Hugo de Naranja's definitions

cliché cannon

A person, especially in media, who talks excessively and yet never says anything memorable, let alone quotable.

The House of Representatives lost two of its most reliable cliché cannons today when Jasmine Crockett and Al Green both lost their primaries

by Hugo de Naranja March 4, 2026

voluntary canary

A voluntary canary is someone who makes a sacrifice, often publicly, in support of a personal or professional value yet stays in the situation instead of leaving. Like a canary in a coal mine, s/he is exposed to whatever happens. Unlike the canary, s/he does it voluntarily. And, it happens to rhyme.

Berkeley's Earth & Atmospheric Science Department canceled a lecture because of the invited scientist's political views. David Romps resigned from his chairmanship in protest but stayed at the school. He became a voluntary canary! We need more profs like that. Let's see if he survives in Berkeley's woke academic coal mine.

by Hugo de Naranja October 19, 2021

antiDeSanti

AntiDeSanti are the adversaries of Florida governor Ron DeSantis. Their goal is to smear and smirch him up before the 2024 presidential campaign starts in earnest.

It was fake news. But, the antiDeSanti at the Herald never published a retraction.

by Hugo de Naranja August 28, 2021

anti-DeSanti

Anti-DeSanti are the political adversaries of Florida governor Ron DeSantis. They hope to smirch and smear him up before the '24 presidential election.

The anti-DeSanti at the Herald never published a correction.

by Hugo de Naranja August 28, 2021