bidenism
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The ideology and policies of Joe Biden (born 1942), American politician and the 46th president of the United States.
American usage; Uncountable
noun
A quip, phrase or aphorism commonly said by Joe Biden (born 1942), American politician and the 46th president of the United States.
American usage; Countable; Uncountable
noun
An instance of plagiarism, or the act of plagiarism.
American usage; Colloquial; Countable; Dated; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "When talking about policies, he often said the president “gets it,” a condescending Bidenism for “agrees with me.”"
- "Invoking one of the vice president's Bidenisms, "Don't die on a small cross," I proposed that we instead pursue a "Big Bang.""
- "BIDENISMS If you have to ask, it's too late. […]"
- "This is an election year, so forgive me if I steal a line from a more innocent time to ask also for help from the rest of you (not to be accused of a Bidenism, it's from JFK's inaugural address) […]"
- "That was Mr. Seidman's line. I don't want to do a Bidenism here."
- "(We have not used quotation marks in this paragraph because that from which it is basically copied is in an unpublished decision of Division 7; we give credit only to avoid any claim of "Bidenism.")"
Etymology
From Biden + -ism. The plagiarism sense is a reference to the plagiarism scandal in September 1987 that ended Biden's first presidential campaign.
Usage
- American usage
- Uncountable
- Countable
- Colloquial
- Dated