U.S. politics

U.S. politics

Political terms used in U.S. involving the three main branches of government as well as grass root politics.

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republic

Politics; U.S. politics

A state in which the supreme power is with the citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen by them.

monarchy

Politics; U.S. politics

A state in which the supreme power is vested in a hereditary sovereign such as king, queen, or emperor.

politically correct

Politics; U.S. politics

A speech code designed to limit free speech, conforming to a belief that language and practices which could offend political sensibilities (as in matters of sex or race) should be eliminated. ...

A slang term for welfare, food stamps, social security, Medicaid, public education, foreign aid and other items financed with taxpayer money and given by government to people who claim to have a need ...

teabagger

Politics; U.S. politics

A slang term for the act of a man placing his scrotum in the mouth of a sexual partner. Some members of the mainstream media made crude, vulgar jokes about the Tea Party movement, calling the ...