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

Teabagger or Tea Bagger (Teabagging or Tea Bagging)

"Teabagging" (or "tea-bagging" or "tea bagging") is a sexual slang term about an oral sex act. The male's scrotum is the "tea bag." The slang dates to…

February 26, 2015
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Teabilly (tea party participant + hillbilly)

A "teabilly" (tea party participant + hillbilly) is an unsophisticated person who believes in tea party issues, such as limited government. The term, like "hillbilly," is…

October 2, 2010
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Teabonics (tea party + Ebonics)

"Teabonics" (tea party + Ebonics) is a derogatory term for misspelled tea party signs. The term "teabonics" appears to have been coined by a March 28, 2010 photo gallery of tea…

February 17, 2011
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Teahadist (tea party + jihadist)

"Teahadist" (tea party + jihadist) is an epithet used against tea party members, comparing them to religious fanatics dedicated to jihad. The term "teahadist" has been cited in…

January 7, 2014
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Tealiban (tea party + Taliban)

"Tealiban" (tea party + Taliban) is used to describe the political tea party movement that some believe is as extremist as the Taliban. "Tealiban" has been cited in print since…

October 20, 2010
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Teanami (tea party + tsunami election)

"Teanami" (tea party + tsunami election) is a name used in September-October 2010 for a predicted tea party victory in the November 2010 midterm elections. "Teanami" has been…

November 20, 2010
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Teapublican (tea party + Republican)

A "Teapublican" (also "TEApublican" or "TeaPublican") is a tea party Republican, supporting tea party ideals of low taxes and limited government. The opposite of a…

August 3, 2011
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Tearrorist (tea party participant + terrorist)

A "tearrorist" or "TEArrorist" (tea party participant + terrorist) is a participant in the TEA (Taxed Enough Already) party who some people believe holds extremist views. The…

September 20, 2011
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Teatanic (tea party + Titanic)

"Teatanic" or "TEAtanic" (tea party + Titanic) is a term used by those who believe that the tea party's politics is a disaster (like the sinking of the RMS Titanic). The…

March 28, 2010
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Teatard (tea party participant + retard)

"Teatard" [TEA (Taxed Enough Already) party participant + retard] is an epithet used against the anti-tax, pro-smaller government "tea party" rallies that were popularized on…

July 12, 2011
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Teavangelist (tea party supporter + evangelist)

A "teavangelist" (tea party supporter + evangelist) is a Christian minister who supports the tea party's political agenda. "Teavangelist" has been cited in print since at…

December 3, 2010
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Teh Blahz (The Blaze website nickname)

The Blaze is a conservative news website, founded by Fox News host Glenn Beck, that premiered on August 31, 2010. On October 30, 2010, commenter "epkkik851" at Media Matters for America…

April 22, 2010
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Tenther (Tenth Amendment to the Constitution adherent)

The Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution states: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States…

April 13, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /HealthWork/Businesses

TERF (Tired of Explaining Reality to Fools)

"TERF" is an acronym for "trans-exclusionary radical feminist." A variation of the TERF acronym is "Tired of Explaining Reality to Fools/Fuckwits." "TERF Tired of…

April 13, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /HealthWork/Businesses

TERF (Tired of Explaining Reality to Fuckwits)

"TERF" is an acronym for "trans-exclusionary radical feminist." A variation of the TERF acronym is "Tired of Explaining Reality to Fools/Fuckwits." "TERF Tired of…

September 19, 2016
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Terror Vandalism

A bomb exploded in a trash can at West 23rd Street, in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood, on September 17, 2016. The Fox News Channel's Geraldo Rivera called it "terror…

June 30, 2013
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Terroracism (terror + racism); Terroracist (terror + racist)

"Terroracism" (terror + racism) and "terroracist" (terror + racist) combine the undesirable qualities of a "terrorist" and a "racist" into single terms.…

August 9, 2013
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Terrorganda (terror + propaganda)

"Terrorganda" (terror + propaganda) occurs when a government tells its citizens to prepare for an often unspecified terror threat, as the United States did in August 2013 when it closed…

September 7, 2011
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

The Company (Central Intelligence Agency or CIA nickname)

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is the successor to World War II's Office of Strategic Services (OSS). The CIA has been nicknamed "The Company" since at least 1972, when that…

June 10, 2014
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

The Great Mentioner

The media always comes up with a handful of familiar names as potential candidates for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations. Who decides on this small group of names? Russell…

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