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Sore Loserman en · PROPN

Etymology

Blend of Gore/Lieberman + sore loser, from the idea that the two men were "sore losers" who did not want to admit that George W. Bush won the election in 2000.

Meanings

  1. (US, historical) Nickname for Al Gore and Joe Lieberman, the 2000 U.S. Democratic presidential nominees for president and vice-president, respectively.
    • I think the Sore Loserman campaign has gone the way of the dimpled chad. 2000 December 1, Moe Bulduc, “A matter of higher authority”, in Sun Journal:

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Sore/Loserman alternative lexicographic
Sore-Loserman alternative lexicographic

wikipedia: George W. Bush