standpat

PRONUNCIATION:
(STAND-pat)

MEANING:
adjective: Refusing to consider change in one's beliefs and opinions, especially in politics.
noun: One who refuses to consider change.

ETYMOLOGY:
In a game of poker, to stand pat is to play one's hand as dealt, without drawing other cards. From pat (apt). Earliest documented use: 1910.
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STANDPHAT - a once phat rapper whose jive is so yesterday but refuses to change because so is she.