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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread bodacious #163215 11/06/2006 4:55 PM Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 1 finaleyes stranger finaleyes stranger Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 1 In the midst of impeachment proceedings, Bill Clinton gave a State of the Union address. Republicans sat on their hands and refused to applaud him, but Clinton went on in his optimistic, cheery manner. I thought the republicans looked like a bunch of curmudgeons, so I named them the curmublicans. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: bodacious #163216 11/06/2006 9:04 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Hi Finaleyes. I'd think that portmanteau would have very limited use; not a good portend for its acceptance and general use. It definitely wouldn't be clear to people outside of the U.S. since we do not have the same names for our politicians. Once you explain it, I'm still not sure that people would use it to describe the Republicans since the antagonism between the Republicans and Democrats is a U.S. thing (I mean, why insult the Republicans as a whole when it is the policies of the party in power - Republican or Democrat - that generally tend to antagonize other countries?) The Republicans certainly wouldn't use it so that eliminates a chunk of U.S. folks. I'd assume, out of political politeness that the Democrats would try not to use it. Sadly, and perhaps a comment on the state of our education, I don't believe that a great percentage of the population knows what a curmudgeon is. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: bodacious #163217 11/09/2006 12:03 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada The battle of the CURmublicans and the DemoCATs. Who knows, it could replace the pollical dogs and jellicle cats. For me I like the definition of politics that I heard once. "To understand a word you need to know its component parts. Poly is a math term meaning many and tics are blood-sucking insects." PS Welcome aboard Finaleyes. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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