Politics Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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turkey n. The country’s major environmental groups Monday declared open season on a $112 million Oklahoma water project they say is one of 12 “Turkeys of the Year” that should be bagged by Congress. [English Animals, Insects, & Birds Politics Slang] [full cite] (May. 1, 2004)

turkey n. The Legislature marred an otherwise good session by producing a record number of “turkeys,” which are a Florida term for projects that have been inserted by legislative prerogative. In many cases, they involve spending state dollars for projects local governments should fund…Another type of turkey is one that was not recommended by a state agency through the normal process. [English Animals, Insects, & Birds Politics Slang] [full cite] (May. 1, 2004)

two-minute man n. He is sometimes called the president’s “body man” or the “two-minute man” because he lets the media know the president is about to arrive. [English Politics] [full cite] (Jun. 16, 2006)

unass v. Trying to unass the 3rd world leader of it because we don’t like him sure would be “sending a message” to the rest of the world “community,” wouldn’t it? [English Politics Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 17, 2004)

unitary executive n. The PNAC neocons need to maintain their control of the White House in 2008, to continue their process of converting the presidency into a dictatorship—also known as a “unitary executive.” [English Politics Jargon] [full cite] (May. 11, 2006)

vacation diplomacy n. In 1990, Hao Po-tsun, then “president of Executive Yuan,” visited Singapore on vacation, which set the precedent for what later came to be called “vacation diplomacy.” [China Politics] [full cite] (Jul. 24, 2004)

vacation diplomacy n. The Chinese spokesman accused Taiwan authorities of using “transit diplomacy” and “vacation diplomacy” as a way to create “two Chinas” or “one China, one Taiwan,” Xinhua said. [China Politics] [full cite] (Jul. 25, 2004)

vacation diplomacy n. Xinhua news agency today carries a commentary titled, “What are the taiwan authorities up to while going in for ‘sports diplomacy’?,” which reads as follows: Over the past few years, the taiwan authorities have pursued their so-called “substantial diplomacy” and “pragmatic diplomacy” as well as “vacation diplomacy,” “transit diplomacy,” “ceremony diplomacy” and “money diplomacy.” [China Politics] [full cite] (Jul. 25, 2004)

Vanna White veto n. The governor also used to be able to strike individual letters to create new words—the so-called “Vanna White veto,” named after the letter-turner on “Wheel of Fortune”—but those powers were reined in under a 1990 constitutional amendment. [English Politics] [full cite] (Aug. 7, 2005)

Vanna White veto n. The power is the governor’s partial veto, which includes the unusual ability to take a bill and change its meaning by vetoing the individual letters of words. The result can be the creation of whole new words and a whole new law. Democrats have dubbed the practice the “Vanna White veto.” [English Politics] [full cite] (Aug. 8, 2005)

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