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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a wealthy or well-to-do person of liberal political inclination. It is sometimes used as a term of contempt for those espousing the cause of poor people, without having to endure the discomfort that their policies may inflict on others, such as the lower middle class.
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- noun US, pejorative A wealthy person, liberal in politics, deemed insulated from any adverse consequences of the policies they support.
Etymologies
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c. 1969
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