Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gipperite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gip-perite
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A supporter of Ronald Reagan (1911–2004), 40th president of the United States (1981–1989), and/or policies that he endorsed.

Example Sentences

"When Kevin Phillips's The Politics of Rich and Poor hit the bestseller list last summer, the Gipperites began to squeal like a worn-out fan belt in a used Toyota."
"Even the most antigovernment of Gipperites weren't ready to turn their back on the war on drugs, as Cato urged, but program cutting, bashing, these sorts of things were right in the main."
"[Elephant reading a bedtime story titled Prez Race '08 to its child]: Then the Gipperites discovered there was no such thing as a Bushie. It had all been just a bad dream."

Etymology

From Gipper + -ite.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Gipper

Inflected Forms

Gipperites (plural)

Synonyms

Reaganite Reaganaut

Questions

What does gipperite mean?: A supporter of Ronald Reagan (1911–2004), 40th president of the United States (1981–1989), and/or policies that he endorsed.
Where does gipperite come from?: From Gipper + -ite.

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