‘Teabagger’ was an Oxford Word of the Year finalist.
‘Teabagger’ was an Oxford Word of the Year finalist.
In February, when conservatives began protesting against President Obama with tea parties, the Washington Independent’s Dave Weigel photographed a protester carrying a sign that declared, “tea bag the liberal Dems before they tea bag you!!” Soon after, the term “tea bagger” became a ubiquitous and often derogatory handle for right-wing protesters. Now, Mediaite reports that the term “teabagger” was a finalist in consideration to be the New Oxford American Dictionary’s Word of the Year:
In a press release touting “unfriend” as the word of the year, the New Oxford American Dictionary may have unwittingly made a more controversial move than the New Oxford American Dictionary pretty much ever does.
No, it wasn’t another cutesy tech neologism: they included “teabagger” as one of their Word of the Year finalists.
According to the release, they define “teabagger” as “a person who protests President Obama’s tax policies and stimulus package, often through local demonstrations known as ‘Tea Party’ protests (in allusion to the Boston Tea Party of 1773).”
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That’s nuts.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:44 pmplease don’t. Just really… don’t.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:46 pmYes, teabagging is for nuts.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:47 pm“‘Teabagger’ was an Oxford Word of the Year finalist.”
– - However, “Teabagger” did win Oxford Turd of The Year.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:47 pm“teabagger”, “unfriend”. What’s the difference?
November 16th, 2009 at 5:47 pmI heard some less dense repugniscum suggest that they not use the word “teabag” in their protests because of the current usage/definition.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:49 pmBut Pandora’s box has been opened.
Good luck with “Unconcede” in next year’s ‘Word of the Year” competition, Mr Hoffman.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:55 pmI’m still trying to figure out if Taxed Enough Already refers to their wallets or brains.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:56 pmTeabaggers finally get the validation they seek — but not in a good way.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:06 pmTeabagger has long been a term used in wrestling. Need I share the imagery.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:09 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Actually that’s a crap definition.
CLoser to the mark I think would be:
Teabagger {n) a noisy bigoted white holier than thou American christian, lacking any sense of irony, devoid of logic, easily led to protest against and vote against his or her own interests, admiring of ignorance and incapable of expressing themselves except with irrelevant, irrational and meaningless slogans, who need to be bused for free to imaginary revolutions for which cause they are prepared to yell until the twinkie-rush subsides and they have to go home and feed the dawg or post another youtube video about dippin’.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:11 pmI love those wacky repubs. They didn’t know a chickenhawk was a term for those who try to seduce children, yet they embraced the word, and now they didn’t know that teabagger was also a kinky-sexual term?
November 16th, 2009 at 6:11 pmHow dare they want relief from the oppressive govermnent the liberals on this site have used to force their views on people they don’t like – with their tax dollars to boot!
Did they ever find that 2 trillion dollars the Pentagon announced they couldn’t account for?
Didn’t hear conservatives utter a peep about that.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:14 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
5th, your definition is on the mark.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:16 pmteabagger: noun, A conservative with borderline intelligence in the former classification of mental retardation, having of an intelligence quotient of 50-69.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:16 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Conservababe says:
Hey, barfly, we conservatives have bigger fish to fry. Like trying to preserve freedom so we can still go to work every day from 9-5.
So deficits only matter when democrats are in office.
Got it.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:16 pmOh so you think you know big fish…. I suppose you supported that big government interference with regard to those Bluefin….
November 16th, 2009 at 6:17 pmConservababe says:
National defense is oppressive? Go figure.
Um, they can’t account for the money. What national defense occured with missing money, honey?
November 16th, 2009 at 6:17 pmLike trying to preserve freedom so we can still go to work every day from 9-5.
Oh, you poor thing. I go to work at 5:00 am every morning, while you’re still dreaming of getting sexed by Reagan.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:20 pmSo is that a no? What sort of knower of big fish allows the stocks to be depleted so?
November 16th, 2009 at 6:20 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
…and here I thought it had to do with a nose and Balzac, that French novelist.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:21 pm9-5 is for puppies and spoiled brats…
November 16th, 2009 at 6:21 pmObviously the claimer of big fish has never made a living catching fish. 9-5 yeah right…
November 16th, 2009 at 6:22 pmYou won the election with ill-informed teeny-boppers. I’ve got news for you, the trust fund babies won’t show up in 2010 again. They’re too drunk and their brains are fried in iPhone twilight zone.
Please tell all the young people of voting age you know about this theory of yours… please?
November 16th, 2009 at 6:22 pmIs someone trying to stop you from going to work every day? If so, that would be wrong, and you should call the police.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:23 pmI’ve got news for you, the trust fund babies won’t show up in 2010 again.
But Daddy Bush’s supreme court appointees can’t do that trick again – they said Bush v. Gore can’t be used as future precedent. So how will a republican win, if the game isn’t fixed?
November 16th, 2009 at 6:23 pmIt’s OK, Conservababe, we like you and we’ll protect you from those nasty old “death panels”.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:24 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
I see we have a new trollette today. How exciting. Hey — for those of you who would like to turn the tables on the “conservaboobs”, go to http://www.facebook.com/notes/sarah-palin/really-still-making-things-up/174541533434#/notes/sarah-palin/really-still-making-things-up/174541533434
All the Palinistas are hanging out stroking each other. I have dropped in a couple times to give the thread a little reality therapy. It’s kind of fun to “troll” in their waters! Even if you don’t want to post anything, there is a real collection of brain-dead lemmings there who are so amusing.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:24 pmThe real question is…..is “Conservababe” really a babe?
November 16th, 2009 at 6:25 pmConservababe:
November 16th, 2009 at 6:26 pmCome on now name three conservative babes. Two of who know how to fish. BTW: W and his dad couldn’t fish worth a damn. Trust me on this one. I was there…Not that they are conservative babes mind you
Conservababe says:
Theory? They’re all yours. You own ‘em.
All except the theory that you could indiscriminately bomb a country, and they would then greet you as liberators.
That’s turkey’s yours.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:27 pmSo Conservatives have given up on the youth vote?
Sounds like a winning platform to me!
Keep it up!
November 16th, 2009 at 6:27 pmOf course, this id the New Oxford American Dictionary.
In the ‘real’ Oxford dictionary, a teabag is:
a populist abomination bred of ignorant modernity that masquerades as a substitute for a cherished cultural activity upon which a nation was founded and in which lies its defining strength.
Oh, come to think of it, that;s about the same thing:
Just as a teabag does make a proper cup of tea, neither does a teabagger make an American revolutionary patriot.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:27 pmNow who owns that “trickle down” theory….
November 16th, 2009 at 6:28 pmCorrection:
Just as a teabag does NOT make a proper cup of tea, neither does a teabagger make an American revolutionary patriot.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:28 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
I’ll bet on the “ill informed teeny-boppers” over the “misinformed old geezers”.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:29 pmMore oppressive taxes, more welfare, more thuggery.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:29 pm—
Compared to when? Come on you have to have a baseline….
Conservabimbo, it’s past 5 in Hickville. Why are you still plugging away?
November 16th, 2009 at 6:30 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Conservababe says: More oppressive taxes, more welfare, more thuggery. Do any of these create jobs? No
And here I thought you probably were a fan of Bush’s corporatism. I’ve got to get this political radar adjusted.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:32 pmLike trying to preserve freedom so we can still go to work every day from 9-5.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:32 pm—
365? That cloud riding hippie is gonna be sort of upset with you…
How about coming up with some definitions for the word “palinize” to submit to Oxford for consideration next year?
Here’s one: (1) to attempt to smear a political opponent with catchy semi-intelligible phrases unfettered by any connection to reality; (2) to distract from one’s complete lack of substance with cute mannerisms, winking and other behaviors normally associated with beauty pageant contests; (3) to blow an election and find a reason to blame everyone but yourself.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:32 pmThuggery?
Bush/Cheney are no longer in office…
November 16th, 2009 at 6:33 pmThe ones you would like to euthanize by cutting Medicare $500 billion?
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November 16th, 2009 at 6:33 pmSee the charade started out okay but you so just blew it. I knew you were full of shit when you had no idea about the bluefin but still I figured I would play along….
The ones you would like to euthanize by cutting Medicare $500 billion?
Now if we just could locate that missing 2 trillion….
November 16th, 2009 at 6:34 pmConservababe says:
“misinformed old geezers”.
The ones you would like to euthanize by cutting Medicare $500 billion?
Didn’t I already tell you that we would protect you from those nasty “death panels”? BTW, I think they are technically called “palinizing panels”.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:34 pmHow many jobs have Republicans ever created…?
November 16th, 2009 at 6:34 pmDo jobs in the sex trades count?
November 16th, 2009 at 6:35 pmZooey says:
How many jobs have Republicans ever created…?
You’re forgetting the Contras.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:35 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Miss Repug will enjoy watching her fellow repugs go down in defeat.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:36 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
barfly,
How could I forget the Contras!
We’re all Contras — like Ronnie Raygun, right?
November 16th, 2009 at 6:37 pmConservababe says:
More oppressive taxes, more welfare, more thuggery. Do any of these create jobs? No.
Our women will lead us across the the finish line of victory!
November 16th, 2009 at 6:37 pmA president is supposed to have quick judgment and mastery. This president just wanted the job to symbolize a generation of know-nothings, but can’t actually do the job.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:37 pm—
So I can expect to see this thesis support by tangible evidences when?
This president just wanted the job to symbolize a generation of know-nothings, but can’t actually do the job.
Much better to have a college cheerleader.
No comparison.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:37 pmConservababe says:
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Obama can’t make up his mind. A president is supposed to have quick judgment and mastery. This president just wanted the job to symbolize a generation of know-nothings, but can’t actually do the job. Fitting.
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He should hurry up and screw things up like the shrub. No, repugs are the idiots, grownups take their time.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:38 pmI’ve got news for you, Conservabubble, it’s your government, too.
Obama has created more jobs than were created in the Bush administration.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:39 pm60:
November 16th, 2009 at 6:39 pmJesus pour more bleach in my eyes. What the hell is that?
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Conservababe says:
Obama can’t make up his mind. A president is supposed to have quick judgment and mastery. This president just wanted the job to symbolize a generation of know-nothings, but can’t actually do the job. Fitting.
You mean how like Bush punted the ball on Afghanistan? Nice example you got there…
November 16th, 2009 at 6:39 pmIs the government trying to satisfy 300M people in bed, now?
Conservative humor always starts at the knees, and goes up…
November 16th, 2009 at 6:40 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Conservababe:
November 16th, 2009 at 6:40 pmWould you like to settle on a single line of discussion or do you prefer to hop around like a tweeker?
But a leader-in-readiness? No.
And how do you like the fundamentalist muslim regime your tax dollars purchased?
November 16th, 2009 at 6:42 pmConservababe to Obama: Hurry up and make up your mind to do what I, in the minority of Americans, want you to do. I’ll BMW if you don’t! OK, I’ll BMW regardless.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:42 pmConservababe says:
“misinformed old geezers”.
The ones you would like to euthanize by cutting Medicare $500 billion?
If it were up to the Republicans, using that logic, we would have killed off every senior by ENDING Medicare and cutting it from existence…There’s a difference in cutting waste such as the gift to the insurance companies…also known as Medicare Advantage…Republicans were the ones who suggested cuts to Medicare. Suddenly they are the knights in armor? Please…
November 16th, 2009 at 6:43 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
I like how the Conservababbler was attracted to the teabagger thread.
Like a moth to a bug zapper.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:43 pmConservababe is a fraud and a poser. If this pretender believed this shit they would settle down and pose their ideas in a cogent manner. This is about attention and nothing more…
November 16th, 2009 at 6:44 pmSo conservawaddle, will you be filing for Medicare? Conservatives have tried to kill it for decades, so you must be for killing Medicare too, right?
November 16th, 2009 at 6:45 pmConservababe’s Itinerary
Monday:
November 16th, 2009 at 6:45 pm9 am: Arrive work
5 pm: Leave Work
5-8.30 pm: Preserve freedom, seasonable fruits
8.30 pm: Fry big fish.
8.40 pm: Eat half of big fish
9 pm: Preserve other half of fish. Store separately from preserved freedom!
10 pm. Glenn Beck
11 pm. Take Ambien, dream of three-way with Carrie Prejean and Sarah Palin.
I agree, dbadass.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:46 pm60, Thanks Rufus. Conservative babes, yummy, yummy, me likeee. Do you have any pictures of her just wearing the cowboy hat?
November 16th, 2009 at 6:46 pmObama’s jealous of Bush’s success there and had to go back to get his own.
If Bush was successful, where’s Osama?
November 16th, 2009 at 6:46 pmBush tamed Afghanistan
If so, he could have visited Afghanistan with normal Secret Service escort – the equivalent of putting his head in the tamed lion’s mouth. Of course, he’d have to pull his head out of his own *ss, first.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:47 pmDon’t vote it down pretender. Stand up and have a focused discussion. You won’t and you can’t because that is not why you are here… Prove me wrong! Come on now do it.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:47 pmPussy!
November 16th, 2009 at 6:49 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Conservababe
Might this infer you are pro-choice?
November 16th, 2009 at 6:50 pmdbadass says:
Pussy!
That’s a given.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:50 pmHow many f ucking times do I have to tell you cheap pricks that I am not too cheap to be taxed. I don’t dig when it gets spent on dumb shit like unneeded warfare but if it goes to helping my fellow citizens who have less then I they can take as much as they want. I have more than I need already.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:52 pmJust wait until the government taxes your 5th Estate.
I believe that’s The McCain Problem. But you have to know how many estates you have, first!
November 16th, 2009 at 6:53 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
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80, You like that? Well how about some of this?
November 16th, 2009 at 6:58 pmConservababbler goes on and on, but never provides even the smallest hint of evidence to back up the babbling.
Shocked?
November 16th, 2009 at 6:59 pmYo poser. Are we going to have a focused discussion or are you too frightened?
November 16th, 2009 at 6:59 pmNow that’s what I call fresh and bold!
November 16th, 2009 at 7:02 pmConservababe says:
My thoughts to all of the heterosexual couples who will be affected on April 15.
And all you gay and lesbian taxpayers can just suck on it! I’m for true-blue conservative sex freaks, who keep themselves rightly closeted!
November 16th, 2009 at 7:03 pmFresh troll this week, or is it just recycled troll put in a new package?
November 16th, 2009 at 7:03 pmRufus, that’s what I call freshly bought. And I think the California Beauty Pageant didn’t get their money’s worth. She is better than Ann Coulter, though – now THERE was a waste of money.
November 16th, 2009 at 7:05 pmWhy is it that none of these (well it is usually the same one) hacks can ever handle a simple challenge? Am I really that scary?
November 16th, 2009 at 7:05 pmdbadass, cockroaches are scared of even the smallest bit of light, so, yeah, you probably are very scary to them.
November 16th, 2009 at 7:07 pmI hope Prejean goes on to better endeavors. You liberals succeeded in taking her down in one phase. She is going to find her place and take you down in another phase.
November 16th, 2009 at 7:15 pmConservababe???? Virginia Foxx – is that YOU?!?!?!?!?
You look mah-velous!!
November 16th, 2009 at 7:15 pmConservababe says: Real funny. Just wait until the government taxes your 5th Estate.
Are you alluding to estate taxes—as in “the death tax”? Because if you are, umm, I’d be dead, and I don’t expect to qualify for those taxes anyway.
November 16th, 2009 at 7:18 pmShe is going to find her place and take you down in another phase.
November 16th, 2009 at 7:20 pm—
Look. I am a stand up person. I am gonna give you a few more minutes to get serious and hold an intelligent converstaion. If you can’t do that I assure you your name will change again in no time. Any I making myself clear pretender?
Of course we did.
November 16th, 2009 at 7:22 pmConservababe says:
I hope Prejean goes on to better endeavors. You liberals succeeded in taking her down in one phase. She is going to find her place and take you down in another phase.
Phasers on stiffie!
November 16th, 2009 at 7:24 pmWell other than that “any” part…
November 16th, 2009 at 7:24 pmConservababe says: Oh, guess what? Millions of people will owe back taxes on Obama’s “Work Opportunity Credit” because government decided they put too much of the people’s money back in their paychecks.
WHAT? When did the government “decided they put too much of the people’s money back in their paychecks.” Did they do that in Augober? Octune? Or was it on the Twelfth of Never?
Details. CB, details!
November 16th, 2009 at 7:25 pmConservababe says: I hope Prejean goes on to better endeavors.
Yeah, ’solo work’ will pay for Carrie’s cable bills, but the big bucks are in DP and bukakke.
November 16th, 2009 at 7:30 pmConservababe says:
I hope Prejean goes on to better endeavors. You liberals succeeded in taking her down in one phase. She is going to find her place and take you down in another phase.
I believe her place is “down in another phase.” Just south of the Mason-Dixon line, so to speak.
She’s stimulating the economy right now by getting people trying to find her eight sex tapes and put them on the internets
November 16th, 2009 at 7:38 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
13 years for Jefferson, how many for the Dukestir again?
Seems fair.
November 16th, 2009 at 7:40 pmMr.Duke says:
Because he was convicted in August and now justice has been served–its not news.
November 16th, 2009 at 7:45 pmWhy, do you expect us all to petition Obama to pardon him, like Bush did Libby?
Duke,
do you think Jefferson will get his own radio show when he gets out, like felons G. Gordon Libby and Oliver North?
November 16th, 2009 at 7:48 pmI tried to use the word “teabagger” in a comment on an Austin (TX) American Statesman blog last night, and got a message from the site administrator that my post would not be accepted until I modified that specific word.
Guess some dried-up old bagger complained.
However, in another comment on the same blog, the term “muslim thug” in reference to President Obama sailed right through.
November 16th, 2009 at 7:51 pmConservababe says:
I hope Prejean goes on to better endeavors. You liberals succeeded in taking her down in one phase. She is going to find her place and take you down in another phase.
November 16th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
What? Conservative women aren’t tough?
The girl took herself down, dingaling. Actually, she got her self off while taking herself down.
I’m not too concerned about Miss Ladyfingers taking me down, I use my cell phone to make phone calls — not to video myself jacking off. Again and again and again….
November 16th, 2009 at 8:01 pmMefungu says: my post would not be accepted until I modified that specific word.
Last week Colbert suggested replacing Teabagger with “Guy Fawker” (after Guy Fawkes who attempted to blow up the houses of Parliament ).
You could try using that! :D
November 16th, 2009 at 8:30 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
TRIATHLON = HARD-CORE TEABAGGER
No kidding.
November 16th, 2009 at 9:03 pmWhatever…. Go rent Braveheart again…
November 16th, 2009 at 9:17 pmTRIATHLON @ 118
11. Why do you come here?
November 16th, 2009 at 9:26 pmTRIATHLON says: There’s a lot of people that are rising up, Tea-Baggers, self-described “free-thinkers supporting Thomas Jefferson’s statement: The Tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
In Iraq, apparently, not the US.
And, some refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed man, which pretty much describes all Democratics and a large majority of Republicans.
So you’re refusing to have a battle of wits? Who are you arguing with then? What’s all this noise, then?
The generally held belief is that the Empire will no longer exist after [2020] one Decade, [10] years,
You’re not just a triathlete, you’re a mathlete?
which will be a good thing for the Community of Nations, no wars of Markets and Resources/Blood for Oil. Then instead of Democratics and Republicans around to tax, and spend those left behind will maybe look back and ask the question why didn’t we see what was going on.
YEAH! WHY didn’t YOU see what was going on?
You might want to work on defining more precisely who WE, THEM, THEY, US etc are before you post your next manifesto bub.
Oh, btw, the US GDP is about 12 trillion dollars, the gold reserves at about $1,000 an ounce are worth 288 billion dollars. What have you got to barter?
November 16th, 2009 at 10:32 pmtom @ 33: I just checked out your link and almost pissed myself laughing at this (I didn’t edit a thing – this is organic buffoonery, coupled with a complete lack of education):
Well, I agree iwth one thing – Palin sure is GUSTY …
November 16th, 2009 at 11:53 pmThe Moderate Squad, 123 i spretty darn funny, but it is unfortunate that you seem pretty hard on typos when you do ot too. Wiht? Come on …
November 17th, 2009 at 2:45 amO crap I did it again. NOT the Brittany Speared song. OK I give up, because I just noticed I did it too. Please accept my humble mea culpa. But still pretty funny.
November 17th, 2009 at 2:50 amTea partiers punk’d into supporting removal of white people from US
http://rawstory.com/2009/11/tea-partiers-punked-white-people/
November 17th, 2009 at 4:38 am