keep rank

en-verb

keep rank (third-person singular simple present keeps rank, present participle keeping rank, simple past and past participle kept rank)

keeps rank (present singular third-person)
keeping rank (participle present)
kept rank (participle past)
kept rank (past)


barby

Seemingly from French barbé, barbée, but in French (language and heraldry) that term means something else ("bearded or wattled").

(heraldry, rare) Barbed, like the ends of an arrow cross.


zombie state

(economics, geopolitics, uncommon) A country or nation that is entirely dependent on foreign aid or assistance in order to survive.


in complement

The sixth Bishop of Ely had very curious arms, for he bore both sun and moon on his shield, the sun "in his splendour" and the moon "in her complement".

1912, Allen Phoebe, Peeps at Heraldry, page 33:

(heraldry, of a moon) Full and fully illuminated.


commandist

en-adj

commandist (comparative more commandist, superlative most commandist)

more commandist (comparative)
most commandist (superlative)

(politics, derogatory) Characterized by commandism (dictatorial authoritarianism)


NEG

National Energy Guarantee
w:National Energy Guarantee

(Australian politics) Initialism of National Energy Guarantee.


Neg

Guardian Australia understands the Liberal states have caucused, and they want the newly elected Morrison government to reboot the Neg, or something very like it.

2019 June 21, Katharine Murphy, “Australia's energy future: the real power is not where you’d think”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(Australian politics) Alternative letter-case form of NEG.


Lovestoneite

Lovestoneites (plural)
Lovestonite (alternative)

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


McKinleyism

(US politics) The Republican politics of William McKinley (1843–1901), 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his assassination in 1901.


satellite party

en-noun

satellite party (plural satellite parties)


process-serving

process-serving (countable and uncountable, plural process-servings)

(law enforcement) The act or assignment of delivering processes or summonses.


stainand

(heraldry, uncommon) Staining (used, infrequently, to describe the heraldic stains like tenné).


Ch Supt

The inquest into how 96 Liverpool supporters died at that 1989 match was told that in Ch Supt Brian Mole's F division, four officers had to resign and seven were disciplined after the prank, which occured^([sic]) in October 1988, came to light.

2014 July 7, David Conn, “Hillsborough inquest hears of police commander's transfer before match”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

chief superintendent
w:chief superintendent

(UK, law enforcement) Abbreviation of chief superintendent.


chief super

(UK, law enforcement, colloquial) Clipping of chief superintendent.


bamboo diplomacy

The term implies an approach to diplomacy that is flexible and pragmatic, akin to bamboo “bending with the wind".

"Since the formation of the modern Thai state in the nineteenth century, Thailand had at least four faces, or myths, upon which diplomacy was based, namely the discourses of independence, lost territory, anticommunism and flexible diplomacy."

2022, Jittipat Poonkham, chapter 23, in A Genealogy of Bamboo Diplomacy: The Politics of Thai Détente with Russia and China, page 34:

“Communist Party-ruled Vietnam has upgraded ties with the world's top powers, including former foes, China and the United States, as part of its "bamboo diplomacy", which it has pro-actively pursued since 2021 to navigate rising global tensions.”

2023 December 27, “Vietnam's 'bamboo diplomacy' shifts into higher gear”, in Reuters:

diplomatic relations
diplomatic relations

(politics, Southeast Asia) A foreign policy of developing and maintaining nonaligned diplomatic relations with other countries, as used by Thailand and Vietnam.


enchaussure

(heraldry, rare) The overlay which makes a shield chaussé.


probusing

en-adj

probusing (comparative more probusing, superlative most probusing)

more probusing (comparative)
most probusing (superlative)

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


Aprista

(politics) A member of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance.


balloon apron

(military, historical) An integrated system of balloons equipped with wire cables reaching the ground, designed as a defence against hostile aircraft.


BFV

Bradley Fighting Vehicle
w:Bradley Fighting Vehicle

(military) Initialism of Bradley Fighting Vehicle.


bunk lizard

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(US, military slang, World War I– World War II) A soldier who relishes his bed.


canteen lizard

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(US military slang, World War I) A soldier who relishes eating out or working in kitchens in the rear.


chow gun

chow guns (plural)
chow-gun (alternative)

(US military slang, 1910s–1930s) A field kitchen on wheels.


suicide club

(military slang, 1910s–1930s) A suicide squad.


zigzig

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(US military slang, World War I– World War II) Sexual intercourse.


war baby

war babies (plural)
war-baby (alternative)

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(US military slang, World War I) An officer owing his position to the need of the time rather than competence.


trench derby

trench derbies (plural)
trench-derby (alternative)

(military slang, World War I) A tin hat.


tin derby

tin derbies (plural)
tin-derby (alternative)


tin dip

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tin lid

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nailkeg

nailkegs (plural)
nail-keg (alternative)
nail keg (alternative)

(World War I military slang) A shrapnel shell.


post prison

The regimental guardhouse was on the ground floor of the Regimental Headquarters Building at its southern end, facing the quadrangle. It was modern in every respect and about as secure as any prison. There were never more than about fifteen or twenty regimental prisoners confined in the guardhouse, men either awaiting trial or serving sentences of six months or less. Most of the sentences were for minor offenses, such as drunkenness, violation of orders, pilferage, and absence without leave—A.W.O.L. Men convicted of more serious offenses, such as desertion, larceny, insubordination, sex deviation, and other more serious crimes, were confined in the post prison.

1989, Lucian King Truscott, The Twilight of the U.S. Cavalry. Life in the Old Army, 1917-1942, University Press of Kansas, →ISBN, page 43:

(US military, historical) The prison of a regimental post.


Hastert rule

After Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

(politics) The proposition that the speaker of a legislative body should not allow a floor vote on a bill unless a majority of the majority party supports the bill.


black liberation

Investigator Wheeler commented brieﬂy concerning the activity of the Progressive Labor Party in circulating inflammatory literature during the Watts riot. PLP distributed posters and ﬂyers titled: “Don’t be a sucker!” (This pamphlet asked the question: “ISN’T THIS A DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST THE AFRO-AMERICAN PEOPLE BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT?”); “BLACK LIBERATION—NOW!” ; “THE NEED FOR REVOLUTION ” ; “WANTED FOR MURDER—Parker the Cop in Watts” (This poster was patterned after the PLP’s “Wanted for Murder—Gilligan the Cop” poster which was distributed during the Harlem riot of 1964.); and, during the Deadwyler affair, “WANTED for the MURDER of Leonard Deadwyler—‘BOVA—the COP.’”

1965, House Un-American Activities Committee, Annual Report For The Year 1965, page 63:

(chiefly US politics) The achievement of equal rights and status for black people, particularly as seen as freedom from historic and structural oppression.


earliest anticipated launch time

(military) The earliest possible moment anticipated for a special operations tactical element and its support platform to exit the marshalling area en route to the operations area.


National Republican

en-noun

National Republican (plural National Republicans)

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


QMR

(military) Initialism of qualitative materiel requirement.


home defence

home defence (countable and uncountable, plural home defences)

(military) Organized defence of a nation's home territory against an invasion or external attack.


magazine gun

(firearms) A type of portable firearm consisting of a chamber holding cartridges which are set into position for firing automatically.


powder hose

(military) A tube of strong linen, filled with an explosive powder and used for firing a mine.


politics of envy

I was puzzled because again he resorts as always to the politics of envy here, but after recently and repeatedly attacking not just me but the Government for lifting the bonus cap[.]

2023 January 31, Rishi Sunak, “Stopping UAE takeover of Telegraph ‘an absolute no-brainer’, says peer”, in The Telegraph, archived from the original on 2024-02-03:

(politics) Politics characterized by envy for a different person or group.


climate sensitivity

climate sensitivity (plural climate sensitivities)

equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS)

Scientists have been modeling and estimating the climate sensitivity for decades, and they try to group their estimates into best-case, worst-case, and likeliest-case categories.

To speak of the [one true real] climate sensitivity, we must speak of several plausible climate sensitivities and of which ones we consider likeliest.

(sciences, politics) The sensitivity of the Earth's climate to additions of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere: the degree of effect that such additions have; a numerical value as a metric thereof; any of various educated estimates for the real (unknown) value.


junk wad

junk wad (countable and uncountable, plural junk wads)

(firearms) A plug made of oakum bound with spun yarn and designed to keep the powder and shot in place when loading a gun or cartridge.


SETF

Social Exclusion Task Force
w:Social Exclusion Task Force

(UK politics, historical) Initialism of Social Exclusion Task Force.


Fashoda syndrome

In reference to the Fashoda Incident, considered to be the climax of the imperial territorial disputes between the United Kingdom and France in Eastern Africa.

(politics) A tendency in French foreign policy in Africa to assert French influence in areas which might become susceptible to British influence.


grog-fight

(military, slang, archaic) A drinking party.


KOSA

Buried in the article – meant to demonstrate the urgent need of adopting KOSA by linking minors’ online presence with anything from anxiety and depression to cognitive decline, sex trafficking, and death by overdose – is the mention of one of the key criticisms of the bill, namely, that it will bring in even more censorship.

2024 December 17, Didi Rankovic, “Senators Rush to Pass Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), Face Criticism Over Censorship and Age Verification Issues”, in Reclaim the Net:

Kids Online Safety Act
w:Kids Online Safety Act

(US politics) Acronym of Kids Online Safety Act.


flash-to-bang time

flash-to-bang time (countable and uncountable, plural flash-to-bang times)

(military, weaponry) The period of time between when light is first observed and when the sound of the (nuclear or other) detonation is heard.


NAFO

→ Russian: НА́ФО (NÁFO)

North Atlantic Fella Organization
w:North Atlantic Fella Organization

(Internet, geopolitics, Internet slang) Initialism of North Atlantic Fella Organization.

flork

promoted for pro-Ukraine, anti-Russian actions; internet meme, later means

bonk

to report a troll for disinformation, pro-Putin propaganda, or threatening another online user

Article 5

a request to report an Internet troll, usually a supporter of Putin


girther

Girthers averred that President Trump had lied about his weight.

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

physical examination
physical examination

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


good cookie

(US, military, informal, originally and chiefly Marine Corps) a Good Conduct Medal.


MGB

medium girder bridge
medium girder bridge#English

(military) Initialism of medium girder bridge.


cmdg.

cmdg. officer

cmdg. general


rctg.

rctg. sergeant


Hitler particle

Hitler particle (plural Hitler particles)

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Originates from a quote by Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky posted by Twitter account @DailyTrotsky on July 31, 2022: "Not every exasperated petty bourgeois could have become Hitler, but a particle of Hitler is lodged in every exasperated petty bourgeois."

I think Trump transformed the GOP into a fascist party and now a lot of GOP politicians are to the right of everyone but those with the highest concentrations of hitler particles

2022 August 27, @branhasfiber, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-02-09:

normies produce and^([sic – meaning an]) insane amount of hitler particles when you tell them you listen to music made outside of the Amercian^([sic]) continent

2022 November 14, @gemini_desmond, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-02-09:

I didn’t know there was any level of Hitler Particles that could make even Alex Jones uncomfortable

2022 December 1, @VaushV, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-04-30:

a lot of people are generally able to observe the fact that fat and disabled people are treated very poorly but their hitler particles lead them to believe that the way we prevent this harm is fixing those people to not be like that anymore

2023 March 2, @faygocowboy, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-02-09:

If a cis woman says "I'm not transphobic, BUT" then u gotta get ready for some weapons grade Hitler particles

2023 March 23, @emeralysis, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-02-09:

It's so easy to cause an outburst of Hitler Particle emissions in Americans when you threaten to take away their treats

2023 July 19, @its_hipolita, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-02-09:

i get swarmed by freaks calling me a groomer for being trans every day on this app and somehow that has fewer hitler particles than the europeans in my mentions after i dare insuate^([sic – meaning insinuate]) that not tipping expoited american service workers who rely on tips is extremely rude

2023 September 24, @halomancer1, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-02-09:

this guy was created in a lab in quantico by injecting a hitler particle into a 2-liter bottle of fanta

2023 August 14, @rodentsheriff, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-02-09:

An anti-Semite cannot make a pilgrimage to Israel, kiss Netanyahu’s ring, bathe in the Jordan, and have the Hitler particles cleansed from his skin like Naaman curing his leprosy.

2023 November 30, Adam Serwer, “Netanyahu’s Odd Embrace of Elon Musk”, in The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-01-14:

(Internet slang, derogatory, humorous, politics, usually in the plural) A notional substance suggested to be present in people who hold fascist or bigoted views, or less commonly among small business owners.


labour aristocracy

labour aristocracy (countable and uncountable, plural labour aristocracies)

labour aristocracies (plural)
labor aristocracy (alternative)
aristocracy of labour (alternative)
aristocracy of labor (alternative)

Compound of labour + aristocracy.
The theory about relatively privileged proletarians, thus more manipulable into collaborating with the bourgeoisie, was formulated by Friedrich Engels in a letter to Karl Marx [7 October 1858].
A precursor to the wording appears in Marx's Das Kapital, Volume I [1867].

Важно то, что экономически откол слоя рабочей аристократии к буржуазии назрел и завершился, а политическую форму себе, ту или иную, этот экономический факт, эта передвижка в отношениях между классами найдет без особого «труда».

1973 [1916], Vladimir Lenin, Империализм и раскол социализма (В. И. Ленин – Полное собрание сочинений; 30), page 170; English translation from Imperialism and the Split in Socialism (V. I. Lenin – Collected Works; 23), translation of original in Russian, 1974, page 117:

Važno to, što ekonomičeski otkol sloja rabočej aristokratii k buržuazii nazrel i zaveršilsja, a političeskuju formu sebe, tu ili inuju, etot ekonomičeskij fakt, eta peredvižka v otnošenijax meždu klassami najdet bez osobovo «truda».

He [Bakunin] found that there is a labour aristocracy of more developed, literate individuals, as well as an unconscious mass of workers.

1957 September, George Molnar, “Anarchism”, in Libertarian, number 1:

So they had indigenous folks who were members of the IWW, they had folks of African descent, they had folks who spoke Spanish, the Italians were coming, everybody was making their way to the IWW. But a lot of people don’t know that this movement waged a fierce battle against what can be called the labour aristocracy up to the government and the corporations at the time, who were brutally ruthless in their repression.

2009 June 27, Jose Antonio Gutiérrez Danton, quoting Ashanti Omowali Alston, “Building a Non-Eurocentric Anarchism in Our Communities: Dialogue with Ashanti Alston”, in anarkismo.net:

(socialism) Segment of the working class that enjoys a relatively privileged position compared to the rest of the working class as a result of higher salaries, better working conditions, etc., and which can lead them to have different interests and perspectives even though they continue to be exploited by capitalists.

Das Kapital
Das Kapital, Volume I
Friedrich Engels
Karl Marx
New Left Review
Penguin Books
labour aristocracy


Roevember

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

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

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

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


sea story

(military) An anecdote from a person's time serving in the navy.


sloop-of-war

(UK, military, historical) A warship with a single gundeck that carried up to eighteen guns.


plotting room

(military, historical) A room on a ship or in a defence installation that received data on ship or aircraft positions and motion, and planned the range and bearing to fire on them.


MGO

MGO (countable and uncountable, plural MGOs)

Master-General of the Ordnance
w:Master-General of the Ordnance

(UK, military, historical, countable) Initialism of Master-General of the Ordnance.


action-forcing

an action-forcing event

an action-forcing mechanism

(politics) That compels someone to take action.


tac squad

Jammed onto a narrow, steep sidewalk, police barricades all around, we march with placards, drums, and angry spirit: "The Moral Majority, cops and Klan. Work together hand in hand." — helmeted tac squad on horses, Hondas, facing us on Powell Street, itching to wield their billy clubs, waiting for any excuse to let fly.

1984 August 11, Merle Woo, “Revolutionary Optimism—The Order of the Day”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 5, page 5:


CHOD

chief of defence
chief of defence#English

(military) Initialism of chief of defence.


sub-cheese

Borrowed from Hindi सब (sab, “all, every”) + Hindi चीज़ (cīz, “thing, object, item”), respelled in a folk-etymological identification with sub- + cheese.

bor+

subcheese (alternative)
subcheeze (alternative)
subchiz (alternative)

Another inch further over would have precipitated the whole sub cheeze, down the incline.

1859, P. & O., Always Ready, or, Every One His Pride, London: Hall, Virtue, & Co., page 175:

'She's as clever as a man, confound her,' Martyn went on. 'She broke up the bungalow over my head while I was talking at her. Settled the whole subchiz [outfit] in three hours—servants, horses, and all. I didn't get my orders till nine.'

1898, Rudyard Kipling, “William the Conqueror: Part I”, in The Day's Work, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, page 181:

"The whole bloody sub-cheese, the lot!"

1993, George MacDonald Fraser, Quartered Safe Out Here: A Recollection of the War in Burma, London: HarperCollinsPublishers, published 1995, →ISBN, page 187:

'If you'd threatened that earlier, Monty, I'd have ponied up the whole sub-cheese to avoid it.'

2018, Ben Schott, Jeeves and the King of Clubs, London: Hutchinson, →ISBN, page 17:

(originally Anglo-Indian, military slang, archaic) Everything; all there is.


high command

(military) A group of officers in charge of an army under the control of the commander-in-chief.


John Radcliffe

Named for John Radcliffe, an 18th century physician and graduate from Oxford University.

(UK, healthcare) The John Radcliffe Hospital; a large hospital in Oxford in the United Kingdom.

John Radcliffe (physician)
Oxford University


NOPD

New Orleans Police Department
w:New Orleans Police Department

(law enforcement) Initialism of New Orleans Police Department.


slow time

en-noun

slow time (countable and uncountable, plural slow times)

(military, music) A slow marching pace, consisting of about sixty to eighty paces per minute, traditionally used at funerals and on ceremonial occasions.


refuze

en-verb

refuze (third-person singular simple present refuzes, present participle refuzing, simple past and past participle refuzed)

refuzes (present singular third-person)
refuzing (participle present)
refuzed (participle past)
refuzed (past)

Refuzing will be done by remote control. […] Record lot number of fuze used in refuzing on DA Form 984 […]

1977, United States. Department of the Army, Soldier's Manual: Ammunition Inspector for Skill Levels 3 and 4, pages 3-247:

(military, transitive) To fit with a new fuze.


White Army

Calque of Russian Белая армия (Belaja armija). White was the traditional color of the antirevolutionary movement in some countries, adopted as a symbolic name by the Russian movement.

calque

(historical, military) a collation of anti-Bolshevik armed groups that fought the Red Army during the Russian Civil War


mook jong

mook jongs (plural)
mook yan jong (alternative)

Derived from Cantonese 木人樁 /木人桩 (muk6 jan4 zong1)

der+

(martial arts) A type of wooden dummy designed to be kicked and punched in Wing Chun kung fu training.


First Amendment audit

en-noun

First Amendment audit (plural First Amendment audits)

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


dim mak

(martial arts) Any of various martial arts techniques reputed to kill using seemingly less than lethal force targeted at a specific area of the body.


strategism

(military) An excessive emphasis on strategy.


Briefingate

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

coinage

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

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

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

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

(US politics, historical) Synonym of Debategate.


Bathhouse Barry

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

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


Five Power Defence Arrangements

en-proper noun

the Five Power Defence Arrangements pl (plural only)

the Five Power Defence Arrangements (canonical plural)
FPDA (alternative)

(British, UK, Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, politics, military) the British-backed multilateral joint armed force between the British commonwealth countries in Southeast Asia and Oceania (mainly Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the United Kingdom).


FPDA

Five Power Defence Arrangements
Five Power Defence Arrangements#English

(British, UK, Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, politics, military) Initialism of Five Power Defence Arrangements (“British-backed multilateral joint armed force between British commonwealth countries in Southeast Asia and Oceania”).


DSIT

w:Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

(UK politics) Initialism of Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.


gotaway

Under Biden in 2021, gotaways leaped to almost 390,000 (a 465 percent increase over Trump's last year).

2024, Troy E. Nehls, Borderless by Design:

(US, law enforcement) An illegal immigrant who has successfully entered the country without being apprehended.


juice badge

(US, historical, law enforcement) An unofficial police badge issued in the 1930s by the LAPD chief and given to his supporters.


chmobik

Borrowed from Russian чмо́бик (čmóbik), itself a blend of чмо (čmo, “scoundrel”) + мо́бик (móbik, “poorly-trained Russian conscript soldier”), as if an abbreviation of части́чно мобилизо́ванный (častíčno mobilizóvannyj, “partially-mobilized”); itself a reference to the term части́чная мобилиза́ция (častíčnaja mobilizácija, “partial mobilization”) used by Russian media when referring to the 2022 Russian mobilization for the invasion of Ukraine.

abbrev

части́чно мобилизо́ванный

Chmobiki are russian citizens who were mobilized as a result of partial mobilization in russia in September 2022.

2022 October 3, Ihor Zhdanov, Interfax-Ukraine:

The Russian Army orders the Chmobik to fight using only shovels. I present to you the Second World Army.

2023 February 2, u/sillyangel1945, Reddit:

A ChMobik was tied to a tree by his commander for refusing to enter battle. when he was released, he wrote a letter to high command reporting the incident.

(informal, derogatory, Internet, neologism, military, sometimes humorous) A Russian soldier conscripted during the 2022 Russian mobilization.

2022 Russian mobilization
Russian invasion of Ukraine


Netanyahoo

(derogatory, politics) Nickname for Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli politician.


Borisism

Boris Johnson, in typical faux-naif Borisism, said once of his leadership ambitions that he might "pick up the ball if it came loose from the back of the scrum".

2014 August 6, Patrick Wintour, “Boris Johnson positions himself perfectly for Tory leadership bid”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

The day after his arrival in Birmingham, in the conference hall, he crammed his speech with Borisisms.

2019, Harry Mount, The Wit and Wisdom of Boris Johnson, Bloomsbury, →ISBN:

Sharp says there was no such conflict, echoed by Johnson himself, who minted a Borisism specially for the occasion: “I can tell you that for 100% ding-dang sure.”

2023 January 27, Jonathan Freedland, “The stench coming from this government? It’s the corrupt mixture of private wealth and public squalor”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(UK politics) A turn of phrase employed by British politician Boris Johnson.


all-party

From all- + party. First attested in the 1900s.

In particular, this all-party group of MPs has been scathing about the decision-making process, which has resulted in the Department of Transport having no ideas as to how "HS2 will operate as a functioning railway following recent changes".

2024 February 21, Christian Wolmar, “A 'tsar' needs to get to grips with High Speed 2... quickly”, in RAIL, number 1003, page 52:

(politics) Involving or relating to all political parties.


Iris hut

(military, historical) A prefabricated steel structure used by the British military predominantly during the early Second World War, serving as barracks, workshops, or storage facilities.


mogilization

en-noun

mogilization (countable and uncountable, plural mogilizations)

Partial calque of Russian могилиза́ция (mogilizácija), originally a blend of моги́ла (mogíla, “grave”) + мобилиза́ция (mobilizácija, “mobilization”), as if from моги́ла (mogíla, “grave”) + -иза́ция (-izácija, “-ization”).
* (US) IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /moʊɡəɫəˈzeɪʃən/
* Rhymes: -eɪʃən

partial calque

могилиза́ция

blend

мобилиза́ция

IPA

/moʊɡəɫəˈzeɪʃən/

(slang, informal, neologism, derogatory, military, sometimes humorous) A mobilization, ostensibly precipitating mass casualties; a mobilization to the grave.

(slang, informal, neologism, derogatory, military, sometimes humorous, specifically) The 2022 Russian mobilization.


breakfall

(martial arts) A technique to minimize impact and injury when falling or being thrown to the ground.


Andrew Millar

(chiefly UK, naval slang) Alternative form of Andrew Miller (“the navy”).


multibarrels

His own [heart] was hammering like a minigun, multibarrels firing.


Israel Occupation Forces

First appeared on the Internet around the late 1990s or early 2000s.

(military, derogatory) The Israel Defense Forces.


ma'am sandwich

en-noun

ma'am sandwich (plural ma'am sandwiches)

(military, slang) The practice of beginning and ending a sentence with the address of ma'am.


fully-automatic

(weaponry, firearms) That loads itself and fires continuously.


kill chain

(military) The process of making an attack, from identifying the target to dispatching forces and destroying it.


budge barrel

(military, obsolete) A small barrel for transporting gunpowder, having a leather hood to prevent the powder from catching fire.


nation wrecker

nation wreckers (plural)
nation-wrecker (alternative)

From nation + wrecker. First use appears c. 1920. See cite below.

On the one side I see the builders of this country on foundations tried and true. On the other side are those engaged in the cheerful exercise of tearing down. I put the question to you: Are you going to be a nation-builder or a nation-wrecker?

1920, Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevator Company, The Saskatchewan Co-operative News, Volumes 5-7, page 4:

The nation-wrecker Olympius was a fanatic "Catholic", as the followers of the dictatorial Church of Rome were called--one of his actions had been to dismiss all non-catholics from all services of the state

1959, Reuven Ben Arje-Lev, Halicha Ladror - The History of All the Great Liberation Movements, of the Jewish Spirit which Created Them, of Modern Civilization and of the New Israel, page 113:

The years 1949-55 thus gradually revealed Sukarno not just as the nation builder, but as the nation-wrecker.

1964, Willard Anderson Hanna, Eight Nation Makers, page 60:

He was called a saboteur, a nation-wrecker, and many other Party words, and then in the end, since he would not stop his talk of justice, he was taken by the police to Accra.

1968, Ayi Kwei Armah, The Beautyful Ones are Not Yet Born - A Novel, page 112:

and many more of their disreputable ilk, why isn't his visa lifted and this nation-wrecker sent back to where he came from and post haste?

1972, Pennsylvania State University (publisher), Grain & Feed Journals/Farm Service Centers - Volume 129, page 2:

You are a lawyer, a Reverend minister, and a nation wrecker.

1989, Adu Otutei, The Cross & The Beast of The South, page 190:

Self-determination for indigenous peoples is seen as a potential "nation-wrecker" with the ability to violate a state's claims to absolute sovereignty and political unity.

1994, Pennsylvania State University (publisher), Voices of the Earth - Indigenous Peoples, New Partners & the Right to Self-determination in Practice : Proceedings of the Conference, page 22:

"I was born and bred in Kumasi. I have lived with the Zongo people over the years and know a lot of them very well. We are one people," the President said, and added that anybody who wanted to separate the two groups was a nation-wrecker who should be shunned.

2006, Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafoh (editor), Daily Graphic, Issue 1,49878, October 24 2006, page 3:

Genuine education is the surest antidote to ignorance, that proverbial mind-killer and nation-wrecker.

2014, Amos Dele Dada, To the Rescue, page 33:

Blind imitation is wrecking the nation. Which are you deciding for? Would you be a nation builder or a nation wrecker?

2017, Ephraim Amu, Philip T. Laryea (editor and contributor), Patriotism and Nation Building, Perspectives from the Life and Utterances of Ephraim Amu, page 277:

(informal, derogatory, geopolitics) A malicious agent or other influence that destabilizes or destroys a nation or civilization.


TIGTA

w:Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration

(US, government) Initialism of Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.


LDEW

DragonFire, a laser-directed energy weapon (LDEW), achieved the first UK firing of a high-power laser against an aerial target.

2024 January 20, Mike Merritt, “Fired from Scots isle, laser gun that can hit a £1 coin from half a mile”, in Daily Mail, page 22:

The UK’s Ministry of Defence has released new footage of its laser weapon DragonFire being tested. The video showed the laser-directed energy weapon, or LDEW, system successfully shooting an aerial target in tests off the coast of Scotland in January.

2024 March 14, Tom Porter, “Britain shows off a laser weapon that could take out drones for as little as $13”, in Business Insider, US edition:

(military) Initialism of laser-directed energy weapon.


axis of resistance

the axis of resistance (canonical)
Axis of Resistance (alternative)

Calque of Arabic محور المقاومة. First used in 2002 in Libya in response to George W. Bush's "axis of evil".

calque

محور المقاومة

The news agency said Assad and Jalili discussed their two countries' "strategic cooperation relationship" and "attempts by some Western countries and their allies to strike at the axis of resistance by targeting Syria and supporting terrorism there."

2012 August 7, “Iran: We're in "axis of resistance" with Syria”, in CBS:

Oddly, the Islamic Republic claims that Israel “lost five wars with the Axis of Resistance since the July 2006 war with the Lebanese resistance.”

2021 August 7, Seth J. Frantzman, “Iran claims Israel afraid of conflict with its 'axis of resistance'”, in the Jerusalem Post:

Iran’s axis of resistance consists of a network of political parties and armed groups that span Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Yemen.

2022 July 14, Nancy Ezzeddine, Hamidreza Azizi, “Iran's Increasingly Decentralzed Axis of Resistance”, in War on the Rocks:

The Houthis have fought and largely won a nine-year civil war against Yemen’s government — which is supported by Riyadh. They are thought to be one of the members of the axis of resistance most closely controlled by Iran.

2024 January 14, Jason Burke, “Iran’s ‘axis of resistance’ is a potent coalition but a risky strategy”, in the Guardian:

(geopolitics) An Iranian-led, anti-American, anti-Zionist, Shiite Islamist coalition in the Middle East whose significant participants include the IRGC, Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis.


Howard's battlers

Named after former Prime Minister John Howard, the second-longest serving Australian Prime Minister, winning four consecutive elections. Howard led the centre-right Liberal/National Coalition to a landslide victory in the 1996 federal election over Paul Keating's Labor government, which was widely credited with Howard's appeal with "battlers" (ordinary Australians, typically working-class or lower-middle-class).

(Australia, politics, usually in the plural) Alternative form of battler.


SBIRS

Space-Based Infrared System
w:Space-Based Infrared System

(military) Initialism of Space-Based Infrared System.


Dark MAGA

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

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

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


D/S

(law enforcement) Initialism of deputy sheriff.


HHH

Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr.
w:Hubert Humphrey

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


New Frontier

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

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

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

1964, The Goldwaters, “Win in '64”, in Sing Folk Songs to Bug the Liberals:

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


CIVETS

(geopolitics, economics) Acronym of Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey, and South Africa, an international economic organization comprising these fast-growing economies.


Sunakonomics

But this latest Sunakonomics rescue is a sticking-plaster on a bullethole.

2020 September 25, “The Sun says: A new lifeline”, in The Sun, London, archived from the original on 2020-09-25, page 10:

Advanced students can take classes in Sunakonomics, which supersedes traditional economics in favour of a novel theory allowing Professor Rishi to buy the premiership with voters’ money.

2020 October 14, Paul Routledge, “Keep calm… We can beat this: Crash course in art of emulating PM’s grade-A twerps”, in Daily Mirror, London, page 15:

2021 March 11, David Runciman, “Sunakonomics”, in Catherine Carr, director, Talking Politics, episode 310, archived from the original on 2022-10-25

In the era of Sunakonomics, our hedge fund veteran-turned chancellor owes a lot to the work of John Maynard Keynes, but then again we all do.

2021 November 26, Ollie Smith, “Keynes Goes Shopping: 10 Things We Learned This Week”, in Morningstar, archived from the original on 2021-11-27:

One of the more interesting aspects of the battle between Trussonomics and Sunakonomics has been the debate over the Monetary Policy Committee’s efforts to control inflation.

2022 July 26, William Atkinson, “Is it time to look again at the Bank of England’s independence?”, in CapX, archived from the original on 2022-07-26:

Next door in Number 11, though, there was a degree of ideology at the heart of Sunakonomics.

2022 August 18, “Standing up for the city: Desperate need for growth writ large in UK’s interest payments”, in City A.M., London, archived from the original on 2022-08-18, page 2:

Sunakonomics / Sunak's time as chancellor was marred by the pandemic.

2022 October 30, Ryan Hogg, Beatrice Nolan, “Rishi Sunak is worth almost $850 million, making him Britain's richest prime minister. Here's why that could be a big problem.”, in Business Insider, New York, N.Y., archived from the original on 2022-10-30:

The multiple tailwinds of a successful Refinitiv acquisition, rising high margin services, and economic outlook under Sunakonomics all allow LSEG to have slight advantages over peers, especially European ones such as the Deutsche Borse (OTCPK:DBOEY).

2022 December 1, “London Stock Exchange Group: Positive Sentiment At Early Stages Of 'Sunakonomics'”, in Seeking Alpha, archived from the original on 2022-12-01:

2024 March 1, Roy C. Perez, Rishi Sunak: Sunakonomics: Decoding the Economic Philosophy of Rishi Sunak - A Comprehensive Analysis of the Chancellor's Fiscal Vision, →ISBN

(UK politics) The economic ideas and policies of Rishi Sunak (born 1980), British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 2022 to July 2024.


crime scene tape

en-noun

crime scene tape (countable and uncountable, plural crime scene tapes)

(law enforcement, criminology) Police tape that used to cordon off a crime scene.


nuclear deterrence

(geopolitics) The discouraging of nuclear attack through the threat of nuclear retaliation.


spare room subsidy

spare room subsidy (plural spare room subsidies)

Great stuff from @harryph on why cutting the taxpayer-funded spare room subsidy is the right thing to do

2013 February 7, @alexwickham, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-07-18:


Korea Passing

From Korea + passing, a term coined in 2017, in allusion to the earlier term "Japan passing", coined when US president Bill Clinton visited China without visiting Japan in 1998.

The expression “Korea Passing” is being used more frequently these days by politicians and scholars in South Korea because they feel insecure while North Korea and the U.S. are talking mostly to each other.

2017 September 26, “Korea Passing: Seoul’s New Foreign Policy Concern”, in ScienceDirect:

(South Korea, politics, neologism) The phenomenon of South Korea being alienated from the international community in the course of discussions on North Korea in 2017.


Soro Soke

First used during the EndSARS protest. Yoruba word meaning speak up. Coined in 2020.

Aina’s brand, which recently released a scented candle collection tagged Owambe, attracted a lot of knocks by Nigerian Twitter users after naming one of its candles Soro soke.

2022 August 5, Peace Akinyode, “Tweeps knock entrepreneur for naming product ‘Soro Soke’”, in PUNCH (Nigeria):

(Nigeria, politics, neologism) A political slogan where Nigerians seeking to make their voices heard.


fifty-state strategy

fifty-state strategy (plural fifty-state strategies)

[Howard] Dean assumed the D.N.C. chairmanship in 2005, pledging a "Fifty State Strategy" to contest elections across the country. This put him at odds with Rahm Emanuel, then the leader of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, who wanted to focus on a few targeted swing seats.

2017 February 19, Vinson Cunningham, “Will Keith Ellison Move the Democrats Left?”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-04-04:

(US politics) A political strategy in which a presidential candidate campaigns in all fifty states, rather than only focusing on those which are considered most important.


RMAF

Royal Malaysian Air Force
w:Royal Malaysian Air Force

(Malaysia, military, aviation) Initialism of Royal Malaysian Air Force.

Royal Moroccan Air Force
w:Royal Moroccan Air Force

(military, aviation) Initialism of Royal Moroccan Air Force.


MMEA

Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency
w:Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency

(Malaysia, law enforcement, nautical) Initialism of Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency.


weekend effect

(healthcare) The finding of a difference in mortality rate for patients admitted to hospital for treatment at the weekend compared to those admitted on a weekday.


time agreement

(US, politics, government) A pact or promise made by the party leaders in the United States Senate to limit the amount of time permitted for debating a new law or amending a change to an existing law.


single-issueism

Women don't come into R2N2 on the basis of 'single-issue-ism' but because of our whole vision.

1982 December 4, Sharon Page, quoting Cathy Christeller, “R2N2 Conference: Revitalizing the Movement”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 20, page 3:

(politics) The tendency or decision to focus on or vote based on a single issue.


pyjama paralysis

England’s top nurse will launch a drive to end ‘pyjama paralysis‘ on Wednesday (8 March) to give patients back one million days of their precious time that would otherwise be wasted in bed in a hospital or care home.

2018 March 5, “70 days to end pyjama paralysis”, in NHS England, archived from the original on 2024-05-01:

The ambition is to end pyjama paralysis and capture, in just 70 days, a million patient days that would otherwise have been wasted in bed in a hospital or care home.

2018 May 10, Ian Peate, “Putting an end to pyjama paralysis: the benefits”, in The British Journal of Nursing, volume 27, number 9, →DOI, page 471:

So-called “pyjama paralysis” is of increasing importance with the ageing UK population.

2019 February, F. Rogerson, C. Kendall, “Pyjama Paralysis”, in Age and Ageing, volume 48, →DOI, page i1:

The studies favors the education and information of patients, their environment and nursing staff, as well as the function-focused continuation of daily activities and mobility measures tailored to the patient in an activity-enhancing and safe environment, in order to counteract pyjama paralysis and positively influence care-sensitive outcomes.

2022 May 27, Janine Schweber, “The phenomenon “Pajama Paralysis” – trend or evident”, in KiDokS:

If your patient does require transport to ED, it is worth considering their discharge planning early. This can be done by documenting the patient's home situation along with social support, lining up family to collect the patient or to be at home for discharge, having a keysafe code documented, packing the patient's clothes to help prevent ‘pyjama paralysis’ and bringing key medications with the patient so that they don’t have to wait for the hospital pharmacy prior to departure.

2021, Richard Pilbery, Paramedic Case Studies: 35 Prehospital Emergencies Explored and Explained, Class Publishing, page 378:

‘Pyjama paralysis’ is a loss of strength and function caused by long periods of bed rest. Not getting dressed into day clothes can make you feel like you should stay in bed all day and not actively take part in recovery programmes.

2022, June Andrews, Carers and Caring: The One-Stop Guide: How to care for older relatives and friends - with tips for managing finances and accessing the right support, Profile Books, page 51:

(uncommon, healthcare) The influence of nightwear outside rest hours on patients accompanied with long periods of bed rest, resulting in a loss of strength and mobility.


EDCA

w:Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement

(Philippines, US, politics, military) Acronym of Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (a mutual defense agreement between the Philippines and the United States).


(military) Initialism of hospital apprentice first class.


(military) Initialism of hospital apprentice second class.


primary time

primary time (countable and uncountable, plural primary times)

(military, aviation) The amount of time in which a pilot is actively controlling the aircraft, excluding time flown while instructing and evaluating.


zero-dose

To do this, it is important to update existing estimates of the frequency of zero-dose children in countries with recent data. Next, there is a need to understand how children move out of the zero-dose group towards full immunisation.

2021 July 22, Bianca O. Cata-Preta, Thiago M. Santos, Tewodaj Mengistu, Daniel R. Hogan, Aluisio J.D. Barros, Cesar G. Victora, “Zero-dose children and the immunisation cascade: Understanding immunisation pathways in low and middle-income countries”, in Vaccine, volume 39, number 32, →DOI, pages 4564-4570:

Before the vaccination campaign, 17.3% of children under 9 months were DTP zero-dose and 4.3% of children 9–60 months were measles zero-dose.

2021 December 30, Rohan Arambepola, Yangyupei Yang, Kyle Hutchinson, Francis Dien Mwansa, Julie Ann Doherty, Frazer Bwalya, Phillimon Ndubani, Gloria Musukwa, William John Moss, Amy Wesolowski1, Simon Mutembo, “Using geospatial models to map zero-dose children: factors associated with zero-dose vaccination status before and after a mass measles and rubella vaccination campaign in Southern province, Zambia”, in BMJ Global Health, volume 6, number 12, →DOI:

Over a 24-year period in India, child zero-dose status was shaped by large-scale social inequalities and remained a consistent marker of generalised vulnerability. Interventions that address this cycle of intergenerational inequities should be prioritised.

2021 December, Mira Johri, Sunil Rajpal, S V Subramanian, , “Progress in reaching unvaccinated (zero-dose) children in India, 1992–2016: a multilevel, geospatial analysis of repeated cross-sectional surveys”, in The Lancet Global Health, volume 9, number 12, →DOI, pages 1697-1706:

One in five children worldwide are now zero-dose or under-vaccinated, meaning they’ve missed out entirely or partially on routine immunization. Those are levels we’ve not seen since 2008.

2023 April, “The State of the World’s Children 2023”, in UNICEF, archived from the original on 2024-05-04:

“We normally vaccinate between 200 to 300 people per day. There are so many children coming here who are zero-dose,” says Nelson, referring to children who have not received their first diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus vaccine (DTP1).

2023 May 23, “Zero-dose children in Angola are being protected through a nationwide vaccination campaign”, in UNICEF, archived from the original on 2024-05-15:

(healthcare, of children) Failing to receive any routine vaccination; having received no doses of a particular vaccine.


anchor point

Tournament archers generally use a lower anchor point, with the string hand under the chin.

1997, M. R. James, G. Fred Asbell, Dave Holt, Bowhunting Equipment and Skills, page 83:

Low groups can come from a mis-set sight, dropping your bow arm because of fatigue, a broken serving causing your nocking point to elevate, a loose aperture or scope, or half a dozen form flaws (such as a misplaced anchor point).

2004, Steve Ruis, Claudia Stevenson, Precision Archery, page 59:

To this point you have been using an under-chin anchor point. You have been anchoring your string hand under your jaw bone.

2006, Kathleen Haywood, Catherine Lewis, Archery: Steps to Success, page 67:

(archery) A point on the body, such as the chin or the corner of the mouth, that an archer touches with the string hand when the bow is fully drawn, in order to maintain a consistent draw.


controlled variable time

controlled variable time (countable and uncountable, plural controlled variable times)

(military, weaponry) A type of artillery fuze that has a mechanical timer which activates the radar when it is near the target.


riding time

riding time (countable and uncountable, plural riding times)

(wrestling) The elapsed time that counts in favor of a wrestler gaining control of an opponent on the mat.


golpy

Blazon: A plate golpy charged with a saltire Azure, overall a barrel Or charged with a lion’s head erased Gules, the whole ensigned by a coronet of mayflowers and thistles Or.

2014, Grant of a Badge for use by the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Excellence in Nova Scotian Wines https://www.gg.ca/en/heraldry/public-register/project/2644

(heraldry) Semé (strewn) with golpes (roundels purpure).


NOTC

None of These Candidates
w:None of These Candidates

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


ameliorationist

Near-synonym: reformist

This issue […] recalled for me a similar issue that was hot back in the waning days of Amerika's war on Indo-China, i.e., the rights of homosexuals to serve honorably in the military […] At that time, many homosexual activists ― certainly the more politically radical ― took a position contrary to the one voiced by the more Respectable (and institutionally-affiliated) gays. The radical queers possessed a thorough criticism of society; the ameliorationists didn't. The radicals said it was more important to wreck the Amerikan military machine rather than funneling gays into GI rags.

1978 December 9, Mitzel, “Post-Briggs Blues”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 20, page 4:

(politics) One who aims to improve a deficient or harmful institution, rather than to replace it.


functioning time

functioning time (countable and uncountable, plural functioning times)

(military, weaponry) Of ordnance, the amount of time required for the fuze to detonate after impact or after a preset time.


taxeater

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


casualty notification

casualty notification (plural casualty notifications)

death notification
death notification#English

(military) Synonym of death notification.


pollercoaster

pollercoasters (plural)
poller-coaster (alternative)

Favreau was notoriously anxious in campaign seasons riding what he called a "poller-coaster" of emotions, checking the daily tracking polls, always anticipating the worst.

2019, Ben Rhodes, The World as It Is, page 187:

(politics) A poll characterised by dramatic swings or ups and downs in the results.


price of admiralty

(UK, military, historical) The cost of maintaining supreme command of the seas.


loadie

There were 2 000 rounds of ammo to fire between us four loadies. We sat there for hours and took our potshots.

2010, Cameron Blake, From Soldier to Civvy: Reflections on National Service:


resident-general

(diplomacy) A high-ranking resident (diplomatic representative residing in a foreign country).


jack-in-the-box effect

jack-in-the-box effect (plural jack-in-the-box effects)

(military slang) A specific effect of a catastrophic kill on a tank or other turreted armored vehicle in which an ammunition explosion causes the tank's turret to be violently blown off the chassis and into the air.


corridor care

(UK, healthcare) The treatment of patients in spaces not intended for clinical purposes, such as corridors and waiting-rooms, as a result of overcrowding.


ballot candy

And ballot candy doesn’t always work. Missouri voters soundly rejected a gas tax hike in 2018 despite it being sold as a way to increase funding for law enforcement.

2023 February 3, Jason Hancock, “‘Ballot candy?’ Missouri GOP adds citizen-only voting into initiative petition changes”, in Missouri Independent, archived from the original on 2023-02-03:

(US, politics, informal) The pairing of a controversial proposal with a more popular one in a ballot measure to increase the measure's chances of being approved by voters.


LRU

London Reform Union
w:London Reform Union

(UK politics, historical) Initialism of London Reform Union.


O'Sullivan's law

Named after John O'Sullivan (born 1942), British conservative political commentator and journalist.

(politics) The observation that all organizations that are not explicitly right-wing will over time become left-wing.


Zionist occupation government

Zionist occupation government (plural Zionist occupation governments)

(politics, geopolitics, derogatory) A government of a Western state secretly or openly controlled by Zionists or Zionist interests such as AIPAC.

(politics, geopolitics, derogatory) Any government in the world that is perceived or regarded as aligned with Israel, the United States or the West.


controlled opposition

controlled opposition (countable and uncountable, plural controlled oppositions)

(politics) A purported opposition party that the ruling party actually uses as a hegemonical tool to serve as a red herring to constituents.


SAAF

South African Air Force
w:South African Air Force

(South Africa, military, aviation) Initialism of South African Air Force.


Small Party of Good Boys

the Small Party of Good Boys (canonical)

Has anything the Small Party of Good Boys said not been embarrassing?

2018 December 20, naijeieoas, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-02-11:

(UK politics, humorous, derogatory) The Socialist Party of Great Britain.


double hater

double haters (plural)
double-hater (alternative)

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

Attested from at least 2017 (see quotations below).

Donald Trump’s data analysts gave them a nickname: “double haters.” These were people who disliked both candidates but traditionally showed up at the polls to vote.

2017, Joshua Green, Devil’s Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Nationalist Uprising, page 231:

Trump's analysts nicknamed this group "double haters." They comprised about 3% to 5% of the 15 million voters the campaign believed were persuadable.

[2020 April 24, Joshua Green, “New Poll Shows a Hidden Danger for Trump: Double Haters”, in Bloomberg (subscription required):

Without Clinton on the ballot this year, Trump no longer wins what Republicans in 2016 wryly dubbed the "double hater" vote — a small but important slice of the public that dislikes both presidential candidates, but grudgingly settled for Trump as the lesser evil.

2020 May 4, Keith Boag, “Strong third-party candidate for U.S. president rattles nervous anti-Trumpers”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 2020-05-04:

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

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

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

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

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

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

(US politics, informal) A person who did not favor either the Democratic Party or the Republican Party candidate in the 2016, 2020, or 2024 United States presidential election.


TLAM

Tomahawk Land Attack Missile
w:Tomahawk (missile)

(US military) Initialism of Tomahawk Land Attack Missile.


Green Lantern theory

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

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


ROTU

Reserve Officer Training Unit
w:Reserve Officer Training Unit

(Malaysia, military) Initialism of Reserve Officer Training Unit.


IRIAF

Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force
w:Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force

(military, aviation) Initialism of Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force.


Her Majesty's Opposition

(UK politics) A more formal title for the Official Opposition (the largest opposition party) in the House of Parliament, used when there is a queen on the throne.


IIAF

Imperial Iranian Air Force
w:Imperial Iranian Air Force

(military, aviation, historical) Initialism of Imperial Iranian Air Force (1925 to 1979).


full eagle colonel

full eagle colonel (plural full eagle colonels)

[…] full eagle colonel and a flight surgeon. According to the scuttle - butt prior to his arrival, he was an efficient administrative as well as medical officer with many contacts in Washington, one of the few reserve medical officers in[…]

2005 October 26, Paul Borick, Ho! Ho! Weekend Warrior, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 131:

[…]. That means you'll be at least a full eagle colonel.” Reynolds frowned, obviously trying to think of a response. “Maybe now you'll treat me with more respect.” “In your dreams, soldier. What you need, Ethan Stark, is.

2011 September 9, Jack Campbell, Stark's Crusade, Titan Books, →ISBN:

(US, slang, military) Synonym of bird colonel.


little blue man

little blue man (plural little blue men)

desc

→ Mandarin: (Taiwan) 小藍人 /小蓝人 (xiǎolánrén) (calque)

From little + blue + man. Coined by Andrew S. Erickson of the Naval War College by analogy with little green man, the term used to refer to covert soldiers used by Russia during the 2014 annexation of Crimea.

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China

(geopolitics, chiefly in the plural) A member of the Maritime Militia of the People's Republic of China, primarily composed of fishing and motorboats, who aid in the pursuit of its maritime interests in disputed waters (and especially those relating to the territorial disputes in the South China Sea); chiefly when viewed as a covert projection of power, intended to encroach on the sovereignty of other countries.

Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation


raise to the ermine

en-verb

raise to the ermine (third-person singular simple present raises to the ermine, present participle raising to the ermine, simple past and past participle raised to the ermine)

raises to the ermine (present singular third-person)
raising to the ermine (participle present)
raised to the ermine (participle past)
raised to the ermine (past)

Ermine robes were traditionally worn by members of the House of the Lords, and by high-ranking judges in the English courts.

(heraldry) Of a person, to increase in status by adding an ermine fur pattern to a coat of arms.


continuism

Calque of Spanish continuismo, equivalent to continue + -ism.

“The President can go to the elections alone because I'm not going to legalize a fraud of huge proportions in order to maintain continuism,” he added.

1974 May 14, “BOYCOTT IS HINTED IN DOMINICAN VOTE”, in The New York Times:

But being an insider does not necessarily mean “continuism.”

2018 May 15, Javier Corrales, “Venezuelans Have No Choice but to Vote”, in The New York Times:

(politics) The practice of serving in office indefinitely by bypassing or abolishing term limits.


RBAF

Royal Brunei Armed Forces
w:Royal Brunei Armed Forces

(Brunei, military) Initialism of Royal Brunei Armed Forces.


RBN

(Brunei, military, nautical) Initialism of Royal Brunei Navy.


JDF

Jamaica Defence Force
w:Jamaica Defence Force

(Jamaica, military) Initialism of Jamaica Defence Force.


Rough Riders

Spanish-American War
Spanish-American War

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

Battle of San Juan Hill
Theodore Roosevelt


RCV

ranked-choice voting
w:ranked-choice voting

(politics) Initialism of ranked-choice voting.


tactical contact

en-noun

tactical contact (countable and uncountable, plural tactical contacts)

(uncountable) The use of a police vehicle to deliberately ram another vehicle, in an attempt to bring a pursuit to an end.

(countable) An instance of such ramming.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tactical, contact.


gaff off

en-verb

gaff off (third-person singular simple present gaffs off, present participle gaffing off, simple past and past participle gaffed off)

gaffs off (present singular third-person)
gaffing off (participle present)
gaffed off (participle past)
gaffed off (past)

(slang, US military) To deliberately disrespect a commanding officer; to be insubordinate; to disregard a lawful command.


single up

single up (third-person singular simple present singles up, present participle singling up, simple past and past participle singled up)

singles up (present singular third-person)
singling up (participle present)
singled up (participle past)
singled up (past)


DOH

Department of Health
w:Department of Health (Philippines)

(Philippines, healthcare) Initialism of Department of Health.

DAR

executive departments of the Philippines


Cathedral

the Cathedral (canonical)
the cathedral (alternative rare)

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

coined

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

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

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

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

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

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

(US politics, alt-right, neologism) The mainstream system or establishment in society, regarded as liberal or leftist.


walk down

en-verb

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

walks down (present singular third-person)
walking down (participle present)
walked down (participle past)
walked down (past)

He's relentlessly walking him down.

(boxing, transitive) To continually advance (on an opponent) and punch (the opponent) in order to control the fight and dominate the opponent, while shrugging off the opponent's punches.


stealection

For quotations using this term, see Citations:stealection.

(politics, derogatory) A rigged election, especially the 2020 United States presidential election as viewed by supporters of Donald Trump.


Hezbollahzation

(geopolitics) The process of reinforcing the connections of the military bloc between Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah, and projecting the influence of Hezbollah across the Levant.


LGU

A special challenge is posed by local government units (LGUs) and the country’s decentralized governance system. An estimated $85 billion is required to fund preliminary LGU adaptation requirements.

2021 October 21, Department of Finance Philippines, “Philippines Goes Green”, in CNN:

After the Commission approves a route and any appropriate design engineering is completed, the Applicants will work with LGUs to obtain any of the following approvals, if necessary.

2024 August 19, “LAKETOWN 115-kV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT IN CARVER COUNTY, MN”, in Great River Energy, page 27:

(Philippines, US, government) Initialism of local government unit.


EDSA

(history, Philippine politics) Ellipsis of EDSA Revolution.


pistolized

(chiefly Philippines, firearms) with shoulder stock removed and replaced with a pistol grip on a long gun (such as a shotgun or carbine)


RFMA

Respect for Marriage Act
w:Respect for Marriage Act

(US politics) Initialism of Respect for Marriage Act.


STAR

Special Task and Rescue
w:Special Task and Rescue

(Malaysia, law enforcement, nautical) Acronym of Special Task and Rescue.

w:Special Tactics and Rescue (Singapore)

(Singapore, law enforcement) Acronym of Special Tactics and Rescue.


per pall

44. Per pall, sable, argent and gules. 45. Per pall reversed, or, argent and azure. 46. Argent, a pall gules.

1896, Franz Sales Meyer, A Handbook of Ornament, with 300 Plates Containing about 3000 Illustrations of the Elements, and the Application of Decoration to Objects, page 508:

[…] is : Per pall (or per pairle), reversed; or, sable and azure; in dexter chief an azure money bag tied and lined gules, proper ; in sinister chief a pair of balances palewise of the fourth; in base a Phoenician galley with sails[…]

Per pall azure, argent and gules, a pall between in chief a sun in splendour or, on the dexter side upon a mount issuing from base an oak-tree proper, and on the sinister side three mullets of six points one and two of the fourth[…]

1929, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour:

(heraldry, uncommon) (Partitioned) into three triangular sections, one pointing down from the top of the shield and the others occupying the remainder of the left and right halves of the shield, as if the shield is divided by a Y shape (formally party per pall or tierced per pall).


charter change

(Philippines, politics) constitutional reform


bunker out

bunker out (third-person singular simple present bunkers out, present participle bunkering out, simple past and past participle bunkered out)

bunkers out (present singular third-person)
bunkering out (participle present)
bunkered out (participle past)
bunkered out (past)

(slang, firefighting, intransitive) To suit up in firefighting gear.


Orcban

Blend of orc + Orban. Orc, a term for Russian soldiers participating in the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, refers to Orban's pro-Russian stance.

(derogatory, politics, Internet slang) Viktor Orban (prime minister of Hungary).


Orcistan

/ˌɔːkɪˈstɑːn/

/ˌɔɹkɪˈstɑːn/

From orc + -i- + -stan. Orc is a term for Russian soldiers participating in the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, later extended to Russians in general. Compare Ukrainian оркоста́н (orkostán).

(Internet slang, derogatory, offensive, politics) Russia.


Cameltoe Harris

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


attitude-adjuster

(US, slang, law enforcement) A nightstick or any type of club.


Arkancide

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

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


collective West

the collective West (canonical)
Collective West (alternative)

(geopolitics) The United States and its allies.


Obamna

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

O'Rourke voted against the border wall [...] He voted against Kate's Law. And he voted for Obamna amnesty — amnesty, Obama amnesty.

2018 October 22, CSPAN, 47:24 from the start, in President Trump Campaign Rally in Houston, Texas, spoken by Donald Trump:

obamna

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

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


superprojectile

superprojectiles (plural)
super-projectile (alternative)

He knew the cause—tons of khatonite were being turned out where only pounds had been required before—tons of high explosive that were to be transported in those dread superprojectiles to congested centres of population all over the world.

1932, Bob Olsen, Earl Repp, William Lemkin, Amazing Stories, page 698:

The six submarines, of a type now maneuvering off the coast, are shown surfaced off enemy coast line launching superprojectiles, guided from sub conning towers to targets as far as 500 miles inland.

1950, Donald Goldsmith, Los Angeles Times, Volume 69, page 3:

t. The comet or asteroid would part the - atmosphere like a superprojectile, leaving a hole through the air as wide as itself.

1985, Donald Goldsmith, Nemesis: The Death-Star and Other Theories of Mass Extinction, Walker, →ISBN, page 144:

Picture an onrushing comet or asteroid that approaches Earth at a relative velocity between 10 and 50 kilometers per second, so that the object arrives from the moon's distance in a matter of a few hours— not much of a warning even if anything were to done about it. The comet or asteroid would part the atmosphere like a superprojectile, leaving a hole through the air as wide as itself. Even though air rushes back into the hole at the speed of sound, it would taken tens of seconds for the hole to disappear.

1987, Thomas R. McDonough, Space: The Next Twenty-Five Years, Wiley, →ISBN, page 134:

(rare, firearms, physics) A superior projectile; a supershot.


sell the family silver

sell the family silver (third-person singular simple present sells the family silver, present participle selling the family silver, simple past and past participle sold the family silver)

sells the family silver (present singular third-person)
selling the family silver (participle present)
sold the family silver (participle past)
sold the family silver (past)

Referring to the selling of heirlooms. Use in reference to national policy popularized in a paraphrasing of a 1985 speech by former British prime minister Harold Macmillan: “The sale of assets is common with individuals and states when they run into financial difficulties. First, all the Georgian silver goes, and then all that nice furniture that used to be in the saloon. Then the Canalettos go,” in reference the privatization policy of Margaret Thatcher.

sell one's birthright for a mess of pottage

And if it is close, when is it sensible to sell the family silver?

1988, Lee E. Preston, editor, International and Comparative Studies, volume 1, →ISBN, page 161:

There have been resignations of government officials over anomalies in the privatisation of the copper industry, while the charge that the government is selling the family silver is still voiced frequently.

2000, Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa, editor, The African Economy: Policy, Institutions and the Future, →ISBN, page 192:

[...] yet it had only a 50 percent stake because its partner, while recognizing that it needed and alliance in order to introduce new products, was unwilling to sell the family silver by giving up 51 percent.

2003, James D. Bamford, Benjamin Gomes-Casseres, Michael S. Robinson, Mastering Alliance Strategy, →ISBN, page 60:

(politics, finance) To sell a valuable or critical asset, especially for immediate or short-term gain.


monkey strap

monkey straps (plural)
monkey-strap (alternative)

Also, he must always use the approved safety harness, or "monkey strap" as it is commonly called.

1970, U.S. Army Aviation Center, U.S. Army Aviation School (contributors), United States Army Aviation Digest - Volume 16, page 11:

The monkey strap term came from the "tail" we had whenever we unhooked to exit the helicopter.

2007, Frank Lampi, Ghost Riders A War Story, page 102:

Although his monkey strap kept him from flying completely out of the chopper, he went out to the end of his strap and then flew back and hit the side of the chopper.

2014, H. D. Graham, Vietnam Helicopter Crew Member Stories, page 254:

Kolt leaned forward slightly, testing the tension on his monkey strap, and spotted the second Mark V still positioned next to the ship.

2015, Dalton Fury, One Killer Force - A Delta Force Novel:

(US, military, slang) A type of safety strap.


Western Bloc

Holonyms: free world; First World < world, World

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


omnicause

From omni- + cause. Coined in 2023 during the Israel–Hamas war protests. Compare omnishambles.

Palestinians have attained this status: as a group, they tick a great many intersectional victim boxes, while Omnicause adherents have long viewed Israel’s behaviour as a metonym for American oppression, both internally (racism, slavery) and externally (global imperial hegemony).

2023 November 20, Mary Harrington, UnHerd, archived from the original on 2024-05-28:

But it was ever thus. Radical activism has always been a multipack deal. Our omnicause encompassed apartheid, Nicaragua, nuclear disarmament, the miners’ strike and that Thatcher-era hardy perennial, The Cuts.

2024 May 17, Janice Turner, “Don’t scorn students for believing in a cause”, in The Times, archived from the original on 2024-06-06:

The impact the critical race theory discipline has had on how the omnicause is articulated cannot be overstressed.

2024 May 20, Mike Gonzalez, “Who Benefits From the Destabilization of the U.S.?”, in The Heritage Foundation:

(politics, neologism) The intersectional relatedness of major political causes and issues, especially in the context of such relatedness being false or exaggerated.


third lieutenant

en-noun

third lieutenant (plural third lieutenants)

third lieutenants (plural)
3rd lieutenant (alternative)

(Philippines, military, historical) The lowest commissioned officer grade of the American colonial gendarmerie, an organization which existed from 1901 through 1942. The American colonial army also had this grade from 1935 through 1942. Similar to the American colonial army, the Spanish army in 1898 had a rank structure with four company grade officer ranks: captain; first lieutenant; second lieutenant; and ensign or alférez. In contrast, the Philippine army in July 1898, like the present Philippine army, had three company grade officer ranks: captain, first lieutenant, and second lieutenant.


traffic lead

(Philippines, law enforcement) unarmed traffic police


statutory board

statutory board (plural statutory boards)

(Commonwealth, government) A quasi-government body corporate constituted under legislation and tasked to perform some functions.


woke mob

Prominent use began after the term 'woke' became popular among conservative spheres as a pejorative, likely starting around 2021-2022.

Outlets like the New York Times and the Washington Post are now "fused with the woke mob," he said.

2021 July 24, Kelsey Koberg, quoting Victor Davis Hanson, The woke mob is everywhere: Here's where it came from and how one critic believes it can be stopped, Fox News:

“We reject woke ideology. We fight the woke in the legislature, we fight the woke in the schools, we fight the woke in the corporations — we will never, ever surrender to the woke mob,” he said to cheers at his victory party.

2023 August 17, Amanda Becker, quoting Ron DeSantis, Why DeSantis’ war on ‘woke’ isn’t winning in the GOP primary, The 19th News Network:

(derogatory, politics) Progressives collectively, seen as a group which exhibits qualities of mob mentality in their thinking and beliefs.


head

I'm shocked, shocked, to find that gambling is going on in here

Said by Capt. Louis Renault in the 1942 film Casablanca, immediately prior to receiving his cut of the gambling.

(politics, sports) Said in reference to the hypocrisy of officials who are supposed to police illicit activities but engage in those activities themselves.


barangay captain

en-noun

barangay captain (plural barangay captains)

From barangay + captain, with the former from Tagalog barangay.

(Philippines, government) leader of a barangay


barangay chairman

barangay chairman (plural barangay chairmans)

barangay captain
barangay captain#English

(Philippines, government) Synonym of barangay captain.


First Lady of the Land

(US, politics, obsolete) Former name of FLOTUS.


GQPer

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

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


heat-seeking

(military, weaponry) Of a missile or rocket, able to detect and follow the heat emitted by an aircraft engine or rocket.


petukh

Borrowed from Russian петух (petux, “prison bitch”), literally “rooster”.

bor+

(vulgar, offensive, military slang) A man forced into a homosexual relationship and used as a sex slave or servant by another man, especially in the Russian prison and military systems.


ALOHA

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

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


number coding

number-coding (alternative)
coding (alternative)

(Philippines, law enforcement) A policy in some urban areas where vehicles with plate numbers ending in a particular number are barred from using the main streets on a particular pre-assigned day to reduce traffic.


bull up

en-verb

bull up (third-person singular simple present bulls up, present participle bulling up, simple past and past participle bulled up)

bulls up (present singular third-person)
bulling up (participle present)
bulled up (participle past)
bulled up (past)

(UK, slang, military) To polish (boots) thoroughly; by extension, to prepare other military kit, e.g. firearms or uniforms; to clean or organize more generally.


UPDF

Uganda People's Defence Force
w:Uganda People's Defence Force

(Uganda, military) Initialism of Uganda People's Defence Force (the armed forces of Uganda).


CAMUS

Acronym of Corps of Army Music, which is the erstwhile name of the corps.

(military, music) Royal Corps of Army Music (a corps of the British Army).


RMSM

Royal Military School of Music
w:Royal Military School of Music

(military, music) Initialism of Royal Military School of Music (British Army musical school).


RCAM

Royal Corps of Army Music
w:Royal Corps of Army Music

(military, music) Initialism of Royal Corps of Army Music (a corps of the British Army).


EDSA II

(Philippine politics) The mass protests that overthrew former Philippine President Joseph Estrada, held at EDSA (Epifanio de los Santos Avenue), Metro Manila, Philippines.


EDSA III

(Philippine politics) The protests sparked by the arrest of newly deposed president Joseph Estrada of the Philippines from April 25 to May 1, 2001.


NDFP

w:National Democratic Front of the Philippines

(Philippine politics) Initialism of National Democratic Front of the Philippines.


active-duty

(military) Of a person on active duty; performing military duties on a full-time basis.


Nasty Pelosi

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(US politics, slang, derogatory) Nancy Pelosi.


privileged sanctuary

en-noun

privileged sanctuary (plural privileged sanctuaries)

For example, Walter Lippman has written that "it is for all practical purposes impossible to win a guerrilla war if there is a privileged sanctuary behind the guerrilla fighters."

1973 May-June, G.R. Christmas, “Guerrilla Sanctuaries”, in Infantry, volume 61, page 25:

The use of Manchuria as a "privileged sanctuary" by Communist aircraft led General MacArthur to request from the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Department of State a right of "hot pursuit" of enemy fighters two or three minutes of flying-time into Manchurian air space.

2002, Nicholas M Poúlantzas, The Right of Hot Pursuit in International Law, page 332:

(military) An area that is granted special protection or immunity from military operations or attacks, such as a religious or cultural site or one belonging to another party than those involved in a conflict.


RBLF

Royal Brunei Land Force
w:Royal Brunei Land Force

(Brunei, military) Initialism of Royal Brunei Land Force.


RBPF

Royal Brunei Police Force
w:Royal Brunei Police Force

(Brunei, law enforcement) Initialism of Royal Brunei Police Force.


KAF

(Kenya, military, aviation) Initialism of Kenya Air Force


detrumpification

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

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

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


detrumpify

en-verb

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

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

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

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


big beast

But business has become less keen both on Europe and on him, while the erstwhile Tory big beasts, such as Ken Clarke, Michael Heseltine, Douglas Hurd and Chris Patten, have been strident critics of his Iraq policy.

Despite the reluctance of New Labour big beasts such as Charles Clarke, Stephen Byers, or Alan Milburn, and the hesitations of David Miliband and Alan Johnson, Gordon Brown was elected unopposed.

2010 February 12, Florence Faucher-King, Patrick Le Galés, The New Labour Experiment: Change and Reform Under Blair and Brown, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 153:

If his purpose was to re-ignite Tory passions, he was successful, ending up with the Tory 'big beasts' fighting among themselves.

2021 August 19, Christopher Booker, Richard North, The Great Deception: The True Story of Britain and the European Union, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 336:

Michael Portillo’s election defeat in 1997, unseated on a swing of 17.4 percentage points shortly after 3am on 2 May that year, has become synonymous with the shock moment that a major political big beast loses their seat.

2024 July 5, Alexandra Topping, “The 2024 election’s ‘Portillo moments’: which ‘Big Beasts’ have lost their seats?”, in The Guardian:

(UK, politics) A prominent and influential politician, especially one seen as a leader or major player within a party or faction.


pledge of allegiance

en-noun

pledge of allegiance (plural pledges of allegiance)

(government) An oral affirmation of one's dedication to a ruler or country.


Pledge of Allegiance

United States of America
United States of America

(US, government) A patriotic recited verse that promises allegiance to the flag of the United States and the republic of the United States of America.


pace stick

(military) A stick or implement used to measure paces.

步規 /步规

a stick used to measure the correct length of pace


Usec

(Philippines, government) Abbreviation of undersecretary.


fog out

en-verb

fog out (third-person singular simple present fogs out, present participle fogging out, simple past and past participle fogged out)

fogs out (present singular third-person)
fogging out (participle present)
fogged out (participle past)
fogged out (past)

(transitive, firefighting) To ventilate a space by breaking open a window to let smoke out.


racial profile

(public policy, law enforcement) An estimation or generalization about the behavior of a group based on their appearance, skin color, hair texture, or clothing.


CCDS

w:Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism

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


racially-profile

racially-profile (third-person singular simple present racially-profiles, present participle racially-profiling, simple past and past participle racially-profiled)

racially-profiles (present singular third-person)
racially-profiling (participle present)
racially-profiled (participle past)
racially-profiled (past)

(transitive, law enforcement, public policy) To engage in racial profiling; to act as a racial profiler.


fan camera photography

(military, photography) Photography taken simultaneously by an assembly of three or more cameras systematically installed at fixed angles relative to each other.


field out

field out (third-person singular simple present fields out, present participle fielding out, simple past and past participle fielded out)

fields out (present singular third-person)
fielding out (participle present)
fielded out (participle past)
fielded out (past)

Those radios have been fielded out to bases.

(transitive, military) To deploy (equipment) into the field.


AFPAC

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


gunpost

I am after a photo of a WW2 pillbox / gunpost.

2008 August 17, Rove, British Genealogy:

(military) A secure place where a soldier can operate a gun.


colonial empire

en-noun

colonial empire (plural colonial empires)

(historical, geopolitics) A collective of territories that are either contiguous with the imperial center or located overseas, and settled by the population of a certain state and governed by that state.


global empire

(geopolitics) An empire that extends its territory or influence on a wide or global scale.


kill box

kill boxes (plural)
killbox (alternative)

"We landed in their killbox?" "We did. I am sor... No, belay that. Heads down! Cavalry incoming!"

2015 February 1, Howard Tayler, Schlock Mercenary, archived from the original on 2024-05-14:

There was also the possibility that he might try to lure her into a killbox of his own devising. She had some experience with that, so it wasn't likely to be an issue. Just something to keep in mind.

2023 October 10, HarryBlank, “The Cruelest Fight”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 2024-08-31:

(military) A area preprepared to allow friendly forces to immediately fire on any enemy forces who enter.


Yellowtard

(Philippine politics, derogatory) A fanatic of the Liberal Party of the Philippines.