# Election terms you never want to hear again **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 4, 2008, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-terms-you-never-want-to-hear-again/471099 "2008-11-04T18:39:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-terms-you-never-want-to-hear-again/471099/1 "2008-11-04T18:39:32Z")
The campaign ends today. I know some of you read the political threads and read and watched the news as much or more than I did. Here are some politics words and phrases I’m hoping I never encounter again: Superdelegate Insurgent “Delegate-rich” PUMA “My friends” Wall Street-Main Street [name] the [job] Gaffe What would you add to the list? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-terms-you-never-want-to-hear-again/471099/2 "2008-11-04T18:40:02Z")
Swiftboating. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-terms-you-never-want-to-hear-again/471099/3 "2008-11-04T18:40:55Z")
Hockey Mom lipstick swing state President Bush ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-terms-you-never-want-to-hear-again/471099/4 "2008-11-04T18:41:07Z")
Maverick Hockey Mom Barracuda Alaska ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-terms-you-never-want-to-hear-again/471099/5 "2008-11-04T18:42:15Z")
Joe the Plumber Sarah Palin You betcha Socialist Marxist ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-terms-you-never-want-to-hear-again/471099/6 "2008-11-04T18:43:01Z")
Gobama Nobama Anything remotely realted to Palin. ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-terms-you-never-want-to-hear-again/471099/7 "2008-11-04T18:43:25Z")
Elitist ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-terms-you-never-want-to-hear-again/471099/8 "2008-11-04T18:44:14Z")
I can’t believe I forgot Maverick. It’ll be years before I can enjoy that word again, if ever. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-terms-you-never-want-to-hear-again/471099/9 "2008-11-04T19:11:01Z")
> [@MoodIndigo1](#): > > Elitist Hey, now… oh, wait. never mind. Mine: Sarah Palin Main Street, not Wall Street ---
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-terms-you-never-want-to-hear-again/471099/10 "2008-11-04T19:12:41Z")
Bradley effect ---
**Author:** ![Carson\_O\_Genic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Carson\_O\_Genic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carson_O_Genic)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-terms-you-never-want-to-hear-again/471099/11 "2008-11-04T19:15:04Z")
Socialist, liberal media, “I know how to…” ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-terms-you-never-want-to-hear-again/471099/12 "2008-11-04T19:19:52Z")
Troopergate …just doesn’t understand… Dole > [@](#): > > Maverick _Team_ of mavericks! ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-terms-you-never-want-to-hear-again/471099/13 "2008-11-04T19:20:58Z")
Extreme ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-terms-you-never-want-to-hear-again/471099/14 "2008-11-04T19:24:35Z")
VPILF Halfrican-American Rove or Rovian tactics ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-terms-you-never-want-to-hear-again/471099/15 "2008-11-04T19:26:23Z")
Community organizer On-the-job training ---
**Author:** ![howye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@howye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/howye)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-terms-you-never-want-to-hear-again/471099/16 "2008-11-04T19:38:54Z")
The American People … ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-terms-you-never-want-to-hear-again/471099/17 "2008-11-04T19:41:51Z")
Chad. Unless I’m traveling to Africa. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-terms-you-never-want-to-hear-again/471099/18 "2008-11-04T19:42:18Z")
We didn’t have it in this election, but I hate the word **gubernatorial**. Another one to banish: **Yes on 8**. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-terms-you-never-want-to-hear-again/471099/19 "2008-11-04T19:43:32Z")
Change Mr. Congeniality ACORN Muslim as a slur small town values Anything about taxes on small businesses Joe Sixpack O’biden ---
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-terms-you-never-want-to-hear-again/471099/20 "2008-11-04T19:45:01Z")
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