7 definitions by Wryface
Same as "newspeak" in Orwell's "1984". A use of language where common words are redefined to mean the exact opposite of their earlier significations.
Trumpspeak for reports about facts that the present White House incumbent and his staff would have preferred to be left unreported and unknown to the people is FAKE NEWS.
by Wryface April 4, 2017
Nickname for a head of government whose statements regularly have such tenuous links with reality that he/she is not taken seriously by others, except, perhaps by such people as are earning a living by trying to explain away the lies of their employer.
by Wryface March 20, 2017
An act of diverting attention from a burning or embarrassing subject to some other topic, often sensational but also fictional and irrelevant. Can be used as a noun or a verb.
As he found himself suspected of being in cahoots with the Russian leader, the president attempted a trumptease, accusing his predecessor of wiretapping.
The House GOP members tried to trumptease the investigation of the president’s Russian affiliations by insisting on the importance of finding and prosecuting leakers.
The press secretary tried to expand on the president’s trumpteases.
The House GOP members tried to trumptease the investigation of the president’s Russian affiliations by insisting on the importance of finding and prosecuting leakers.
The press secretary tried to expand on the president’s trumpteases.
by Wryface March 22, 2017
Government where where important policies, often surreptitiously, aim at increasing the incomes and wealth of a small minority at the expense of a large majority.
The donations of the stinking rich Koch brothers make many see the Trump administration and the congressional majority as a cleptocracy in spite of the professed concern for the middle classes.
by Wryface July 31, 2017
Family in political and military control of banana republic or other country with a similar political setup.
The US banana family are in trouble now that Jared has lost his top secret clearance and the first daughter has failed to make sensible and informed political comments in Korea. Some Asian stan-countries have banana families although they do not produce bananas.
by Wryface March 2, 2018
A person who acts in the interest of someone else, ignoring the natural loyalties of her/his own office and so incurring the contempt of others. A cretin, a quisling.
The nunes ignored his constituents and colleagues in giving priority to the interests of the people who had given money to his campaign fund.
by Wryface March 25, 2017
An highly influential official or politician who has been placed in her/his position by a foreign power with a view to influencing or even dominate another nation.
Many people in the US and Europe now see president Trump as a Manchurian Candidate placed in his position by Putin and under the secret command of the Russian president and his power clique.
by Wryface July 12, 2017