A high-ranking executive of a technology company that exercises complete control of the company's direction/goal/strategy. Examples would be: Eric Schmidt, Steve Jobs, Steve Ballmer
Describing someone who loves a new gadget, app, or software trend for about five minutes before getting bored and chasing the next shiny piece of technology. Showing zero brand loyalty due to an obsession with novelty.
Example 1: "Dave is so technofickle; he swore his new smartwatch changed his life on Tuesday, but by Friday he threw it in a drawer to buy a smart ring."
Example 2: "Maya considered herself a proud tech pioneer, but her friends just called her technofickle. Her apartment was a graveyard of last month's obsessions. On Monday, she converted her entire life to a new AI-driven calendar app. By Wednesday, she declared it "too corporate" and migrated everything to a decentralized minimalist platform. By Friday night, she was staring blankly at a paper notebook, completely unable to remember how a pen worked"
Texas is categorized as a swing state in presidential elections, but has voted for Republicans more times than for Democrats in recent history. As such, as demographics change political alignments, some Democrats believe that Texaswill vote blue, or Democratic, due to their Hispanic and African American voters, who often align themselves with the Democratic Party's liberal wing.
Blexas has been cited as possible in the upcoming decades, but only if Democrats continue to win the Hispanic vote in bigger margins.
Democrat 1: What is your prediction for the 2024 presidential election?
Democrat 2: Well uh, Blexas!
Democrat 1: You've been saying that since 2008 though.
Brought to public attention by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in the book on the fall of Richard Nixon, All The President’s Men, ratfucker was Nixon’s term for a political operative who sows chaos among opponents; an agent provocateur. It is thought to have originated among campus political rivalries at USC, and seems to have some usage in the US military.
Along with Nixon’s other ratfuckers, Roger Stone caused fights at otherwise peaceful Democratic Party protests to generate a false narrative that the Democrats were violent and dangerous.
Term used to describe someone who is a mix of both rural (country) and urban (metropolitan) lifestyles/upbringings. He/she is typically equally comfortable in both settings and is able to seamlessly slip back and forth between the two, appreciating the characteristics of each.
That ol' gal of mine drives the 12lane freeway during the week and a John Deere on the weekends. She likes opra and the Grand Ol' Opry. I love them countrypolitan women.