To engage in a dialogue or discussion with the intention of reaching a mutual understanding.
2. v. phrase
An argument used to persuade a teacher to change a failing grade to a passing one based on the student's exceptional past performance, sincere effort, and rigorous coursework.
1. Person 1: George Bush has underutilized diplomacy in relations with Iran.
Person 2. Seriously, throw some D's on that bitch.
2. "Soulja Boy, Chillin' Dog, Just got my report card. Looked at it, all Fs; took it to the teacher's desk. Throw some Ds on that bitch!"
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.