Resluglican or Reslug (Republican + slug)
“Resluglican” or “Reslug” (Republican + slug) is an unflattering nickname for Republicans, comparing them to slugs (lazy “sluggards” or the gastropods). The nickname “Resluglican”/“Reslug” has been cited in print since at least July 2004.
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slug noun \ˈsləg\
Definition of SLUG
1: sluggard
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3: any of numerous chiefly terrestrial pulmonate gastropods (order Stylommatophora) that are found in most parts of the world where there is a reasonable supply of moisture and are closely related to the land snails but are long and wormlike and have only a rudimentary shell often buried in the mantle or entirely absent
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slug·gard noun \ˈslə-gərd\
Definition of SLUGGARD
: a habitually lazy person
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Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 04:57:36 GMT
Local: Tues, Jul 6 2004 11:57 pm
Subject: Re: 867 lives thrown away for Bush’s lie
Resluglicans? Republicans, I get it. Wow, are you ever witty!
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From: VicXnews
Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2004 18:44:14 GMT
Local: Sat, Aug 7 2004 1:44 pm
Subject: Re: OT John Kerry Resume
In florida the reslugs are registering new citzen with premaked reslugican forms so they can FIX those electronic machines
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From: VicXnews
Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2004 22:26:54 GMT
Local: Sun, Aug 8 2004 5:26 pm
Subject: Re: ot republikkkon screw up = terror alert
To use Phil Jacksons term….the resluglicans are lower the whale turds
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ClintonTyree
Sun Dec-19-04 12:35 PM
Look how long it took the Reslugs…............
after Nixon to regroup and retake Congress. We’ll have to bide our time. Hopefully there will be something left to save by the time we do regroup.
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grammydidi
May 21 2005, 07:05 AM
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The ReSlugs pick up piles and piles of manure and throw it all into a fan at once.
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From: “The Atomic Brain”
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:17:55 -0800
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Subject: Republican Losses Blamed on Bush Rather Than Ideology
Reslugs just can’t face the absolute fact that their backwards party is dying out fast and that most Americans are progressives, as proven in the last election.
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From: “Reverend Jimmy Jo”
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 12:39:44 -0800
Local: Mon, Feb 9 2009 3:39 pm
Subject: Repubs Want $3 trillion in Tax cuts
Reslugs ruin the country over the last eight years and now think they have a better plan. Just more of the same. Reslugs are just Obstructionists and bedwetting, cry babies.