Huzzahs, Hip Hip Hurray and a rootiy toot toot salute , inspired by Little Richard! Perhaps only Tea-bagger the Noun is official, as we’re reminded, it is a family dictionary. Still, it is nice to know that some unwitting conservatives have made this special double entendre legit. Fans of “Tea-bagging” the Verb, can
rejoice in this ‘wink, wink, nudge nudge’ moment.
All of the definitions you could wish for are discussed by political anualyst equipped with a sense of humor, Richard Wolffe. On another interesting note. There are other words which are runners-up. Many of these words didn’t exist before the last election. In some cases, social media online has contributed, in others, the new, divisive Republican party. The runners-up are: Birther,
death panel, sexting, unfriend or defriend.
Wolffe also discusses how the group which sounds harmless, and much more civil than they are, Tea-baggers, seem to be the undoing of the Republican party.