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Repucrat en · ADJ

Etymology

Blend of Republican + Democrat.

Meanings

  1. (US, not-comparable) Republican while espousing typically Democratic positions.
    • Correct. I believe I introduced the error. As SC wrote, though, the Repucrat majority in the Senate was not a very large one, and they did not have a majority in the House, whence spending bills originate. 1996 August 14, Giovanni 8, “Voodoo versus Greenspan: wont work”, in alt.politics.libertarian (Usenet):

Repucrat en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of Republican + Democrat.

Meanings

  1. (US) A Republican person espousing typically Democratic positions.
    • It's where I live, too. And yes, I am. And I did so when Clinton was president, and I will continue to do so when whatever Demoblican or Repucrat who is next succeeds Bush. 2002 September 1, Sean Carroll, “[OT] Attack Iraq? Yea or Nay?”, in alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise (Usenet):
    • Repucrat or Demoblican, there's not a whole lot of difference... 2004 September 4, wer...@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu, “Arnie and the socialists”, in soc.culture.german (Usenet):
    • Bloomberg is not a Republican; he is a repucrat. Recall that Bloomberg was a demolican until they said they did not want him as the mayoral candidate for New York city. 2003 August 5, redclay, “Radio Daze”, in alt.politics.bush (Usenet):
    • But hearing Daniel "Mush Mouth" Schorr whine about the awful terrible negative campaigning by the Repucrats after hearing your darling radical leftist Lawton Chiles' slime campaign is enough to make nearly any one sick. 1994 November 7, John G. Otto, “Clean Up Your Act”, in alt.radio.networks.npr (Usenet):

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Relateds

Demoblican