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press corpse

press corpse  n.— «The rest of the White House “press corpse” sits back while Scott McClellan is allowed to stonewall with his favorite new phrase, “There is a serious investigation going on so we can’t comment further...

dibby-dibby

dibby-dibby  adj.— «“Dibby-dibby” derives from a widely heard reggae tune about a girl with many boyfriends. It means fickle and indecisive.» —“Limbo Lingo Gives Politics a Lilt” by Julia Preston Washington...

road to Damascus experience

road to Damascus experience  n.— «The Washington summit did not prove a road-to-Damascus experience. Within twenty-four hours, Wallace, back on CBS’s Face the Nation, once again atttacked the media for its use of “unmitigated...

eve-teasing

eve-teasing  n.— «Goondaism refers to anti-social behavior of persons who generally indulge in violent and other “illegitimate means” to get things done.…While their student friends go to the classes, they sit in coffee...

RABIN

RABIN
 n.— «RABIN.…Republican all but in name, the opposite of a RINO.» —“Best of the Web Today” by James Tarranto OpinionJournal Dec. 9, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

pivaso

pivaso  n.— «A pivaso is a ballot split between the pro-commonwealth party—whose emblem is Puerto Rico’s traditional flouncy peasant hat, the pava—and the tiny PIP party, which advocates complete independence for the island. Traditionally...