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October 12, 2024
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Lacking In Basic Education, Reason And Logic (“liberal” backronym)

"Lacking In Basic Education, Reason And Logic" is a backonym (back acronym) of the word "liberal" that has been printed on many images. "LIBERAL = Lacking In Basic…

July 31, 2010
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Lame Duck (Lame Duck Session)

Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Lame duck (politics)A lame duck is an elected official who is approaching the end of his or her tenure, and especially an official whose successor has already…

June 16, 2015
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Land of Opportunity

The United States has often been called the "land of opportunity." The term "land of opportunity" first became cited in this context in the early 1850s. Several areas of the…

August 16, 2010
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Latte Liberal

"Latte liberal" describes a person who drinks a latte and is politically liberal. The derogatory term describes a rich person who holds liberal views that are convenient to him or her…

November 17, 2014
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Lawyer’s Billable Hours (lawyer joke)

A popular lawyer joke about billable hours dates in print to at least the early 1980s. A lawyer died at a young age and complained to St. Peter in heaven that he was taken from the earth too soon.…

November 18, 2014
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Lawyer’s Brain (lawyer joke)

A popular lawyer joke involves the price of a lawyer's brain relative to brains of other professions. The joke has been cited in print since at least 1994 and is of unknown authorship. The…

September 5, 2011
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Leading from Behind

"Leading from behind" can describe someone who is afraid of the action. In Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera, The Gondoliers (1889), it was said of the Duke of Plaza-Toro: "In…

July 26, 2010
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Lear Jet Liberal (Learjet Liberal)

"Lear jet liberal" (or "Learjet liberal") is a more modern version of the 1969 New York City term, "limousine liberal." A "Learjet liberal" might be a person…

December 28, 2017
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Lechislator (lecher/lecherous + legislator); Lechislature

"Lechislator" (lecher/lecherous + legislator) and "lechislature" (lecher/lecherous + legislature) are portmanteau words that have been infrequently used. "LECHISLATOR:…

January 22, 2014
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Lee Harvey [lastname] (crime patsy nickname)

Lee Harvey Oswald (1939-1963) was the accused lone assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, although Oswald called himself a patsy and said that he never shot anyone.…

December 3, 2009
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Leftard (left + retard)

"Leftard" (left + retard) is an epithet used by some on the political right against the political left. "Leftard" has been cited in print since August 2004. Similar terms…

June 30, 2010
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Leftosphere (left blogosphere)

The "lefttosphere" is the "left blogosphere," containing blogs of the political left. The term "leftosphere" has been in print since at least March 2006. A similar…

December 10, 2009
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Lefturd (left + turd)

"Lefturd” (left + turd) is an epithet used by some on the political right against the political left. “Lefturd” has been cited in print since July 2002. Similar terms include…

September 21, 2010
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Leftwaffe (left + Luftwaffe)

"Leftwaffe" or "leftwaffe" (left + Luftwaffe) is an epithet used by some on the political right against the political lett. The Luftwaffe was the Nazi air force in World War II.…

October 18, 2010
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Lettermarking

Entry in progress -- B.P. The Center for Public IntegrityStimulating Hypocrisy: Scores of Recovery Act Opponents Sought Money Out of Public View By John Solomon and Aaron Mehta | October 17, 2010…

January 16, 2014
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LGBTPed (LGBT + pedophile)

"LGBT" stands for "Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender" and began to be popularly used in the 1990s. "Op-Ed: We Are Under Attack by the LGBTPed Community" by Rabbi Yair…

June 30, 2019
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LGBTQQWERTY (LGBTQ + QWERTY)

"LGBTQ" (or LGBT) are too many confusing letters for some people, who add the first six letters on the left side of a keyboard ("QWERTY") to it, forming "LGBTQWERTY."…

June 24, 2019
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LGBTQWERTY (LGBT/LGBTQ + QWERTY)

"LGBTQ" (or LGBT) are too many confusing letters for some people, who add the first six letters on the left side of a keyboard ("QWERTY") to it, forming "LGBTQWERTY."…

June 10, 2019
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LGBTQWXYZ (LGBTQ + WXYZ)

"LGBTQ" (or LGBT) are too many confusing letters for some people, who add the last four letters of the alphabet to it, forming "LGBTQWXYZ" (or "LGBTWXYZ"). The…

June 10, 2019
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

LGBTQXYZ (LGBTQ + XYZ)

"LGBTQ" (or LGBT) are too many confusing letters for some people, who add the last three letters of the alphabet to it, forming "LGBTQXYZ" (or "LGBTXYZ"). The…

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