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1) Social relations involving authority or power. 2) The art or science of governing.

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earmarks

Politics; U.S. politics

A term used to describe a very specific type of pork barrel spending. The earmark is usually a reward offered to politicians to get their votes on bills they would not otherwise ...

revenue enhancement

Politics; U.S. politics

A term used to describe a tax increase, without having to call it a tax increase.

metrosexual

Politics; U.S. politics

A term to describe a heterosexual urban male, who is vain, self-indulgent and grooms himself in clothing recommended by homosexuals. A kind of narcissistic, insecure masculinity ...

axis-of-evil

Politics; U.S. politics

A term origianlly used by the former U.S. President George W. Bush in his State of the Union Address on January 29, 2002 to describe his administration's hitlist countries in the ...

vast right wing conspiracy

Politics; U.S. politics

A term coined by Hillary Rodham-Clinton to describe the accusations of, and the investigations into, President Bill Clinton's alleged misconduct and alleged illegal activities.

Socratic method

Politics; U.S. politics

A teacher, by questioning his student, brings the student to recognize some conclusion without telling the student that the conclusion is true.

talking head

Politics; U.S. politics

A talker on television who talks directly into the cameras and whose upper body is all that is shown on the screen.