An American informal gender-neutral plural for members of Congress, combining 'congress' with 'folks' instead of the gendered 'congressmen' or the clunkier 'congresspeople'. It has the easy, populist register of someone deliberately avoiding formal or gendered language, typically encountered in casual political commentary or journalism.
Those congressfolks need to hear from their constituents before they vote on this.
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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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