Something was said in parliament to the pleasure of the government the front bench nodded in agreement bloody nodding donkeys.
by DOUBLE 6 April 11, 2019
A long, up and down blowjob - named after the action of the "nodding donkey" oil pumps in the inland oil fields of Texas.
by Al December 29, 2005
Nodding Donkeys - A disapprobation applied to the 'Yes-persons' surrounding a totalitarian leader.
Etymology of the phrase - Although it is commonly believed that the phrase evolved as a critical reference to members of the Democratic Party (given that the Donkey is the symbol of the Democratic Party), and more particularly to the members of President Obama's administration, that is not so. In point of fact, the phrase was coined by Albert Speer, the Minister of Armaments and War Production for the Third Reich. Speer was Adolf Hitler's chief architect before assuming ministerial office. Speer was contemptuous of those who surrounded Hitler (Goebbels, von Ribbentrop, Himmler, et al) because of their servile obsequiousness, and referred to them as 'Nodding Donkeys'.
Some have protested that usage of the phrase in reference to members of the Obama administration and Democratic Party confirms Godwin's Law. However, there seems to be no marked contrast between the fellow-traveling sycophancy of members Democratic Party and the Obama administration, and that demonstrated by Hitler's underlings. The Donkey symbol of the Democratic Party only serves to lend irony to the usage.
Etymology of the phrase - Although it is commonly believed that the phrase evolved as a critical reference to members of the Democratic Party (given that the Donkey is the symbol of the Democratic Party), and more particularly to the members of President Obama's administration, that is not so. In point of fact, the phrase was coined by Albert Speer, the Minister of Armaments and War Production for the Third Reich. Speer was Adolf Hitler's chief architect before assuming ministerial office. Speer was contemptuous of those who surrounded Hitler (Goebbels, von Ribbentrop, Himmler, et al) because of their servile obsequiousness, and referred to them as 'Nodding Donkeys'.
Some have protested that usage of the phrase in reference to members of the Obama administration and Democratic Party confirms Godwin's Law. However, there seems to be no marked contrast between the fellow-traveling sycophancy of members Democratic Party and the Obama administration, and that demonstrated by Hitler's underlings. The Donkey symbol of the Democratic Party only serves to lend irony to the usage.
Uncritical approval of President Obama's policies is the hallmark of the Nodding Donkeys which comprise his party and administration.
by Anti-totalitarian April 17, 2014
A member of the parliament front bench who repeatedly nodding in agreement with what is said by his own party.
The prime minister said something to the delight of the front bench they nodded in agreement the bloody nodding donkeys
by DOUBLE 6 April 12, 2019