Describes a double-standard, where elected officials do not care about civil rights violations concerning ordinary citizens, but scandalize similar violations when they happen to them.
Coined by Edward Snowden.
Coined by Edward Snowden.
"It's equally if not more concerning that we're seeing another 'Merkel Effect,' where an elected official does not care at all that the rights of millions of ordinary citizens are violated by our spies, but suddenly it's a scandal when a politician finds out the same thing happens to them."
Edward Snowden in an interview with NBC news.
Edward Snowden in an interview with NBC news.
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Get the Merkel Effect mug.The realisation that you and your boize have banged the same cougar/cougar-cub whilst having a lewse time in Europe.
Whilst this mysterious cougar may now returned to her home town (to fight mario & ballooning yields) - it will provide
Whilst this mysterious cougar may now returned to her home town (to fight mario & ballooning yields) - it will provide
Cheese: Yea mate, I porked her when I was completely blind in Malta one time.
Wiraf: Strong. Yea so did I when I was off chops in Ibizia one night.
D-money: Could have done the same but my Au pair family were being lemons. That really would've been a Merkel Circle hey.
Wiraf: Strong. Yea so did I when I was off chops in Ibizia one night.
D-money: Could have done the same but my Au pair family were being lemons. That really would've been a Merkel Circle hey.
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Typically used to describe a whale, or someone who likes to eat lobsters a lot. Sometimes its used to describe various dance moves to make one look like a complete retard.
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Get the Angela Merkel mug.1. The current chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.
2. A woman who was the victim of an unwelcome massage at the hands of a U.S. President.
2. A woman who was the victim of an unwelcome massage at the hands of a U.S. President.
The Groper in Chief, George W. Bush, recently snuck up behind Angela Merkel and gave her an unwelcome massage.
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