basket of deplorables

A metaphorical basket containing half of all Trump supporters.

“You know, to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. Right? The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic — you name it."
-Hillary Clinton

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Basket of Deplorables

A group of bigoted Far Right wingers that congregated both on and off line in groups to support policies and ideas with bigoted undertones.
A Basket of Deplorables have the strong tendency to support Donald Trump as well as engage in acts of hostility and bigotry towards others online. Often harassing in groups those who call them out for their bigotry on twitter then playing the victim when people retaliate against them.

A Basket of Deplorables descended on a reporter's twitter account with hateful rhetoric after the reporter tweeted an article highlighting the issues surrounding Donald Trump

Basket of Deplorables by Libertatis September 18, 2016

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basket of deplorables

Hillary Clinton's term for Trump's supporters, claiming they are all racist, sexist, misogynistic, xenophobic and many other words for bigotry turned into meaningless buzzwords by the left. While this made her radical followers very happy (because they believe it) and her other followers happy as well (because they believed it would hurt Trump), it actually backfired on her. Turns out calling half of the country bigoted does not bode well when you are running for president and claiming you will unite the country.

The infamous "basket of deplorables" speech definitely factors into why Clinton lost the 2016 election.

basket of deplorables by spootyhead January 5, 2017

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Basket full of Deplorables

Term meant to be an insult by Hillary Clinton towards Trump supporters. Those deserving strong condemnation. hooligans. felons. Trump's followers have embraced this term.

Hillary Clinton deflects culpability by calling Trump supporters a basket full of deplorables.

Basket full of Deplorables by shit&Syphilis September 23, 2016

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Striver

The striver is an interesting phenomenon that is seen across college campuses. In essence, the striver is an over-achiever who comes from a working or middle class family. He may be an immigrant. He may have been a slacker in HS who was "born again" into an academic wunderkind. Or he may just be an over-achiever who is keeping at it.

The striver is willing to sacrifice his social life at the expense of Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude. The striver is the guy who stays at the library long after you are gone. The striver is the guy who takes 30 credits/semester and considers anything below an A/4.0 failure. The striver doesn't work on campus, he is too busy finding ways to pad his resume instead of working retail or workstudy. The striver lets his grades pay his education by applying to ten scholarships a year.

The striver is a future Soros/Fullbright/Rhodes/Gates/Marshall/etc. fellow. The striver lives to study. For the striver, their fun comes from the rewards they expect to receive in return for their diligence. Be it Law School, B-School, academia, or politics. The striver seeks to find the American Dream through academic success.

Anthony was a striver. He transfered from a TTT to an IVY and graduated in 2 years. He studied his ass off and went to Penn Law. He got a Biglaw offer. But lost it all because of an unmoderated mesasgeboard.

Successful strivers:
- Barack Obama
- Harold Koh

Striver by URM Striver January 3, 2009

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SkyPesos

Delta SkyMiles, also known as SkyPesos, is the frequent flyer program of Delta Airlines. It has a very poor value and hard to use.

- I'm trying to book an award flight to Paris, but I only have 70,000 SkyPesos
- Just forget about it, you don't have enough SkyPesos to fly anywhere.

SkyPesos by 404_name_not_found December 6, 2018

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Quiche Peanemis

Quirky niche peak cinema analysis
It describes the analysis of a media piece which is quirky and niche, yet peak.

Give me the quiche peanemis on the movie I missed.

Quiche Peanemis by Mushroom2241 June 17, 2026

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