Shakedown (Shake Down)
"Shakedown" (or "shake down" or "shake-down") had several meanings in the 1800s, including "a riotous, boisterous dance" (1889) and "an improvised bed…
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BOGSAT or BOGSATT (Bunch of Guys Sitting Around The Table)
"BOGSAT" (also "bogsat") stands for "Bunch of Guys Sitting Around a Table." Waldemar A. Nielsen coined the term in September 1961, during the President Kennedy…
“Off the reservation”
"Off the reservation" means, in political terms, a party member who does not adhere to party principles (the "reservation"). The term "off the reservation" has been in…
Za (pizza)
"Za" is a clipped form of the word "pizza." The term "za" has been cited in print since the 1960s, but achieved its greatest slang popularity in the 1980s. (Oxford…
“They tried to kill us…we won…let’s eat!” (Jewish holiday parody)
'They tried to kill us. They failed/We won/We survived. Let's eat!" is often given as a short summary of every Jewish holiday. The saying has been cited in print since at least 1998,…
“Stuck on stupid”
'Stuck on stupid" is said of someone who makes the same mistakes. The term appears frequently in politics, used by someone critical of a politician, a political party or a government.…
Bankerette (female banker)
"Bankerette" is an infrequent and usually jocular term for a female banker. The term "bankerette" has been cited in print since 1919. (Oxford English Dictionary)-ette,…
GOPtard (GOP + retard)
"GOP 'tard" or "GOPtard" (GOP + retard) is an epithet used by some on the politica left against the political right. "GOP" (Grand Old Party) is a nickname of the…
Gulf Coast Coffee (BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico)
Oil has been called 'Texas tea" since the opening song of television's The Beverly Hillbillies in the 1960s. Betsy Langert's "BP; Texas Tea or Gulf Coast Coffee" was…
Patriotard (patriot + retard)
"Patriotard" (patriot + retard) is an epithet used by some on the politica left against the political right, especially those who carry American flags and attend tea parties.…
“Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may”
Sam Houston (1793=1863), said this from the floor of the U.S. Senate in June 1850: "I will say, without vaunting, that Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from whatever…
“Nothing can be politically right that is morally wrong”
"Nothing can be politically right that is morally wrong" was an important quotation in the 1700s and 1800s (often in regard to the slave trade), but the quotation is hardly remembered…
Fox Spews or Faux Spews (Fox News nickname)
The Fox News Channel (headquartered in Manhattan) has often been criticized for conservative bias. The nickname “Faux Spews" (or "Fox Spews") has been used by some critics of Fox…
Spillion (oil spill + million gallons/dollars); Spillionaire (oil spill + millionaire)
The March 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska quickly spawned the name "spillionaire" -- a person getting well-paid by Exxon to clean up the spill or getting paid a large settlement as…
MSNBS (MSNBC nickname)
The MSNBC network (headquartered in Rockefeller Center in Manhattan) has often been cited for liberal bias. The nickname “MSNBS” (MSNBC + BS) is sometimes used by the political right who…
Flexian
"Flexian' (sometimes misspelled "flexion") was coined by Janine R. Wedel in her book, Shadow Elite: how the world's new power brokers undermine democracy, government, and…
“A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground”
"A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground" has been credited to writer H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) and comedian Groucho Marx (1890-1977). To…
“On the fence”
Entry in progress -- B.P. Merriam-Webster Online Dictionaryon the fence: in a position of neutrality or indecision The Free DictionaryIdiom: on the fence Informal Undecided as to which of two sides…
“An empty stomach is not a good political adviser”
Nobel prize-winning scientist Albert Einstein (1879-1955) told this to an Associated Press reporter in November 1930: "Reduced to a formula," he replied after a moment's reflection,…
Grape-vine or Grapevine (“I heard it through the grapevine”)
The "grapevine" (or "grape-vine") is an often-secret information network. The "grapevine" information was so unreliable that "grapevine" became synonymous…