(US, politics) A high-ranking member of the Democratic Party with a working-class or blue-collar background, especially one who attempts to leverage this background through populist appeals.
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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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