political jargon
21Prlwytzkofsky — is a fictional written variant of the Dutch language, based on the idiolect of the Polish German Professor Zbigniew Prlwytzkofsky (sometimes spelled Prlwytzkofski), as featured in the Tom Puss (Tom Poes in Dutch) and Oliver B. Bumble (Olivier B.… …
22Goebbels, Joseph — (1897 1945) Reich minister for propaganda and popular enlightenment. As the first propaganda minister in a German government, Goebbels had pervasive influence on all areas of artistic activity within his portfolio; theater was no exception.… …
23loco-foco — self igniting cigar or match, 1839 (but presumably older), Amer.Eng., of unknown origin, perhaps from a misapprehension of the meaning of the first element of locomotive as self + Sp. fuego fire. During one heated political meeting in N.Y., the… …
24republican — (adj.) 1712, belonging to a republic, from REPUBLIC (Cf. republic) + an (see IAN (Cf. ian)). In noun sense of one who favors a republic, it is recorded from 1690s; and in sense of a member of a specific U.S. political party (the Anti Federalists) …
25Fast Patrol Craft — Patrol Craft Fast (PCF), also known as Swift Boats, were all aluminum, convert|50|ft|m|sing=on long, shallow draft vessels operated by the United States Navy for counterinsurgency (COIN) operations during the Vietnam War.DevelopmentConceptionThe… …
26Swift Boat — is another term for a Fast Patrol Craft. Swift Boat Veterans For Truth is the original name of the Swift Vets and POWs for Truth. Swiftboating is American political jargon (a term first used in the 2004 Presidential campaign) for a particular… …
27Home front — for|other uses|homefrontHome front is the informal term commonly used to describe the civilian populace of the nation at war as an active support system of its military. In the political jargon of militarists or nationalists, it implies the… …
28Shermanesque statement — Sherman(esque) statement or Sherman speech is American political jargon for a clear and direct statement, by a potential candidate, indicating that he or she will not run for a particular elected position. The term derives from the Sherman pledge …
29Bzoummar — Infobox City Lebanon State Party = LBN official name = Bzoummar native name = بزمار governorate = Mount Lebanon Governorate district = Keserwan District elevation m lo =920 |elevation m hi=950 mapx = 33.98 mapy = 35.68Bzoummar also Bzommar ( ar.… …
30Feng Xiliang — ▪ 2007 C.L. Feng Chinese journalist (b. Dec. 1, 1920, Shanghai, China d. Jan. 30, 2006, Beijing, China), was an American educated writer who after the 1949 Communist Revolution returned to China and later became a founder of the first… …
