An informal, gender-neutral collective term for members of the US Congress — covering both representatives and senators regardless of gender. It's part of the broader shift away from gendered defaults like congressmen, offering a more inclusive alternative without the formality of congresspersons or the awkward plurality of congressmen and congresswomen. Often turns up in political commentary, journalism, and casual political conversation.
Half the congressfolk in that committee had received donations from the very industry they were supposed to be regulating.
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(US, informal) congressmen and congresswomen.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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