Obama phone en · NOUN
Etymology
Coined during the Obama administration, which conservatives believed was giving minorities free Lifeline Program phones.
Meanings
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(US) A cellphone provided as part of the United States Lifeline Program.
“[…]. Get yourself one of those Obama phones, Romeo,”
2014, Darlene Pollock, Logan Pollock, Invasive Species, Part I, Trafford Publishing, page 31:Here's Emmett's mother touting the virtues of her "Obama phone"
2012 September 29, [Tor] Sir Gregory Hall, Esq., “Emmett's "Obama phone"”, in alt.usenet.kooks (Usenet):Outside / brown & broken teeth / gasp out brainless twaddle. / into their Obama phones.
2013, Steve De France, Because I Can’t Whistle, Xlibris, page 102:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obama phones | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| Obama Phone | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Obamaphone | alternative | lexicographic |