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Essay:Best New Conservative Words (view source)
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, 20:25, February 24, 2011"Fleebagger," 2011.
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|may have existed earlier, but popularized in 1924 by Leon Trotsky. Describes a sympathizer of a cause but who does not formally belong to the cause, such as a [[communist]] sympathizer who is not part of the communist party. The term was invented by the communists in its original, non-negative sense, but the conservatives were the first to use it as a pejorative term.
|may have existed earlier, but popularized in 1924 by Leon Trotsky. Describes a sympathizer of a cause but who does not formally belong to the cause, such as a [[communist]] sympathizer who is not part of the communist party. The term was invented by the communists in its original, non-negative sense, but the conservatives were the first to use it as a pejorative term.
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|Fleebagger
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|Describes [[liberal]] politicians who avoid their sworn duties as a way to advance their political agenda.
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|[[Flip flop (politics)|flip-flop]]
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