gerrymander

verb- (to) waste time doing meaningless, unproductive things.

mother: stop trying to gerrymander your way through high school; you'll end up needing to save your sinking Titanic, which i am not going to help you do.

son: Can't i just relax after school, and then go and do homework?

by Sexydimma September 1, 2013

gerrymander

To clear your throat extremely loud in a quiet room.

I had to gerrymander in my english class while we were reading quietly, and my teacher flipped out.

by Grammy9907 October 23, 2006

gerrymandate

Where a political party proclaims a mandate after clearly losing an election, because by the use of gerrymandering they managed to retain control of the House of Representatives. When if anything near a reasonable redistricting system would of been in place, they would of easily of lost that control.

In the 2012 Presidential election, Republicans maintained control of the House of Representatives even though they lost states like Ohio and got less of the congressional votes. However, because of abusive gerrymandering in Ohio, they ended up with 12 of the 16 congressional seats available in the state. When afterwards they claimed to have their own "mandate" from the voters, they only really had a gerrymandate, because they actually got less votes in the House of Representatives than the Democrats did and kept control by gaming the system, not because it was the will of the voters.

by Hauntedsoup November 9, 2012

gerrymandering

Splitting the voting population in favor of the group in power by any means necessary, such as specifically targeted advertising, redrawing district lines, teaching specific politics in schools, or violence.

It was gerrymandering when the Catholic highschool took the children to a Bush rally.

by Slippy P Funk Yo D Fird September 15, 2004

gerrymandering

Moving the books/notebooks of other students into different desks to influence where they sit during class. Used for political structure.

Lookee me, I am gerrymandering John's stuff onto that other desk. I am usurping his throne!

by Bizzlitz Masta January 29, 2008

gerrymandering

In the context of Ireland, esp. in the time of establishing its independence on Britain, gerrymandering was used to describe the practice of some individuals going to the polls several times at different places, so that the party (Fianna Fáil in this case) was sure to win the elections.

My granddad told me he went gerrymandering dozens of times although he was not paid for it...

by leper February 15, 2005

Gerrymandering

is the political manipulation of electoral district boundaries with the intent to create undue advantage for a party, group, or socioeconomic class within the constituency.

uh how do i use Gerrymandering in A sentance

by Subtochaoticcoops January 19, 2023