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July 3, 2024
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Prosecco Populist

The term "champagne socialist" is sometimes replaced with "prosecco progressive" or "prosecco populist." Prosecco is a white wine. "Think the term 'Champagne…

July 3, 2024
Food/DrinkGovernment/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Prosecco Progressive

The term "champagne socialist" is sometimes replaced with "prosecco progressive" or "prosecco populist." Prosecco is a white wine. "Think the term 'Champagne…

August 21, 2011
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Protection Racket

Entry in progress --B.P Wikipedia: Protection racketA protection racket is an extortion scheme whereby a criminal group or individual coerces a victim (usually a business) to pay money, supposedly…

April 6, 2014
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Pseudocracy (pseudo + democracy)

"Pseudocracy" (pseudo + democracy) has been infrequently used for many years by several independent sources. H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) wrote in a parody of T. S. Eliot's "The…

August 7, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Psyop-19 (psyop + COVID-19)

Entry in progress -- BP Wikipedia: COVID-19 pandemicThe COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe…

July 6, 2009
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Public Appendix (Public Advocate nickname)

New York City's Public Advocate's office (formerly called the President of the City Council) was created in 1993 as a public watchdog to serve as a check on the mayor's office.…

October 24, 2010
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Public Brainwashing Service (Public Broadcasting Service nickname)

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) was founded on October 5, 1970. Conservative critics have long held that PBS has a pro-liberal bias. PBS has been nicknamed the "Public Brainwashing…

August 26, 2013
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Puddle Pirate (Coast Guard member nickname)

The United States Coast Guard is part of the United States Armed Forces and was created by Congress in 1790 as the "Revenue Marine." The Coast Guard operates in mostly the shallow waters…

December 2, 2009
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

PUMA (Party Unity My Ass)

A "puma" is a cougar (Puma concolor). PUMA also stands for "Party Unity My Ass," an organization formed June 1, 2008 of supporters of New York Senator Hillary Clinton in her…

March 5, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Pundemic (pun + pandemic)

A pandemic of jokes might be called a "pundemic" (pun + pandemic). "America's decades-long 'pundemic' originated, West explains, in a fertile matrix" was printed…

October 30, 2009
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Pundette (female pundit)

The term "pundit" applies to both men and women. Critics of U.S. president Bill Clinton in the 1998 Monica Lewinsky intern sex scandal included conservative commentators such as Ann…

September 14, 2012
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Punditocracy

A "punditocracy" is influence or rule (like an "aristocracy") by political pundits and pundettes. The term was used by political pundit Michael Kinsley in 1987, but was…

January 25, 2010
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Purple State

Entry in progress -- B.P. A purple state is also called a "battleground state" and a "swing state." Wikipedia: Red states and blue statesThe terms "red states" and…

September 15, 2011
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Puzzle Palace (Pentagon, National Security Agency nickname)

The Pentagon, the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, is a five-sided building in Arlington County, Virginia that opened in 1943. The Pentagon nickname of "Puzzle Palace…

April 12, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Qeaster or QEaster (quarantine + Easter)

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in quarantines, and this occurred on the Easter 2020 religious holiday on April 12, 2020. "Qeaster" or "QEaster" (quarantine +…

July 6, 2018
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Qtard (QAnon + retard)

"QAnon" refers to an anonymous person who has "Q" clearance (a high U.S. security clearance) and who shares some of this classified information on the internet. Some people have…

June 23, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Quackcine or Quacksine or Quackxine or Quackzine (quack + vaccine)

The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic led to vaccines. Some people who distrusted the vaccines called them "quackcine" (quack + vaccine) or "quacksine" or "quackxine" or…

June 23, 2021
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Quackseen (quack + vaccine)

The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic led to vaccines. Some people who distrusted the vaccines called them "quackseen" (quack + vaccine). "The general public doesn’t seem to care.…

June 25, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Quacksinate (quack + vaccinate)

The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic led to vaccines. Some people who were against the vaccines used the terms "quacksinate" (quack + vaccinate) and "quacksination" (quack +…

June 25, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Quacksination (quack + vaccination)

The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic led to vaccines. Some people who were against the vaccines used the terms "quacksinate" (quack + vaccinate) and "quacksination" (quack +…

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