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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ACORN Scandals

Politics; U.S. politics

In 2009, Hannah Giles and James O'Keefe, two private citizen journalists, went into several ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) offices across the U.S.A. and made hidden ...

In 2009 there was a hacking of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the Univ. of East-Anglia, in Norwich, England. Over a thousand emails were taken and the contents placed on the Internet for all to ...

Eugenics

Politics; U.S. politics

Improving the human gene pool by discouraging procreation by persons with undesirable traits.

gravitas

Politics; U.S. politics

High seriousness as in a person's bearing or in the treatment of a subject. Used by Al Gore during the 2000 Presidential election to portray himself as experienced. This unfamiliar word was suddenly ...

misogny

Politics; U.S. politics

Hatred, fear. and distrust of females. Manifested from jokes demeaning women, pornography, to violence against women. Sometimes comes from a patriarchal society that supports male-domination, ...

misanthropy

Politics; U.S. politics

Hatred and distrust towards the human species and human pro-creation. Some radical environmentalists elevate animals in order to grant them human rights and view humans as animals, and would like to ...

wingnut

Politics; U.S. politics

Generally, a person who holds extreme political views. The political usage: A name hurled at people whose remarks you want to discredit, but are too accurate to dismiss. The use of pejorative ...