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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Coattails Effect #106541 06/28/2003 5:23 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA coattails effect (noun) - 1. (politics) the consequence of one popular candidate in an election drawing votes for other members of the same party. "he was elected senator on the president's coattails" Source: WordNet ® 1.7, © 2001 Princeton University Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Party Dress Code? dxb 06/26/2003 8:58 AM Re: Party Dress Code? Faldage 06/26/2003 10:28 AM Coattails Effect Father Steve 06/28/2003 5:23 AM Re: Coattails Effect Faldage 06/29/2003 10:22 AM Re: Coattails Effect dxb 06/30/2003 8:30 AM Re: Coattails Effect of troy 06/30/2003 10:22 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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