SOURCES
- Safire, William. Safire's Political Dictionary. Revised ed. New York: Oxford UP, 2008.
- Barrett, Grant. The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang. New York: Oxford UP, 2006.
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Political Animals
Instructions
Filibustering and gerrymandering are classic examples of the eccentric words politics ushers into the English language, but there are many, many more—some with clear origins and some more mysterious. Test your knowledge of the origins of these examples of colorful political slang.
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