Political bar fight

An expression used to describe all of the pointless fighting and bickering that tends to happen in the government over various policy issues, the effectiveness and credibility of political leaders, how important and or valid certain beliefs and values are, etc. While it does occur in all levels of the government, it happens most frequently on the state and federal levels. These conflicts often times cause significant delays in passing important pieces of legislation They are often to forward and or their party’s agenda and or as way to get acquire more power and influence when discussing a particular issue.

There are always political bar fights happening in the U.S. government these days; often over relatively pointless things.

by Vanguard 1998 January 1, 2022

Politically primitive

An adjective used to describe when someone holds political views that tend to be out of date compared to other people’s beliefs

Brian thinks that U.S. should rely more on coal to fulfill its energy needs, even though coal is known to be a major environmental pollutant and can be very hazardous to the miners’ health. Most people support trying to fill more of the U.S. energy needs using renewable energy in order to be more sustainable and reduce our reliance on foreign powers to address our energy based needs. His views on energy use are politically primitive.

by Vanguard 1998 August 24, 2021

Middle Eastern politics

A political situation/conflict, that is so long and complex, that it's impossible to know who's the bad guy.

Man, the world is so complicated now! It's all Middle Eastern politics!

by Sepia_ May 14, 2024

Political camouflage

1: The unreasonable expectation by mainstream society that supporters of nonmainstream political parties must conform to the goals, expectations, and norms established by the mainstream political parties, the Republicans and Democrats, and accept that those parties’ agendas and priorities are supposedly more important theirs is in order to fit in. This often leads to lack of imagination when dealing with various political issues and designing policies, which can render a lot of policies ineffective.
2: A camo pattern that always has blue and red, sometimes with two or more of the following colors, which are white, grey, and or black. These patterns are used to indicate opposition to the suppression of nonmainstream political parties; as well as indicate you support the nonmainstream political parties, such as the Reform Party, Pirate Party, Libertarian Party, Alliance Party, and Constitution Party.
3: A camouflage pattern that uses certain colors which are used to represent a specific political party. Usually, it is done to show support for a nonmainstream political party.

Sophia: Hey. Earl that is a nice colorful shirt you’re wearing. Where did you get that?
Earl: It is a political camouflage shirt, which is used to show opposition to the political suppression of nonmainstream political parties. I had to custom order this from a special company online that lets you put your own designs on the product.
Sophia: Nice.

by Vanguard 1998 July 20, 2021

Political revolutionary syndrome

When you start having thought of becoming a revolutionary, a rebel, etc. After seeing a video on what the government does, listening to a political song, or seeing something political that makes you worry for the future

I stopped listening to political hip hop because I keep getting political revolutionary syndrome everytime I listen to it.

by STL446 September 8, 2023

Politics

Relationship between the acts of government and opinion of its subjects and how the opinion of subjects affects the act of government and how the act of government influences the opinion of subjects.

Politics plays a huge role in governing a country.

by Ashish jojo April 13, 2024

political accident

The phrase used most by AP gov teachers when explaining that the political climate is not made up of accidental chances.

There is no such thing as a political accident.

by Frosty DST March 26, 2019