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Snowflake is a derogatory slang term for a person, implying that they have an inflated sense of uniqueness, an unwarranted sense of entitlement, or are overly emotional, easily offended, and unable to deal with opposing opinions.
In 2015, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman wrote in his The New York Times column about "wingnut welfare". Krugman did not claim to have come up with the term, and did not know who did, [notes 1] but he explained it as describing "the lavishly-funded ecosystem of billionaire-financed think tanks, media outlets, and so on [which] provides a comfortable cushion for politicians and ...
In response to the right's adoption of the phrase, many people now use it ironically (e.g. "I don't like paper straws, saving the planet is too woke"). "I don't like paper straws, saving the ...
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A Gen Alpha abbreviation of the widely known dictionary words suspicious and suspect, sus is frequently bandied about by today’s youth to describe anything questionable or dishonest. In other ...
It was the No. 1 slang word used by teens in 2023, according to a survey of more than 600 parents by the language learning platform Preply. In the survey, 62% of parents said "sus" is the most ...
A half-sliced piece of gammon. A 2004 sports feature in The Observer described Rupert Lowe as the "gammon-cheeked Southampton chairman". [5]In 2010, Caitlin Moran wrote that British Prime Minister David Cameron resembled "a slightly camp gammon robot" and "a C3PO made of ham" in her 13 March column in The Times, [6] later collected in her 2012 anthology Moranthology.
"Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country", part of the Inaugural address of John F. Kennedy. [10]"You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore", said by Richard Nixon in 1962 when he retired from politics after losing the 1962 California gubernatorial election.