congresscritter

English

Etymology

congress +‎ critter

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

Noun

congresscritter (plural congresscritters)

1. (US, derogatory, slang) A congressperson.
   • 1979, Jerry Pournelle, A Step Farther Out, Ace, page 43:

     There are a number of Congresscritters who'd like nothing better than to convert the Shuttle into benefits for their own districts.

   • 1991, Tom Clancy, The Sum of All Fears‎^[1]:

     Shaw whistled respectfully at that. "All that for one senator and one congresscritter?"

   • 1996, Bruce Schneier, Applied Cryptography, John Wiley & Sons, page 139:

     Lobbyist Alice can transfer digital cash to Congresscritter Bob so that newspaper reporter Eve does not know Alice's identity.

   • 2003, S.A. Johnston, Trading Options to Win, John Wiley & Sons, page 254:

     You don't have to be a Fortune 500 firm's chief economist (heck, you don't even need to know any more economics than a Congresscritter, ie, virtually none), to see that these spreads had to change [...]