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pork-barrelling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.71 in modern English

Syllables
pork-bar-relling
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The practice of giving favours or money to voters in connection with a candidate for a current or future election, in order to sway enough voters so that the candidate will win.

Uncountable

noun

The practice of an elected politician giving favours or money to some or all voters in the politician's electorate, or to certain organizations, as compensation or payback for support from those voters or organizations in the past.

Uncountable

Etymology

From pork barrel + -ing.

Usage

Inflected Forms

pork barrelling (alternative) porkbarreling (alternative) pork-barreling (alternative)

Questions

What does pork-barrelling mean?
The practice of giving favours or money to voters in connection with a candidate for a current or future election, in order to sway enough voters so that the candidate will win.
Where does pork-barrelling come from?
From pork barrel + -ing.

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