Quarantine Fifteen (weight gain)
"Freshman Fifteen" refers to fifteen pounds of weight gain that freshmen sometimes gain. Many people gained weight during the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent quarantine.…
Quarantiranny (quarantine + tyranny)
Entry in progress -- B>P. "Quarantyranny" (quarantine + tyranny) is another spelling. Wikipedia: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreakThe 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing global…
Quarantween (quarantine + tween)
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in quarantines and popularized some quarantine portmanteau words. A "quaranteen" (quarantine + teen) or "quaranteenager" (quarantine…
Quarantyranny (quarantine + tyranny)
Entry in progress -- B>P. "Quarantiranny" (quarantine + tyranny) is another spelling. Wikipedia: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreakThe 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing global…
Quareaster (quarantine + Easter)
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in quarantines, and this occurred on the Easter 2020 religious holiday on April 12, 2020. "Quareaster" (quarantine + Easter) is a portmanteau…
Quaxine or Quaxxine or Quaxxxine (quack + vaccine)
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic led to vaccines. Some people who distrusted the vaccines called them "quaxine" or "quaxxine" or "quaxxxine" (quack + vaccine).…
Quaxxine or Quaxine or Quaxxxine (quack + vaccine)
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic led to vaccines. Some people who distrusted the vaccines called them "quaxine" or "quaxxine" or "quaxxxine" (quack + vaccine).…
Quaxxxine or Quaxine or Quaxxine (quack + vaccine)
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic led to vaccines. Some people who distrusted the vaccines called them "quaxine" or "quaxxine" or "quaxxxine" (quack + vaccine).…
Queaster (quarantine + Easter)
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in quarantines, and this occurred on the Easter 2020 religious holiday on April 12, 2020. "Queaster" (quarantine + Easter) is a portmanteau…
Quinnipiac (“Q-poll”) & Marist polls
Quinnipiac University (Hamden, Connecticut) is famous for its "Q-Poll" of local politics and issues. The polling started about 1990. Marist College (Poughkeepsie, New York) began its…
Raaaaacism or Raaaaacist (“There are five A’s in ‘raaaaacism’”)
"Racism!" and "Racist! are politically charged terms, often used after other factual arguments fail. The political right has often charged that the political left uses the "race…
Racer (race + -er)
The term "racer" (race + -er) follows such terms as "truther," "tenther" and "birther." Radio host Tony Katz coined "racer" in April 2011 to…
Radish Communist (red on the outside, white on the inside)
Russian politician Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) was heckled by workmen in Kiev in 1919, He said the town was like a radish -- red (communist) outside, but white inside. "Radish" was cited in…
Raging Moderate
"Raging moderate" is a political term that appears to be an oxymoron. Tennessee Senator Al Gore, Jr. was running for the Democratic presidential nomination in April 1987 when he described…
Rainbow Jihad
American talk radio host and author Steve Deace popularized the term "Rainbow Jihad" in 2014 and 2015. The term refers to what other conservative writers have called the "gay…
Rapefugee (rape + refugee)
The European migrant crisis of 2015 saw European countries admit many refugees. News of these refugees committing rapes resulted in the name "rapefugee" (rape + refugee).…
Raw Dog Oxygen (breathing without a face mask)
"Raw dog" usually means sexual intercourse without a condom. The 2020 COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic resulted in requirements to wear face masks, and "raw dog oxygen" (or…
Re-Re-Elect (third term election)
A politician is sometimes "elected" to a first term in office, "re-elected" to a second term, and "re-re-elected" to a third time. New York City's two-term mayor…
Realville (a town in the real world)
"Realville" isn't any actual city or town, but it's an expression for a place that exists "in the real world" and has real world problems. Politicians and economists…
Reasonoid (Reason Magazine reader nickname)
The libertarian Reason monthly magazine started a "Hit & Run" blog in 2002. Reason readers have been called "Reasonoids" since at least 2004. The nickname…