Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

congresscritter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: con-gress-crit-ter
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A congressperson.

American usage; Derogatory; Humorous; Slang

Example Sentences

"I expect NASA has some nominal charge for SPINOFF 1976, but you could probably get one free through your Congresscritter."
"Shaw whistled respectfully at that. "All that for one senator and one congresscritter?""
"Lobbyist Alice can transfer digital cash to Congresscritter Bob so that newspaper reporter Eve does not know Alice's identity."
"You don't have to be a Fortune 500 firm's chief economist (heck, you don't even need to know any more economics than a Congresscritter, ie, virtually none), to see that these spreads had to change [...]"

Etymology

From congress + critter.

Usage

Inflected Forms

congresscritters (plural)

Questions

What does congresscritter mean?: A congressperson.
Where does congresscritter come from?: From congress + critter.

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