A term coined by conservative talkshow host Rush Limbaugh to describe the way that liberal voters are constantly promised numerous things by elected Democrats despite their history of using them for votes(this is especially true of ethnic minorities) yet making their lives more miserable in much the same way that a battered wife is promised compassion from her abusive husband only to have him hit her again, yet she keeps coming back to him since she feels there is nowhere else to turn.
The Battered Liberal still thinks that Hillary Clinton will fix the country despite failing at Hillary Care when her husband was in office, supporting communist nations like China, and her endless collection of pants suits
A theory of multiple victimization using the "cycle of violence" and learned helplessness to explain the development of a psychological problem in women who are repeatedly abused by their husbands.
The person becomes depressed and unable to take any independent action that would allow him or her to escape the abuse.
I think he's suffering from Battered Wife Syndrome. He is a timid person, unable to think for himself and is tentative about making any decision for fear of being verbally or physically attacked.
Severe intoxication through alcohol consumption. Typically characterised by a total lack of inhibition often demonstrated through particularly foolish dancing. One step above steaming on the scale of drunkenness and one below shell.
To successfully intoxicate oneself with alcohol to the point of paralysis. The resulting facial expression and body positioning can only be described as an individual being beaten 1,000 times with a 10lb pasty. Finding an individual upon this state is said to be priceless.
Sunday morning, couldn't ask for more than find myself completely cake battered upon the bathroom floor.