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GOBP

GOP + BP

An acronym, popular on many social networks, which represents the constellation of converging interests between the American Republican Party and the Beyond Petroleum Corporation.
The GOBP was determined to push for new deep water oil drilling permits, even as an oil slick from a broken well continued flowing into the Gulf of Mexico.
by shoqvalue June 23, 2010
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Republimentalist

1) A registered member of the Republican party who is also a fundamentalist Christian

2) A registered Republican who chants "we must return to core conservative principals" with a monotonous, quasi-theistic regularity, often causing more moderate party members to consider the merits of registering as an independent.

3) A registered Republican who is also known to identify with, or apparently willing to appear as identified with the Christian Taliban Party (CTP).
Sam Brownback is a Republimentalist.

Sara Palin has known ties to the Republimentalist wing of the GOP.

Michelle Bachmann questions whether anyone but a Republimentalist can really love America, or keep it safe from Terrorists.
by Shoqvalue November 29, 2009
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Grass Tag

A #hashtag used on Twitter, Facebook at other social media that is conceived by a business or organization to promote a product, issue, event position, or goal in a way that seems to have been spawned by a "grass roots" movement.

Sometimes called "astroturf tags," these symbolic tokens are often created by professional public relations firms or their media consultants as part of a broader public awareness (or propaganda) campaign. Many social media users, generally interested in the topics that the tags seem to represent, will often start using the tags in their own messages, unaware of the corporate, private, or other agendas that may lie behind them.
The Grass Tag #energyTomorrow was created by the American Petroleum Institute to spam twitter with pro-energy industry propaganda.
by shoqvalue October 18, 2010
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Streamizen

Stream + Citzen

A generic follower—or citizen—of a social network "stream" of people and information, who often dislike being called a "friend" or "follower." They are simply members of a community stream, and thus, "streamizens."
@JohnPublic's stream was rich with diversity. He was proud to have doctors, lawyers, artists, educators, and prostitutes among his thousands of talented or interesting streamizens.
by shoqvalue June 30, 2010
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Chamberbagger

Chamber of Commerce + Teabagger

An executive, supporter or operative of any Chamber of Commerce that is overtly or covertly seeking to co-opt or align the various "Tea Party" (a.k.a. Teabagger) movements with themselves and the Republican Party, to further their traditionally pro-corporate political interests.
Having little experience organizing rallies, he was eager to listen to the friendly Chamberbagger who seemed eager to help.
by shoqvalue April 6, 2010
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Emotarian

A more descriptive and catchier synonym for emo progressive or puritopian.

An Emotarian usually arrives at all of their political positions through an emotional calculus rather than a rational one; a formula by which any issue can be understood through the lens of unyielding idealism, with little regard for history or precedent, and fiercely defended to the point where any pragmatic thinking or compromise must be viciously characterized as "selling out," even at the expense of some immediate political gain over previous political conditions. They are particularly prone to assigning bad faith and evil motive to any democratic President who refuses to make speeches that sound as if Noam Chomsky, Dennis Kucinich or Michael Moore wrote them.
Emotarians are upset with President Obama for threatening to use force against Syria. They believe all war is bad, thus, any use of force—or threat to use force—is unjustified, and further evidence that the President must be a malignant fascist tool of a global corporate plutocracy.
by Shoqvalue September 10, 2013
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Gametag

A social media hashtag used by so-called "hashtaggers" in their online word games.

See: Hashtaggers, Hashtags
The gametag "#teapartyPickupLines" was one of the most popular political hashtag to ever "trend" on Twitter.
by shoqvalue February 4, 2010
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