Dem Bums (Brooklyn Dodgers)
"Dem Bums" (or "them bums" or "our bums") were the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team and their fans. American cartoonist Willard Mullin of the New York (NY)…
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DeMarxist (Democrat + Marxist)
"DeMarxist" or "DEMarxist" or "Demarxist" (Democrat + Marxist) is a nickname used by those who believe that the Democratic Party is very far to the left politically.…
Dementiacrat (dementia + Democrat)
"Dementiacrat" (dementia + Democrat) is a term sometimes used for "Democrat" by their opponents. The term has been applied both to Democrat candidates (such as Joe Biden) and to…
Dementocrat (demented + Democrat)
"Dementocrat" (demented = Democrat) is an epithet to describe a Democrat. The term "Dementocrat" has been cited in print since at least 1997. Google Groups:…
Demobrat (Democrat + brat)
"Demobrat” (Democrat + brat) is a slang name for the Democrat party, used by speakers who believe that Democrats act like brats. The term “Demobrat” dates to at least 1990. Urban…
Democalypse (democracy + apocalypse)
"Democalypse" (democracy + apocalypse) was the catchphrase that Comedy Central's The Daily Show applied to the 2012 U.S. presidential election. "Democalypse 2012" aired on…
Democide (demos/democracy + homicide)
"Democide" (demos/democracy + homicide) is a word used to describe the murder of any person or people by a government. Hunter College professor Theodore Abel (1896-1988) wrote about…
Democracy Plaza (NBC’s Rockefeller Center election headquarters)
"Democracy Plaza" is the name that NBC has used in 2004 (and other subsequent presidential elections) for its election headquarters at Rockefeller Center. The skating rink is transformed…
Democracy Wall (Carroll Street subway station, Carroll Gardens)
China's "Democracy Wall Movement" existed from November 1978 to December 1979, when a brick wall at Xidan Street in Beijing included posters of protest. Brooklyn's…
Democrap (Democrat + crap)
"Democrap” is a slang name for the Democrat party, used by speakers who believe that the Democrats are full of "crap." The term “Democrap" dates in print to at least the…
Democrat Night Live (Saturday Night Live or SNL nickname)
Saturday Night Live (SNL) is an American late-night live television sketch comedy that originated in 1975 and is broadcast from New York City. Many conservatives have argued that SNL has a liberal…
Democrat Party or Democratic Party (usage)
"Democrat party" is a name used by many Republicans to describe what Democrats themselves call the "Democratic party." The Republican reasoning is that there are…
Democratic Donkey
Thomas Nast, a cartoonist of Harper's Weekly, gets credit for the "Democratic Donkey," but credit should go to the New York Daily Graphic. The Daily Graphic's artist was Philip…
Democrazy (democracy + crazy)
"Democrazy" (democracy + crazy) is a term to describe a democracy gone crazy, perhaps by corrupt politics and elections. "Democrazy" has been cited in print since at least 1853…
Democrook (Democrat + crook)
"Democrook" (Democrat + crook) is an epithet used by some who believe that the Democrats are crooks. The term "Democrook" is cited since at least 1994, when it appeared in…
Demokraut (Democrat + Kraut)
"Demokraut" (Democrat + kraut) is a nickname for a Democrat that uses the term "Kraut," a nickname for a German (from the food "sauerkraut") that was popularly used…
Demolicious (demolition of Texas Stadium)
Texas Stadium opened on October 24, 1971 and was demolished on April 11. 2010. Kraft Foods, Inc., paid $75,000 to sponsor the demolition event and and 11-year-old essay contest winner helped to…
Demolitioncrat (demolition + Democrat)
"Demolitioncrat" (demolition + Democrat) is a portmanteau word used by those who believe that Democrats are demolishing the United States. "Be not fooled by the #Demolitioncrats…
Demon Pass (Deem and Pass)
Entry in progress -- B.P. MediaiteCNN’s Ed Henry Won’t Let Robert Gibbs Pass on ‘Deem and Pass’by Tommy Christopher | 3:41 pm, March 16th, 2010The House Democrats’ procedural “Deem and…
Demoncrap (Democrat party nickname)
"Demoncrap” is a slang name for the Democrat party, used by speakers who believe that the Democrats are "demons" who are full of "crap." The term “Demoncrap" dates…