Chamlee, “Why Are Tim Walz's Critics Calling Him 'Tampon Tim'?”, in People:

(US politics, slang, derogatory, humorous, neologism) Tim Walz.


urinary leash

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(feminism, historical) The former situation of women being largely confined to their homes because of a lack of public toilets for women.


Finlandize

en-verb

Finlandize (third-person singular simple present Finlandizes, present participle Finlandizing, simple past and past participle Finlandized)

Finlandizes (present singular third-person)
Finlandizing (participle present)
Finlandized (participle past)
Finlandized (past)

Do you think that Russia with Eastern Europe would not have tried to not only neutralize, but Finlandize Germany?

1971, The Cold War: Origins and Developments Hearings Before the Subcomittee on Europe..., 92-1, June 7, 11, 14, and 18, 1971, United States Congress, page 143:

The removal of American troops would be construed by the Kremlin as an invitation to Finlandize Europe.

1977, Parameters Journal of the US Army War College, volume VII, number 2, United States Army War College, page 9:

A Marxist plan to "Finlandize" Honduras in an effort to spread subversive violence throughout Central America has been denounced by Steadman Fagoth, commander in chief of the anti-Sandinist insurgent Indian force called Miskitos, Sumus, and Remas (MISURA).

1983, Daily Report Latin America, volume 83:

“One can Finlandize a democracy,“ says a former Sandanista foreign policy advisor. ”To think one can Finlandize a totalitarian country is pure fantasy.”

1985, Charles Krauthammer, Cutting Edges: Making Sense of the Eighties, Random House, →ISBN, page 173:

Americans seem extremely afraid that the Soviet Union could “Finlandize” solidly capitalist countries in Western Europe (that is, make their foreign policy accommodating without changing their domestic system), but they have no sense that they might Finlandize Nicaragua, let alone Cuba.

1986, Jerry F. Hough, “Conclusion”, in The Struggle for the Third World: Soviet Debates and American Options, Brookings Institution, →ISBN, page 283:

2017, “The Sonnenfeldt Doctrine: A Plan to Finlandize Eastern Europe”, in The Polish Quarterly of International Affairs, number 3, pages 115–129:

(transitive, politics) To control a smaller or weaker nation's foreign policy through intimidation, while that nation remains nominally independent.


dual-capable aircraft

en-noun

dual-capable aircraft (countable and uncountable, plural dual-capable aircrafts)

(aviation, military) Any type of aircraft that can perform both conventional and nuclear missions.


big tentism

“I am concerned about what I would regard as big tentism – this attempt to get everybody into the same fold. I think it is an attempt to create – in the nicest possible way – a one-party state.”

2007 September 25, Stephen Tall, “Vince hits out at Gordon’s ‘Big Tentism’”, in Liberal Democrat Voice:

(politics) The act of appealing to as many different groups, philosophies, and ideologies as possible.


male as norm

(grammar, feminism) The principle that holds that grammatical and lexical devices such as the use of the feminine suffix -ess and the use of man to mean human, strengthen the perceptions that the male category is the norm, and that corresponding female categories are thus less important.


superheavy tank

superheavy tank (plural superheavy tanks)

(military) A tank that is notably beyond the standard of the class heavy tank in either size or weight relative to contemporary vehicles.


spoils system

(politics) A practice in which a successful political party offers government jobs to its supporters.


minhibbakji

Borrowed from Arabic مِنْحِبَّكْجِيّ (minḥibbakjiyy), from North Levantine Arabic مِنْحِبَّك (minḥibbak, “we love you”) + ـجِيّ (-jiyy). It was coined by protesters to Bashar al-Assad.

bor+

مِنْحِبَّكْجِيّ

suf

حب<lang:apc><alt:مِنْحِبَّك>
<t:we love you>

… minhibbakji[s]”—the name derived from a 2007 presidential “election” slogan designating good citizens' devotion to their leader. On the other hand, the complexities are apparent in the constant poking fun at the president on user …

2015, Lisa Wedeen, Ambiguities of Domination:

… minhibbakji in reference to the Assad regime sympathizers. The origin of the new word was minhibbak (We love you), a slogan chanted during a campaign organized by the Syrian government. The demonstrators used this slogan and added …

2016, Mohammed D. Cherkaoui, What Is Enlightenment?:

… minhibbakji, derisively indicating supporters of Bashar Assad, refers back to the image meme of the Syrian president, the word minhibbak lettered underneath. Attention to signs such as the protest cry degage! (get out), addressed

2020, Larbi Sadiki, Routledge Handbook of Middle East Politics:

… minhibbakji was not a negative word. Like the word shabbīḥa, minhibbakji was thus subverted in the Syrian public space, with posters springing up using the term positively

2023, Eylaf Bader Eddin, Translating the Language of the Syrian Revolution (2011/12):

(politics) In the Arab World, a loyalist


N.S.A.

The sweetness of historical vindication pervades “Winner,” Susanna Fogel’s bio-pic about Reality Winner, who, in 2018, pleaded guilty to retaining and transmitting national-defense information to the media, while employed by a military contractor working for the N.S.A.

2024 September 11, Richard Brody, ““Winner” Takes Political Comedy Seriously”, in The New Yorker:

National Security Agency
w:National Security Agency

(government, US) Initialism of National Security Agency.


CPQ

C.P.Q. (alternative)
C. P. Q. (alternative)

Conservative Party of Quebec
Conservative Party of Quebec#English

(Canadian politics) Initialism of Conservative Party of Quebec.


Erap

(Philippines, Philippine politics) Jose Marcelo Ejercito, also known as Joseph Estrada, 13ᵗʰ President of the Philippines


Labor Zionism

en-noun

Labor Zionism (countable and uncountable, plural Labor Zionisms)

Labor Zionisms (plural)
Labour Zionism (alternative)

(politics) The left-wing, socialist current of the Zionist movement, often associated today with support for a two-state solution.


IJA

Imperial Japanese Army
w:Imperial Japanese Army

(military) Initialism of Imperial Japanese Army, the army of Imperial Japan, predecessor of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, usually in reference to WWII.


police lieutenant

police lieutenant (plural police lieutenants)

(law enforcement) A police rank in the police departments of certain nations.


police captain

(law enforcement) A high-level officer in a police department who is usually responsible for an entire district or precinct.


police sergeant

police sergeant (plural police sergeants)

(law enforcement) A rank of law enforcement who supervises officers and handles daily precinct operations.


police van

(law enforcement) A type of vehicle operated by a police force, usually employed for the transport of prisoners inside a specially adapted cell.


police jury

(US, law enforcement) The most common type of governing body for a parish in the state of Louisiana.


security police

security police (plural security police)

(law enforcement) A law enforcement agency focusing primarily on providing security and law enforcement services to a particular area or a specific property.


police squad

(law enforcement) A small squad of law enforcement officers who are trained to deal with a particular kind of crime.


police constable

police constable (plural police constables)

(law enforcement) A law enforcement officer of the lowest rank.


janata

(India, politics) The people; the populace.


Savari

(military, historical) The regular native Libyan cavalry regiments of the Italian colonial army from 1912 to 1943.


Starmerite

“This new research finds the public prefers a more Starmerite approach to immigration – built on control, competence and compassion – to the storm and fury of (Reform UK leader Nigel) Farage.

2024 July 14, Sunder Katwala, quotee, “Public approves of ‘Starmerite’ approach to immigration, poll suggests”, in The Standard, London, archived from the original on 2024-07-15:

(UK politics) A supporter of Keir Starmer, British prime minister since 2024.


workers' paradise

workers' paradise (plural workers' paradises)

(communism) A society where all individuals would have their needs provided for by the government.


workers' salute

workers' salute (plural workers' salutes)

(labour, communism, socialism) A type of raised fist salute associated with the labor movement.


most wanted

most wanted (countable and uncountable, plural most wanteds)

(crime, law enforcement) A list of criminals and alleged criminals who are believed to be at large and are identified as a law enforcement agency's highest priority for capture.


belt-fed

(weaponry) Supplied with ammunition by means of a belt.


ghost bullet

[…] not see them— ghost-bullets flying.

1966, Victor Jeremy Jerome, The Paper Bridge, page 118:

[…] a 'ghost' bullet from a resisting gun strikes an innocent American tourist; a bomb explodes and the faces of four young school-girls smile defiantly at their Israeli jailer.

1970, The Arab World - Volume 16, page 2:

A shot screeched past her head from the west, like a ghost bullet seemingly shot from the large gap of El Capitan itself.

2005, Amy Lignor, The Heart of a Legend, page 6:

I planned to fire what are known as "ghost bullets” —ones that nobody at the intersection would even see or hear .

2024, Terry Hayes, The Year of the Locust, page 121:

(weaponry) A bullet that is shot by an unseen assailant or one that cannot be seen or heard when it is shot.

Let us assume that this 'ghost bullet' idea is correct. Let us write an equation which relates the distance the ordinary bullet travels with the direction of the recoil of the gun and the amount of recoil, assuming that a ghost bullet does travel off at some strange angle each time.

1964, Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, page 412:

And the ghost bullet allowed me to introduce new depths of police corruption.

2012, Douglas Corleone, Last Lawyer Standing, page 304:

In a later account of his attack in Jamaica, Brathwaite claims his assailants shot him with a "ghost bullet,” going so far as to narrate his own death in “I Cristobel Colon.”

2014, Anthony Reed, Freedom Time, page 224:

He didn't find anything on the bullet. Not a trace. A ghost bullet.

2018, Sarah J. Maas, Catwoman: Soulstealer, page 76:

(weaponry, ballistics) A bullet that cannot be found or that is untraceable through ballistic testing.


JSOW

AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon
w:AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon

(military) Initialism of AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon.


provisional government

provisional government (plural provisional governments)

(government) A temporary government formed to manage a period of transition often following state collapse, revolution, civil war, etc.


Roughrider

Spanish-American War
Spanish-American War

(US, military, dated, slang) A member of the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry during the Spanish-American War


Orbánian

en-adj

Orbánian (comparative more Orbánian, superlative most Orbánian)

more Orbánian (comparative)
most Orbánian (superlative)

While constitutional patriotism focuses on constitutional values, which together create the identity of the state, constitutional nationalism focuses on nationalistic values, which are to be represented by the constitution. The Orbánian constitution from 2011 does not violate constitutional values in a broader sense,⁴⁹ but creates a nationalistic basis within constitutional law.

2018, Konrad Lachmayer, “Counter-developments to Global Constitutionalism”, in Martin Belov, editor, Global Constitutionalism and Its Challenges to Westphalian Constitutional Law, Oxford: Hart Publishing, →ISBN, page 92:

(politics) Of or pertaining to Viktor Orbán (born 1963), Hungarian politician and prime minister.

orbáni

of or pertaining to Viktor Orbán (born 1963), Hungarian politician and prime minister


field training officer

en-noun

field training officer (plural field training officers)

(US, law enforcement) An experienced or senior member of an organization who is responsible for the training and evaluation of a junior or probationary level member.


Judeo-Banderite

Since that time the T-shirt "Judeo-Banderite" has been worn by many Ukrainian Jews in defiance of Putin's propaganda.

2017, Olga Bertelsen (editor), Revolution and War in Contemporary Ukraine, The Challenge of Change:

In this phrase, which could also be translated as "Judeo-Banderite," the semantics are transformed from pejorative to affirmative.

2018, Marci Shore, The Ukrainian Night, An Intimate History of Revolution, page 272:

These terms were not, however, rejected but rather appropriated in a humorous way - with the famous public appearance of a Jewish-Ukrainian oligarch Igor Kolomoisky on a T-shirt with the sign "Zhydo-banderovets" (Judeo-Banderite) and the Ukrainian coat of arms (a trident) styled as menorah.

2021, Mykola Riabchuk, At the Fence of Metternich's Garden, page 179:

The neologism zhydobanderivtsi (Judeo-Banderites) became popular as an ironic representation of the unity of ethnic Jews and nationalists in the struggle against Russia's aggression in Ukraine.

2022, Georgiy Kasianov, Memory Crash, Politics of History in and Around Ukraine, 1980s–2010s, page 256:

(politics, derogatory, rare) A Ukrainian nationalist of Jewish descent.

жидобандеровец

a Ukrainian nationalist of Jewish descent


honorary colonel

honorary colonel (plural honorary colonels)

(military) A title given to a person who is not a military officer but is appointed to a regiment to provide a connection between the community and the military.

(military) A senior officer of the regiment, carrying considerable moral authority as the symbolic and ceremonial head of the a regiment.


Honorable Colonel

Honorable Colonel (plural Honorable Colonels)

(military) A polite title of respect for a colonel.


JPE

(Philippines, Philippine politics) Initialism of Juan Ponce Enrile.


shell casing

(firearms) The container that holds the bullet, primer, and gunpowder in a cartridge.


Ceaușescu moment

Ceaușescu moment (plural Ceaușescu moments)

Ceaușescu moments (plural)
Ceausescu moment (alternative)

Coined by The Economist when comparing a speech by Tony Blair on 7 June 2000 with Nicolae Ceaușescu's last speech on 21 December 1989:
:But when the prime minister gulped and started to skip over chunks of his text in the face of the unexpected heckles and slow hand-claps from the unthreatening, decent folk of the Women's Institute, it was uncannily reminiscent of the moment in 1989 when the obedient masses of Bucharest startled Nicolae Ceausescu by their sudden decision to boo. The dictator on his balcony raised his hands, looked puzzled, stepped backwards—and the rest is history.

2000 June 8, “The Ceausescu moment”, in The Economist

2003 July 15, Boris Johnson Zimbabwe Hansard Vol. 409 Part 429 col. 6WH
One way or another, Mugabe will go and it will be sooner rather than later. It is a question for him: does he want to go like Ian Smith and continue to live in Harare or does he want a Ceausescu moment?

I myself became certain that Saddam had reached his fin de régime, or his Ceauşescu moment, when he celebrated his 100-percent win in the “referendum” of 2003 by releasing all the nonpolitical prisoners (the rapists and thieves and murderers who were his natural constituency) from Abu Ghraib.

2005 May 9, Christopher Hitchens, “Abu Ghraib Isn’t Guernica”, in Slate:

John McCririck, the racing pundit and former Big Brother contestant, later described it as a Ceausescu moment. Galloway had primed himself for adulation, only to stand above the crowd and find that his waving did not mute their howling.

2006 January 28, Shane Hegarty, “Profile George Galloway: Cat who didn't get the cream”, in The Irish Times:

The kind of civil upheaval that many abroad had expected and planned for with Fidel out of the picture simply did not transpire. There was no Ceausescu moment.

2009, Julia Sweig, Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 209:

The late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il admitted to Hyundai founder Chung Ju Yung to having dreams where he was stoned to death in the public square by his people. What the Dear Leader feared was his "Ceauşescu moment" (which can now also be understood as a “Qaddafi moment”).

2012, Victor Cha, Nicholas Anderson, “North Korea after Kim Jong Il”, in North Korea in Transition: Politics, Economy, and Society, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 104:

2021 February 22, James Macpherson, “The Australian Open booing: Daniel Andrews’ Ceausescu moment?”, in Spectator Australia

Was the European Super League fiasco the Ceausescu moment for neoliberalism?

2021 April 24, David McWilliams, “A 30-year economic supercycle ended this week”, in The Irish Times:

2021 December 21, David Osland, “Ceaușescu moment for Boris Johnson at the World Darts Championship”, in Labour Hub

(chiefly politics, journalism) A moment when a public figure is booed in public; (by extension) a moment when a person or regime previously considered unassailable suddenly looks vulnerable; the outbreak of a revolution.


Hillarynomics

But the timing and circumstance of its authorship in January make it the best guide to what Hillarynomics is likely to look like.

2015 December 6, Matthew Yglesias, “This is our best look at Hillary Clinton's economic agenda”, in Vox:

And whether it's Hillarynomics or Ivankanomics, the core belief at work here is that social insurance must everywhere and always be a government-supplied or mandated benefit.

2016 September 15, James Pethokoukis, “Donald Trump's theory of love”, in The Week:

(US politics) The economic ideas of Hillary Clinton.


Ivankanomics

“Interestingly though, we have someone who did just that. Ivanka Trump did just that, securing $1.5 billion in relief from the private sector for small businesses, $10 billion to [community development financial institutions], which are banks that help minority and low-income communities. But I don’t remember the term ‘Ivankanomics,’ do you?” Ms. McEnany continued.

2021 January 6, John Bowden, “Former Trump spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany slams Forbes cover featuring Kamala Harris”, in The Independent:

(US politics) The economic ideas of Ivanka Trump.


Joetard

(US politics, slang, derogatory, offensive) A political supporter of Joe Biden.


laborish

en-adj

laborish (comparative more laborish, superlative most laborish)

more laborish (comparative)
most laborish (superlative)
Labourish (alternative)

(politics) Characteristic of a labour political party.


Walzonomics

Indeed, reporting in the business press shows that corporate titans see Walz’s nomination merely as a rhetorical and aesthetic sop to the party’s base — but not a signal of Harris’s commitment to adopting Walzonomics or even the strongest parts of the Biden-Harris economic agenda.

2024 October 8, David Sirota, “Harris-Walz’s Good Vibes Aren’t Enough”, in Jacobin:

In program after program, Minnesota demonstrates why Walzonomics works.

2024 August 28, Peter Cs, “The Good Neighbor Economy: Why Walzonomics Works”, in Daily Kos:

(US politics) The economic ideas and policies of Minnesota governor Tim Walz.


green cross

(military, weaponry) A chemical warfare pulmonary agent used during World War I.


green book

(government) Any of various official reports of government affairs bound in a green color.


SAMHS

South African Military Health Service
w:South African Military Health Service

(South Africa, military) Initialism of South African Military Health Service.


TPDF

Tanzania People's Defence Force
w:Tanzania People's Defence Force

(Tanzania, military) Initialism of Tanzania People's Defence Force


mermite

Possibly related to marmite (“cooking pot”).

(military) An insulated container used to keep food hot or cold.


rotary-wing intercept

en-noun

rotary-wing intercept (plural rotary-wing intercepts)

rotary-wing aircraft
rotary-wing aircraft

(law enforcement, military) An intercept performed by rotary-wing aircraft.


Labourish

en-adj

Labourish (comparative more Labourish, superlative most Labourish)

more Labourish (comparative)
most Labourish (superlative)

He has good cards to play on making Brussels better and slimming the continent's heavyweight welfare states. Both can, not implausibly, be given a New Labourish colouring, though Mr Blair's lectures can sound insufferably Pecksniffian.

2000 February 24, “Tony Blair takes his time”, in The Guardian:

(UK politics) Of or related to the Labour party.


manclaiming

(feminism, rare, derogatory) A man's practice of claiming a woman's work as his own.


contact shot

(firearms, pathology) A gunshot executed in such a way that the muzzle of the firearm is in direct contact with a body at the moment of discharge.


-slide

It was a Greenslide. This is the best result for the Greens in our history.

Fast-forward to 2022, and that particular pattern repeated in Brisbane where the Greens picked up three federal seats – two from the Liberal National Party and one from Labor. It could also be seen in the tealslide against the Liberals in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.

2022 November 19, George Megalogenis, “Why the nation’s politicians will be watching the vote in Victoria”, in Sydney Morning Herald:

I was elected in the Ruddslide of 2007, and by the time the next election comes around, I will have served for 17 years.

2024 March 25, Mark Coulton, “Federation Chamber - STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS - Member for Parkes”, in parliamentary debates (House of Representatives), page 2,286:

She has been a teenage Laborista, an early leader, and won the unlikely third place in the 2022 West Australian Laborslide.

2024 July 10, Guy Rundle, “At the heart of the Payman pile-on lies a fundamental failure of imagination”, in Crikey:

(informal, Australia, politics) An overwhelming or surprising victory by the group or individual specified.


Diaper Don

Since the results [of the investigations] are similar in both cases, in the name of fairness and equality, shouldn't Diaper Don be treated the same as Hillary [Clinton]? Lock him up! Lock him up!

2019 April 9, Hal Lichtman, “Parallel probes”, in Daily News, volume 100, number 288, Voice of the People, page 28:

After he [Josh Hawley] sticks his head in Diaper Don's soiled Depends™ he will never be able to wash off the Trump Stank.

2020 December 31, Kaboota, “Re:Sen. Josh Hawley Says He Will Suck Trump's Tiny Limp Cock On Jan. 6”, in alt.slack (Usenet), archived from the original on 2024-10-16:

You know what Trumpers love more than anything? [...] Violence. Trump, too, or so he thinks. Well, unlike Diaper Don, I'm an expert on that subject.

2024 [2022], Greg Iles, Southern Man, →ISBN, unnumbered page:

(US politics, derogatory) A nickname of the American president Donald Trump.

...running his businesses from which he has refused to divest. Meaning that the taxpayers now bear the cost every time Eric or Diaper Don go visit a Trump hotel or golf course.

2017 February 21, Futbol Phan, “Re:President @BarackObama's vacation is costing taxpayers millions of dollars----Unbelievable! 1:56 PM - 5 Jan 2012”, in rec.sport.football.college (Usenet), archived from the original on 2024-10-16:

Diaper Don would wake up in some stranger’s dorm room or off-campus apartment or bedroom in his frat house, covered in piss, walk back to his own room, and get blitzed that evening or the next anew[.]

2018 June 18, Nikki Schwab, quoting Emily Jane Fox, “‘Diaper Don’s’ hard-partying college days detailed in new book”, in New York Post, archived from the original on 2019-11-11:

I hate when Diaper Don tries to act like a smart diplomat.

2024 June 19, Michele Shepherd Wells (@michele.s.wells.5), “Archived copy”, in Threads, archived from the original on 2024-10-16:

(US politics, derogatory) A nickname of the American businessman Donald Trump Jr.


every accusation is a confession

(chiefly politics) A person who accuses others of a thing (act, behavior, wrongdoing, etc) is in fact doing that same thing themselves.


AWFUL

2024, @bayareahausfrau, She's AWFUL... Affluent White Female Urban Liberal.:

(US, neologism, politics, social media) Initialism of affluent white female urban liberal.


OPTEMPO

“The air defense, artillery community is the most stressed. They have the highest ‘optempo’ really of any part of the Army,” Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said, using a phrase meaning the pace of operations.

2024 October 14, Lolita C. Baldor, quoting Christine Wormuth, “Sending a THAAD air defense system to Israel adds to strain on US Army forces”, in AP News:

(US, military) Clipped compound of operations tempo.


scrubout

(military, Antarctica) A session of cleaning.


weather guesser

en-noun

weather guesser (plural weather guessers)

The weather guessers told us that Pensacola was surrounded by thunderstorms.

1994, Approach: The Naval Safety Center's Aviation Magazine, page 23:

(military, Antarctica, slang) A meteorologist.


nuisance candidate

nuisance candidate (plural nuisance candidates)

(US, Philippines, politics, law) A candidate for election meant to present the election process as a mockery or disrepute or to cause confusion among voters (e.g. via similarity of names of candidates)


QuadComm

(Philippine politics) Abbreviation of Quad Committee.


Quad Committee

QuadComm (alternative)
Quadcomm (alternative)
Quad comm (alternative)
Quadcom (alternative)
quad com (alternative)

(Philippines, Philippine politics) A collection of four committees of the House of Representatives, namely the Committees on Dangerous Drugs, Public Order and Safety, Human Rights, and Public Accounts.


ConCom

Abbreviation of consultative committee. Coined on December 7, 2016, after Former President Rodrigo Duterte signed Philippine Executive Order No. 10, s. 2016.

(Philippines, Philippine politics) A committee that reviews the Philippine 1987 Constitution for charter change.

Philippine Executive Order 10
Rodrigo Duterte


Unithieves

Blend of UniTeam + thieves, implying corruption.

(Philippine politics, derogatory, slang) The UniTeam alliance during the 2022 Philippine presidential election.


UniThieves

(Philippine politics, slang, derogatory) Alternative letter-case form of Unithieves.


Con-Con

constitutional convention
w:constitutional convention

(Philippines, politics) Abbreviation of constitutional convention.


Con-Ass

constituent assembly
w:constituent assembly

(Philippines, Philippine politics) Abbreviation of constituent assembly.

constitutional assembly
w:constitutional assembly

(Philippines, Philippine politics) Abbreviation of constitutional assembly.


Juetengate

(Philippine politics, neologism) A political scandal in which former president Joseph Estrada and other officials were accused of accepting bribes and protecting illegal gambling operations known as "jueteng".


MAGAnomics

The focus of MAGAnomics is simple: Grow the economy and with it the wealth of, and opportunity for, all Americans.

2017 July 13, Mick Mulvaney, “Introducing MAGAnomics”, in The Wall Street Journal:

The willingness of "MAGA Republicans" to force a government shutdown "unless Donald Trump gets his way, shines a brighter spotlight on economic impacts of the extreme MAGAnomics agenda," campaign advisers said in an email last week.

2023 September 27, Megan Lebowitz, “Biden campaign highlights 'MAGAnomics' ahead of the second GOP debate”, in NBC News:


fingy

(slang, Antarctica or US, military) Synonym of FNG (“fucking new guy”).


armskote

From arms + possibly Hindustani کوٹ / कोट (koṭ, “fort, barracks”), ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *kōṭṭay (“wall”). Compare Tamil கோட்டை (kōṭṭai, “fort, castle, stronghold”). Alternatively, from Hindi कोठा (koṭhā, “warehouse”) or a related cognate.

cog

Then, we can train in the bunk. Right, Vinod? We can train anywhere. Today you help the Armskote.

1993, Haresh Sharma, Off Centre, Ethos Books, →ISBN, Act 3, scene I, page 84, lines 26–27:

(Singapore, military) A storage room or armoury where firearms and magazines are kept.


anti-Trumpism

From anti- + Trump + -ism or anti- + Trumpism.

Its emphasis has turned to anti-anti-Trumpism. Most of the magazine’s writers are too embarrassed to defend Trump’s behavior outright.

2020 September 15, Jonathan Chait, “National Review Has Elevated Anti-Anti-Trumpism to an Art Form”, in Intelligencer, archived from the original on 2023-12-26:

(US politics) The general disapproval, resistance and opposition to Donald Trump or his policies.


feminalist

en-adj

feminalist (comparative more feminalist, superlative most feminalist)

more feminalist (comparative)
most feminalist (superlative)

It assumes that more feminalist proponents are found on the left end of the spectrum and more masculinist ones on the right.

2005, Sue Thomas, Clyde Wilcox, Women and Elective Office: Past, Present, and Future:

Practised in the context of a social movement, dispersed leadership has opened opportunities for women to adopt feminalist styles of leadership that invite and increase the participation of women as a group, while it has also provided the means to advance feminist agendas.

2009, John Kane, Haig Patapan, Paul 't Hart, Dispersed Democratic Leadership, page 56:

As chair of the House Ethics Committee, she appeared to fulfill the feminalist role of ethical or moral leadership that the mass public and the political elite expect from women.

2011, Keith Dowding, Encyclopedia of Power, page 715:

(politics, gender studies) Pertaining to or indicative of feminalism; reflecting women's values and concerns.


blue shift

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From blue + shift, referring to the Democratic Party's political color.

(US politics) An observed phenomenon in which an apparent early Republican lead after the polls close on the night of an election is diminished by the counting of mail-in ballots later in the evening or in the days after Election Day.


feminalism

Unlike feminism, then, feminalism is able to capture the range of ideologies associated with females, much as masculinism does for ideologies associated with males.

2005, Sue Thomas, Clyde Wilcox, Women and Elective Office, page 235:

The degree of masculinism and feminalism varies, but in most political systems most of the time, masculinism prevails and permeates the context of power.

2011, Keith Dowding, Encyclopedia of Power, page 714:

Leaders can adopt a feminalist approach without advocating feminism, but feminists generally endorse feminalism as it invites more participatory governance and engaging leadership.

2013, Paul Strangio, Paul 't Hart, James Walter, Understanding Prime-Ministerial Performance, page 103:

(politics, gender studies) A preference for and support of traditionally feminine values and traits such as cooperation, consensus, and support for the underprivileged.


double-A

(military, weaponry) Synonym of AA (“anti-aircraft”).


triple-A

(military, weaponry) Synonym of AAA (“anti-aircraft artillery”).


air defense

en-noun

air defense (countable and uncountable, plural air defenses)

air defenses (plural)
air defence (alternative)

(military, weaponry) The use of systems, equipment, and personnel to prevent or reduce the impact of an attack by enemy aircraft or missiles.


Cherrybum

Cherrybums (plural)
Cherubim (alternative)

cherry + bum, an allusion to the crimson trousers they wore, and perhaps a play on cherubim.

(military, historical, slang) A member of the 11th Hussars, a cavalry regiment of the British Army established in 1715.


Cherry Picker

(military, historical, slang) Synonym of Cherrybum (“a member of the 11th Hussars cavalry regiment”).


priming wire

(firearms) A pointed wire used to pierce a cartridge before priming it by penetrating the vent of a firearm.


blasting cap

(weaponry) A small, metal tube or shell containing a detonating charge and is used to initiate the detonation of other explosives.


fire site

Colletti said having safety officers at fill and dump sites is a good idea because in most shuttle scenarios, everyone is rushing and in a hurry to get water to the fire site as quickly as possible, sometimes throwing caution to the wind.

2017 May 19, Ed Ballam, “Rural Water Supply for Fire Supression Is an Art Form”, in Firehouse, Nashville, Tennessee: Endeavor Business Media, retrieved 2024-11-01:

One of the key components of most water-shuttle operations is the use of dump tanks to hold water at the fire site for the initial pumpers to draw water from.

2014 March 1, “A Water-Shuttle & Drafting Drill”, in FirefighterNation, Fairlawn, New Jersey: Clarion Fire & Rescue Group, retrieved 2024-11-01:

(firefighting) A designated location for a firefighter to draw or pump water out of a natural source, such as a lake or river.


fill site

The most important attribute of a fill site is a substantial and accessible water supply. Without a water source able to support fireground operations, a fill site is of little value.

2021 October 1, Andrew Corselli, “Highway Hydraulics: Main Street to Country Roads, Part 3: Routing and Fill Sites”, in Fire Apparatus & Emergency Equipment, Fairlawn, New Jersey: Clarion Fire & Rescue Group, retrieved 2024-11-01:


filling site

Water shuttles involve a process in which tankers deliver their load of water to the emergency scene (the dump site), travel to a filling site, reload with water, and then return to the emergency scene to dump again.

2003, Safe Operation of Fire Tankers, Emmitsburg, Maryland: United States Fire Administration, retrieved 2024-11-01, page 97:


show-up

Deverbal from show up. (showing of a suspect): Compare lineup.

(law enforcement) The showing of a suspect to a victim by police in the hope of identifying the suspect as the culprit.


paper cartridge

paper cartridge (plural paper cartridges)

(firearms) A type of small arms ammunition used before the advent of the metallic cartridge.


tipping-point state

tipping-point state (plural tipping-point states)

(US, politics) In a list of states of the United States ordered by decreasing margins of victory for the winning candidate in a presidential election, the state whose votes cause the winning candidate to meet or exceed the threshold for victory when tallying the number of electoral college votes from each state.


ambulatory care

ambulatory care (usually uncountable, plural ambulatory cares)

(healthcare, medicine) A form of medical care provided on an outpatient basis.


fobbit

fobbits (plural)
FOBbit (alternative)
Fobbit (alternative)

(US, military, slang, derogatory) A soldier who avoids combat by staying within the confines of a military base.


Blexas

Blend of blue (“pertaining to the Democratic Party”) + Texas.

blend

(US politics, slang) A potential flipping of Texas in Democratic favor.


monkey model

Coined by Soviet and Russian writer Viktor Suvorov in 1982

coinage

But as Suvorov observes, the Soviets manufacture two variants of equipment: the standard model and the stripped-down “monkey” model for export, which is sold abroad as “latest” equipment.

1983, Terry B. O’Rourke, “The Soviet Threat”, in Claremont Review of Books, volume 11, number 4:

1974 […] Development of initial export ("monkey model") version of T-72

2013 February 7, “Military Vehicles Forecast: T-72”, in Forecast International:

Even if the Russia continues the “monkey model” policy for export gear, a downgrade T-14 could still stack up well against Western tanks, like the Abrams, Leopard 2, and Challenger 2.

2015 May 22, Christian Beekman, “Why Russia’s New Tanks Are A Wake-Up Call For The US”, in Task & Purpose:

(military, informal) A downgraded version of a weapon for export or war-time mass production, which lacks many advanced functions of the original version.


Trumpquake

From Trump + quake, modeled after earthquake.

And that, it seems, was what last night’s Trumpquake was about, a revolt against the experts, against the elites, against the out-of-touch inside-the-Beltway insiders who enforced the longstanding norms that Trump so flagrantly violated.

2016 November 9, Michael Grunwald, “What Drove the Trumpquake”, in POLITICO:

I was recently at a conference about the causes and consequences of Brexit and the Trumpquake where I heard the French participants try to keep everyone calm by expressing confidence that those shattering setbacks to conventional wisdom would not be followed by the election of President Marine Le Pen.

2016 November 19, Andrew Rawnsley, “The shock lessons for liberals from Brexit and the Trumpquake”, in The Guardian:

(US politics) Donald Trump's unexpected 2016 presidential election win.


John Fraud Kerry

Blend of John Forbes Kerry + fraud, from accusations that he faked his three Purple Hearts in the Vietnam War.

[When] we find the truth about John "Fraud" Kerry's military records.

2004 August 6, cop...@usa.net, “Where did Bush's corner go ?”, in (Usenet):

[S]he basically is in the same predicament as Lt. John Fraud Kerry!
 Damned if she does, damned if she doesn't, […] only the Polls can tell her (just like Kerry) what she believes.

2005 September 21, Bill-for-First-Lady, “Hillary's Problem is the same as Lt. John Fraud Kerry's”, in alt.politics.gw-bush (Usenet):

I'm shocked, *SHOCKED*, that John Fraud Kerry was able to get his daughter out of her DUI arrest.

2009 November 23, 1-20-2013, “Do you suppose John Kerry used the ol' "do you know who I am?" line?”, in alt.politics (Usenet):

An Incident on the Bay Hap River from Scott Swett’s “To Set the Record Straight” to find out for yourself what a self-aggrandizing liar John Fraud Kerry truly is.

2022 November 19, TEWS_Pilot, “Comment to "COP27 Fail: John Kerry MIA as Delegates Demand the USA Pay for “Loss and Damage”"”, in wattsupwiththat.com:

(derogatory, US politics) Nickname for John Kerry.


Wokeistan

In the 48 hours since President-elect Donald Trump delivered a schoolyard booty stomp to Wokeistan, one thing has become frighteningly clear: Despite unequivocal evidence of an outright MAGA romp (an electoral college avalanche, a rare Republican popular vote victory and a likely GOP-controlled Congress) left-wing lunatics are still clinging to their oat-milk latte delusions like Joe Biden to a baby's foot on Halloween.

2024 November 8, Kennedy, “48 hours after the election, one thing is clear... the deranged Democratic plot to sabotage Trump has already begun, warns KENNEDY”, in Daily Mail:

(derogatory, politics) A country that is regarded as excessively woke.


APIT

(weaponry) Initialism of armor-piercing incendiary tracer.


dog-whistling

(politics, sometimes derogatory) The act or habit of uttering a political allusion or comment that only a certain audience is intended to note and recognize its significance, particularly in relation to controversial or extreme viewpoints.


Newscum

Blend of Newsom + scum. Popularized by Donald Trump in 2024 but earlier uses exist.

FUNNY. . .I thought this was a Gavin Newscum cartoon for California.
=^.^=

“Governor Gavin Newscum is trying to KILL our Nation’s beautiful California,” Trump said Friday in a post on Truth Social, using his derisive nickname for the governor.

2024 November 8, Dustin Gardiner, “Gavin Newsom’s quest to ‘Trump-proof’ California enrages incoming president”, in POLITICO:

Governor Gavin Newscum refused to sign the water restoration declaration put before him that would have allowed millions of gallons of water, from excess rain and snow melt from the North, to flow daily into many parts of California, including the areas that are currently burning in a virtually apocalyptic way.

2025 January 8, Donald Trump, Truth Social:

(US politics, derogatory) Gavin Newsom, governor of California.


deep stater

(politics) Someone allied with the deep state.


AFCENT

(US, military) Abbreviation of Air Forces Central.


coupism

From coup + -ism. First use appears c. 1962. See cite below.

The struggle between coupism and legalism up to now has been waged between the two anti-Peronista sectors.

1962, United States, Central Intelligence Agency, Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts, numbers 195-196, page 7:

You will not understand that coupism, as a method of struggle, in reality corresponds to "a portion" of the system of classes which share in power -- the surrender-minded bourgeoisie and the big landowners -- whose influence is declining in the government and whose old privileges can be maintained only through a coup or through the interruptions of historical process, whose components, among others, are the ever growing role of the worker masses within society and, in the area of the government, a gradual shift in the balance of power towards the national bourgeoisie.

1963, Translations on International Communist Developments:

We are not at all plagued by sectarianism, coupism, or adventurism. Our policy is based on the acceptance and participation of the masses and the strengthening of the unity of the whole opposition.

1985, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations, Human Rights in Chile, page 133:

Their frameworks propose multidimensional concepts of civilian control and clear criteria for differentiating various states and outcomes of civil-military relations and thereby avoid the conceptual and empirical 'fallacies of coupism' (Croissant et al., 2010).

2015, A. Croissant, D. Kuehn, P. Lorenz, Democratization and Civilian Control in Asia:

Ultimately, "coupism” in 2023 Thailand has remained alive and well.

2024, Paul Chambers, Praetorian Kingdom: A History of Military Ascendancy in Thailand, page 641:

(politics) The advocacy or favoring of a coup d'état within a government or the enforcement of the political power of a minority by means of the military.


flower crown

(clothing, monarchy) A crown made of brightly colored flowers.


bomb thrower

bomb throwers (plural)
bomb-thrower (alternative)

And most eye-popping of all, Rep. Matt Gaetz – a political bomb-thrower who has faced federal and congressional investigations into alleged unsavory personal conduct – is now President-elect Trump’s nominee for U.S. attorney general.

2024 November 14, Linda Feldmann, Henry Gass, “Trump’s eye-popping Cabinet picks show his top priority: Loyalty”, in The Christian Science Monitor:

(politics, by extension) A radical agitator; a firebrand.


hypercannon

hypercannons (plural)
hyper-cannon (alternative)

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"You'll have to use the hypercannon", the professor answered.

1994, Dina Anastasio, Virtual Troopers: Virtual Reality Magician, Price Stern Sloan, →ISBN, page 136:

Notice that this law also states that we cannot hope to achieve superluminal (faster than light) speeds with a hypercannon mounted on a relativistic spaceship.

2005, John F. Hawley, Katherine A. Holcomb, Foundations of Modern Cosmology, OUP Oxford, →ISBN, page 193:

Once I realize what I am looking, I have some doubts that this hypercannon is going to be any use to us.

2014, Cynthia Green, Scott Green, GunKnight, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, →ISBN, page 237:

(science fiction, video games, rare, weaponry, fantasy) An extraordinarily powerful, superior cannon.


male-identified

I'm here to tell you that lesbian battering occurs in all kinds of lesbian relationships. I am a butch and I was a victim of it. All kinds of women can be abused, and many different kinds of women can be abusers. It's not going to be as easy as pointing fingers at those who are "male-identified" or have "internalized homophobia," and saying the problem is over there.

1984 February 4, Anne Franklin, “Who Are The Experts?”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 28, page 6:

(feminism, of a woman, derogatory) Aligned with patriarchal interests.


Dutertegarch

Blend of Duterte + oligarch, after Rodrigo Duterte.

But while Duterte wants to “kill” these two oligarchs, he’s open to the entry of another oligarch, Manny Villar’s Prime Water, to replace Manila Water and Maynilad. Prime Water currently has concessions in several provinces but the transition from Maynilad and Manila Water to Prime Water would make Villar the “water supply king,” the latest Dutertegarch.

2020 April 7, Perry Diaz, “Rise of the Dutertegarchs”, in Philippine Sentinel:

Dutertegarchs in politics

2021 July 27, “Dutertegarchs”, in IBON Foundation:

Philippine leader solidifies new class of ‘Dutertegarchs’ that has prospered from state deals and concessions during his tenure

2022 February 10, Jason Castaneda, “Duterte’s oligarchs enriched in waning days of his rule”, in Asia Times:

(Philippines, Philippine politics, neologism) An oligarch who is associated with and benefits from the Duterte administration and its economic policies.


sailboat fuel

(military, slang, humorous) The air in an empty vehicle that would usually be transporting cargo.


broligarchy

en-noun

broligarchy (countable and uncountable, plural broligarchies)

Last week saw perhaps the first major showdown between the pseudo cryptolibertarianism they both espouse and that old-fashioned, resolutely analogue concept known as the nation state. For anyone who has spent any time pondering the intergalactic levels of entitlement among the tech broligarchy and the – until now – total impunity they’ve faced, the arrest and subsequent charging of Durov was a singular moment.

2024 August 31, Carole Cadwalladr, “Don’t rejoice yet, Elon Musk and his tech bros-in-arms are winning the global battle for the truth”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:

The yet-to-be-created entity's acronym, DOGE, is something of a joke—a reference to a cryptocurrency named for an internet meme involving a Shiba Inu. But its appointed task of reorganizing the federal bureaucracy and slashing its spending heralds a new political arrangement in Washington: a broligarchy, in which tremendous power is flowing to tech and finance magnates, some of whom appear indifferent or even overtly hostile to democratic tradition.

2024 November 24, Brooke Harrington, “What the Broligarchs Want from Trump”, in The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-11-24:

Yet, with our current president profiting from it, it is clear that the broligarchy is here to stay.

2025 January 24, Aambar Agarwal, “Welcome to the broligarchy”, in The Case Western Reserve Observer, volume LVI, number 16, page 9:

(neologism, politics) A small group of ultrawealthy men who exert inordinate control or influence within a political structure, particularly while espousing views regarded as anti-democratic, technofascist, and masculinist.


broligarch

Thiel is not alone in his interest in a Trump victory: Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, and more recently, Elon Musk are fellow MAGA broligarch bedfellows.

2024 August 14, Bryn Haworth, “Artificial Ignorance: broligarchs and their brains should read Gulliver”, in Al Majalla:

No one is denying that there would be an administrative burden to enforcing a regular tax on unrealized capital gains, as some assets would surely be challenging to value annually, but it wouldn’t be as hard as broligarchs and other pundits make it out to be.

2024 August 15, Emily McCloskey, “Broligarchs Are Wrong About Unrealized Gains”, in Patriotic Millionaires:

President Trump listens to a lot of voices, and he will think it over, and then he’ll make a decision. And clearly, the tech broligarchs have, because of their ability to get in there, and I consider the Inauguration Day like they’re on display, like on the deck of the battleship Missouri.

2025 January 31, Ross Douthat, quoting Steve Bannon, “Steve Bannon on ‘Broligarchs’ vs. Populism”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

And there is 'First Buddy' Elon Musk, one of the billionaire broligarchs who stand to benefit from his presidency.

2025 February 7, Richard Godwin, “What Is a dudebro?”, in The Oldie, number 448, page 12:

(neologism, politics) An extremely wealthy man who holds inordinate power or influence within a political structure, especially while espousing a range of views regarded as anti-democratic, technofascist, and masculinist.


line of engagement

line of engagement (plural lines of engagement)

(fencing) Synonym of line (“the position in which the fencers hold their swords”).


gay race communism

HR exists to browbeat straight white men and ensure that the spirit of the civil rights act (gay race communism) is honored inside of every nominally capitalist organization

2022, Zero HP Lovecraft, Twitter:https://x.com/0x49fa98/status/1594454306610204673

“Gay race communism isn’t an appealing export to anyone, and that’s what we are exporting,” he says, referring to what he sees as the social agenda of America’s cultural and media establishment and, to some extent, the U.S. government. “The purpose of empire cannot be to make other people’s children transgender.”

2024 July 18, Pancevski, Bojan, “Inside the Strange New World of Tucker Carlson”, in The Wall Street Journal, New York, N.Y.: Dow Jones & Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

2024, Beauchamp, Zack, Vox:https://www.vox.com/politics/368884/online-right-l0m3z-jonathan-keeperman-interview-razib-khan
L0m3z is obsessed with the specter of something he calls “gay race communism,” which he describes as “a civilizational scale shit-test that operates on the … implicit threat of feminine hysterics.”

2024, Mbatang, Obadiah, Spiked:https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/11/17/why-the-very-online-right-has-it-in-for-kemi-badenoch/
Arguably, it would be just as nonsensical as accusing Margaret Thatcher of ‘gay race communism’ (as the Very Online right sometimes insists on calling ‘woke’)

(Internet slang, humorous, politics) Far-left ideologies, particularly ones perceived as promoted by the state or media and associated with wokeism and civilizational decline from a right-wing perspective.

Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism


USFA

(historical, military) Initialism of United States Forces in Austria.


flameover

flameover (countable and uncountable, plural flameovers)


hose jacket

(firefighting) A device that clamps around a burst or leaking portion of hose.


IRCCM

infrared counter-countermeasure
infrared counter-countermeasure#English

(military) Initialism of infrared counter-countermeasure.


woke mind virus

woke mind virus (plural woke mind viruses)

Popularised by Elon Musk on Twitter in 2021, although the phrase has been around for much longer than that.

"We have made Florida the state where woke goes to die," Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said at a recent event in Virginia. "The woke mind virus represents a war on merit. It represents a war on achievement."

2023 July 21, Domenico Montanaro, “Republicans can't stop using the word 'woke'. But what does it really mean?”, in NPR:

Musk told Peterson that Wilson’s gender transition has been the motivation for his push into conservative politics. “I vowed to destroy the woke mind virus after that, and we’re making some progress,” he said.

2024 July 25, David Ingram, “Elon Musk's transgender daughter, in first interview, says he berated her for being queer as a child”, in NBC News:

(politics, slang, neologism, derogatory) Leftist, progressive, or social justice-supporting movements that are perceived by opponents to be fanatical or corrupting society.

“I think we need to be very cautious about anything that is anti-meritocratic and anything that results in the suppression of free speech,” Musk said to Maher. “So those are two of the aspects of the ‘woke mind virus’ that I think are very dangerous…. you can’t question things, even the questioning is bad. Almost synonymous would be cancel culture. And obviously people have tried to cancel you many times.”

2023 April 28, Ellise Shafer, McKinley Franklin, “Elon Musk Talks Twitter, Censorship and the ‘Woke Mind Virus’ on ‘Real Time With Bill Maher’”, in Variety:

(politics, slang, neologism, derogatory, by extension) Perceived left-wing threats to freedom of speech or conservative values.


Hague Invasion Act

the Hague Invasion Act (canonical)
The Hague Invasion Act (alternative)

(informal, US politics) The American Service-Members' Protection Act.


inteqal

(politics) The transition of security responsibility for Afghanistan from NATO/ISAF to the Afghan state.


bag and tag

en-verb

bag and tag (third-person singular simple present bags and tags, present participle bagging and tagging, simple past and past participle bagged and tagged)

bags and tags (present singular third-person)
bagging and tagging (participle present)
bagged and tagged (participle past)
bagged and tagged (past)

(military and medicine, slang, transitive) To place (a corpse) in a body bag and attach an identification tag to the bag.


MINDEF

(Malaysia, Singapore, military) Abbreviation of Ministry of Defence, categorised into following countries:


Steady Eddie

(Philippines, Philippine politics) Fidel Ramos, 12ᵗʰ President of the Philippines


INDOPACOM

(US, military) Acronym of Indo-Pacific Command.


USAFRICOM

United States Africa Command
w:United States Africa Command

(US, military) Abbreviation of United States Africa Command.


USPACOM

United States Pacific Command
w:United States Pacific Command

(US, military, obsolete) Abbreviation of United States Pacific Command.


USCENTCOM

United States Central Command
w:United States Central Command

(US, military) Abbreviation of United States Central Command.


USSPACECOM

United States Space Command
w:United States Space Command

(US, military) Abbreviation of United States Space Command.


SPACECOM

Space Command
w:United States Space Command

(US, military) Abbreviation of Space Command.


PACOM

(US, military) Abbreviation of Pacific Command.


land down

land down (third-person singular simple present lands down, present participle landing down, simple past and past participle landed down)

lands down (present singular third-person)
landing down (participle present)
landed down (participle past)
landed down (past)

According to him [scil. Ilya Tumanov], the airfield’s air defense systems managed to intercept only seven of the missiles, emphasizing that this term refers only to an attempt to land them down, not the interception of the missiles.

2024 November 25th, Olena Mukhina, “Ukraine reportedly strikes Russian military airfield in Kursk Oblast with ATACMS missiles for first time”, in Euromaidan Press:

(military, transitive) To intercept (a missile) and bring it to ground before it reaches its target.


soft room

Glendale District 4 purchased toys and equipment for the "soft room" occupied by children when family violence/tragic events bring them into police headquarters.

1989, “Child Abuse Prevention”, in LACMA Physician, volume 119, number 12, Los Angeles County Medical Association, page 29:

Though he possessed no formal training in interviewing children, he had spent five years working with traumatized children and learning through trial and error how to interview them. His boss assigned him to show the Martensville rookie how to interview them too, in the Soft Room at the Saskatoon police station.

1997 November 7, Frann Harris, “The Prosecution”, in Martensville: Truth Or Justice?: The Story of the Martensville Daycare Trials, Dundurn Press, →ISBN, page 37:

In deliberate contrast, the soft room was outfitted with overstuffed chairs and painted a deep blue. In addition to improving interviewees’ experiences, Hill said, the physical and psychological comfort of the soft room will help officers obtain more detailed, accurate testimonies from victims.

2015 April 22, Allison Oligschlaeger, “West Valley police open 'soft' interview room for victims of violence”, in Deseret News, →ISSN:

The Kansas City, Missouri Police Department installed the first soft room in Missouri.

2024 June 25, Amanda Alvarado, “Police department creates ‘soft’ interview room for assault survivors”, in News, WIBW:

Last month, with the help of Project Beloved, Missouri’s Kansas City Police Department remodeled a formerly stiff and uninviting room (used for both victims and suspects) into a soft interview room to solely serve victims of sexual assault. Two years ago, another police department in the Kansas City suburb of Belton used a federal grant to create a similar soft room.

2024 July 11, Jaclyn Diaz, “After a tragedy, a mother wants to soften the rooms where police interview victims”, in National, NPR:

(law enforcement) A room set up in a police station with amenities that make it easier to talk with children, trauma victims, or other vulnerable populations.


PLARF

People's Liberation Army Rocket Force
w:People's Liberation Army Rocket Force

(military) Abbreviation of People's Liberation Army Rocket Force.


V/STOVL

(military, aviation) Acronym of vertical/short takeoff and vertical landing.


NMW

National Minimum Wage
w:National Minimum Wage

(UK, law, politics, finance) Initialism of National Minimum Wage.


people power

(politics) A driving force that is exercised through the public demonstration of popular opinion.


change parade

(Singapore, military) A form of punishment in which recruits are tasked with performing physical exercises, changing clothes, etc. under strict time limits.


preconnect

It is impractical to calculate rate of flow at the time of the fire. If the fire compartment is larger than two standard preconnects can extinguish, or if the fuel load will create a fire situation beyond the control […]

2020, Bernard "Ben" J. Klaene, Thomas C. Lakamp, Structural Firefighting (page 84)

(firefighting) A hose with one end ready connected to a pump outlet.


tap, rack, bang

"Still," Suit echoed. "The way she handles the gun jamming." Suit shook their head in admiration. "Tap, rack, bang, without hesitation. That's extraordinary retention."

2015 March 25, thedeadlymoose, “The Seed of an Idea”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 2024-12-01:

(military, firearms) A technique for clearing a jam or misfire, consisting of applying pressure to the floor plate of the magazine to properly seat the magazine, manually cycling the action to eject an unfired round, and aiming and attempting to fire again.


tap, rack, bang

(military, firearms) To use the tap, rack, bang technique of clearing a jam or misfire.


BlueMAGA

From blue + MAGA. From blue, the color associated with the Democratic Party and MAGA (Make America Great Again), the slogan used by Donald Trump during his election campaigns. First coined by conservatives in 2017 after the US presidential election in 2016, and popularized in mid-2024 after the initial presidential debate during Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

(US politics, collective) Liberal and progressive voters who support Joe Biden to an outrageous and seemingly blind extent, perceived to behave similarly to Trump supporters.


UCR

The UCR report says that about 77% of reported murders in 2020 were committed with a gun, up from 74% in 2019. There is no federal database of gun sales, but other independent surveys have found that gun sales have soared during the Covid-19 pandemic.

2021 September 27, Priya Krishnakumar, “Murders rose sharply in 2020 but data is lacking across much of the country”, in CNN:

Uniform Crime Reports
w:Uniform Crime Reports

(US, law enforcement) Initialism of Uniform Crime Reports.


NIBRS

The FBI began publishing national quarterly crime reports last year, but has not done so for the first two quarters of 2021, stating that they require at least 60% of agencies to submit NIBRS data in order to publish quarterly data.

w:National Incident-Based Reporting System

(US, law enforcement) Initialism of National Incident-Based Reporting System.


deliverism

(politics) The theory that voters tend to support candidates or parties not just on their promises but on their track record of fulfilling those promises.


firebomb a Walmart

firebomb a Walmart (third-person singular simple present firebombs a Walmart, present participle firebombing a Walmart, simple past and past participle firebombed a Walmart)

firebombs a Walmart (present singular third-person)
firebombing a Walmart (participle present)
firebombed a Walmart (participle past)
firebombed a Walmart (past)

From a Twitter post in November 2023 by @LinkofSunshine: "People on twitter will really be like 'you believe in voting? that pales in effectiveness to my strategy, firebombing a Walmart' and then not firebomb a Walmart". Ironic usage increased during the Democratic Party's campaign in 2024 and after their defeat.

Men will literally firebomb a WalMart instead of going to therapy

2024 April 28, @CartoonsHateHer, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-12-06:

Looks like someone finally firebombed the Walmart

2024 July 13, @getfiscal, “Archived copy”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-07-14:

Liberals are always taunting communists about when we will "firebomb a walmart" in protest, and this is when it would actually happen, but by liberals lol

2024 November 10, @mrs_socialista, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-12-06:

(Internet slang, politics, derogatory) To take direct action, in the context that the threats of such action are empty.


Blompf

(US politics, derogatory, uncommon) Donald Trump.


prior authorization

“I once had to do a prior auth for United for a glass bottle,” a medical resident wrote. “The compounded intranasal midazolam was covered, but the glass bottle it came in was not.”

2024 December 6, Samantha Cole, “Moderators Across Social Media Struggle to Contain Celebrations of UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Assassination”, in 404 Media:

(US, healthcare) A requirement by a health insurance companies that patients obtain approval before receiving certain medical services, procedures, or medications.


metodichka

2023 March 2, Darina Zhunussova, “Russia’s Information War at Home: What Are These Metodichki?”, in Center for Eurasian, Russian, and Eastern European Studies, Washington, DC: Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service:

(politics) Instruction manuals about the right or approved way to talk about specific events for the purposes of propaganda.


AIJAC

w:Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council

(politics) Acronym of Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council, a pro-Israel lobby in Australia.


droplock

(firearms) A variant of the boxlock having a removable lock.


redfash

From red (“communist”) + fash (“fascist”).

redfash and tankie-kind are fascinating because theyll be so incredibly authoritarian as to reject autonomy in any way, theyll buy into reactionary black and white thinking, idolize regimes without worker ownership and fervent nationalism; and then they call anarchists fascists.

redfash seem out to prove horseshoe theory is a thing

2022 September 26, u/Tuggerfub, Reddit, r/tankiejerk:

(informal, derogatory, politics, communism, fascism) Someone who combines communism and fascism.


Workers' Party

Political parties with "Workers' Party" as their exact official name are countless; in Algeria, Argentina, Guinea-Bissau, Spain, Singapore and many more countries.

(politics) Any of the political parties which share that name.


UFWD

United Front Work Department
w:United Front Work Department

(politics) Initialism of United Front Work Department.


overtour

overtour (third-person singular simple present overtours, present participle overtouring, simple past and past participle overtoured)

overtours (present singular third-person)
overtouring (participle present)
overtoured (participle past)
overtoured (past)

(transitive, military) To assign too many tours of duty to (personnel).


bird farm

Division skillfully guide the aircraft back to the “bird farm.”

1964, Robert Franklin Brown, USS Shangri-La, Attack Carrier, Burdette, page 124:


flu-flu

(archery) A kind of arrow designed to travel only a short distance, sometimes used by learners or for shooting at aerial targets.