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A campaign promise made by President Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential election campaign which he has now back peddled on and not bothered to explain to his supporters.

Combination of Obama and Promise. Obamise.
Mr. Smith told his students he would have a pizza party for them on the last day of school. The students asked Mr. Smith where the pizza was when that day came around and he replied, "Oh that was an Obamise."
obamise by JohnVisser July 9, 2009
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An action assured but never meant to be done. Political promise in general. Lyndon Johnson obamised that "We are not about to send American boys nine or ten thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves."--Campaign address, Oct. 21, 1964
"He may obamise me the world, but it turns out he can't deliver New Jersey...."
obamise by red china November 10, 2009
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Obamasexual 

When you're sexually attracted to Obama.
Romantically, it's used as obamaromantic.
Person 1: Dude, I'm officially coming out as gay. What's your sexuality?
Person 2: Oh, I'm Obamasexual...
Person 1: Oh dude, that's awesome! I support you in your journey.

Obamasexual 

A white person who shows overzealous support of african-americans based on pity, making them, in fact quite racist.

Can also denote any person with an unmerited sense of respect or approval, typically of the african persuasion.
Donald: "I'm going to buy my neighbor, Tyrone some Murray's Hair Cream because he already spent his welfare check on rims."

Franklin: "He deserves more than the struggles with prejudice that he encounters daily. We're both good people and avid obamasexuals."
Obamasexual by ecstacykid November 9, 2009
A supporter of Barack Obama's Socialist ways.
I was telling my friend Scully that Obama is a socialist. But I was wasting my time talking to a complete Obamist who also believes every person has a "right" to health care and housing.
Obamist by Wildcats115 January 20, 2009
1.One who gives a speech with no meaning.
2.The ability to generate heat with no light.
Left wing voter: Wow! That was some speech; I almost wet my pants half way through it.
Right wing voter: What speech? That was the worst case of Obamism I've heard this year. All I heard was 40 minutes of buzzing in my ears.
Left wing voter: F*** you!
Right wing voter: F*** you back!
Obamism by H3adcas3 May 26, 2008
Unquestioning follower of a charismatic, arrogant leader. Akin to the "ites" mentioned in the Old Testament, who served as God's rod against Israel.
Sen. Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Harry Reid and Rep. Barney Frank are high profiled Obamites. The college student standing outside the grocery store, trying to get you to sign that petition to outlaw meat-eating is the prototypical Obamite.
Obamite by dizattolah March 29, 2009
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“No way, is that cake?”
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