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
Get the Nodding Donkeysmug. by Dfuck September 11, 2006
Get the Donkey Cuntmug. An anonymous call to a friend or colleague - when they answer the phone, you yell "donkey" and hang up.
by GABber Zug October 23, 2008
Get the donkey callmug. Meriel said: "He he he...I'm just gonna unzip this and..oh!"
Virgil replied: "Oh baby, just yeah. Wrap those drunken slut lips around my .... uhhhhh...."
Meriel: "Ow! You got donkey yogurt in my eye!"
Virgil replied: "Oh baby, just yeah. Wrap those drunken slut lips around my .... uhhhhh...."
Meriel: "Ow! You got donkey yogurt in my eye!"
by Pubert Wurst May 14, 2006
Get the donkey yogurtmug. - "yo man, i was at the shrek 3 premiere last night, and the theater was full of pedofile donkey skeeters"
- "damn dawg, that happened to me when shrek 2 came out"
- "damn dawg, that happened to me when shrek 2 came out"
by daazninvazn December 29, 2008
Get the donkey skeetermug. by adam kirwin July 1, 2006
Get the donkey buttermug. first, to the one that said no one actualy donkey punches, that is not tru. when i was in colege, a guy i hooked up with donkey punched me and i had to go to the hospital. i got brain damage. thatnk you, for that. anyway, a donkey punch is when a guy punches the girl in the back of the head and its sposed to make you have an orgasam. it doesnt work, and i cant telll you enogh not to do it.
by jennaG January 12, 2008
Get the Donkey punchmug.