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The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang illuminates a rich and colorful segment of our language. Readers will find informative entries on slang terms such as "Beltway bandit" and "boondoggle," "angry white male" and "leg treasurer," "juice bill" and "Joe Citizen," "banana superpower" and "the Big Fix." We find not only the meaning and history of familiar terms such as "gerrymander," but also of lesser-known terms such as "cracking" (splitting a bloc of like-minded voters by redistricting) and "fair-fight district" (which refers to areas redistricted to favor no political party). Each entry includes the definition of the word, its historical background, and illuminating citations, some going back more than 200 years. Selected entries will have extended encyclopedic notes. The book also features sidebar essays on topics such as political words in Blogistan; a short history of "big cheese"; all about chads and the 2000 election; the suffix "-gate" and all the related Watergate terms; and the naming of legislation. Political junkies, policy wonks, journalists, and word lovers will find this book addictive reading as well as a reliable guide to one of the more colorful corners of American English.

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Herbert Hoover ripped Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal during the 1936 presidential campaign, calling it "Mother Hubbard economics": he wondered what would be left when the dog got home.

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  • Title The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang
  • Author Grant Barrett (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 322
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, NY
  • Publication date 2006-04-21
  • Features Bibliography, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780195304473 / 0195304470
  • Weight 0.74 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.9 in (19.56 x 12.95 x 2.29 cm)
  • Category Politics / Current Events
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Politics and government, Political science - United States
  • Dewey Decimal Code 427.09

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Grant Barrett is the project editor of the Historical Dictionary of American Slang and a lexicographer in Oxford University Press's U.S. Dictionaries program. He lives in New York City.
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