flopulist
English
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editflopulist (plural flopulists)
- (nonce word) An failed populist.
- 1895 June 22, “Short Editorials”, in The Shawnee Independent:
- [A] flopulist […] has a wonderful itch for office but seldom gets there.
- 1994 July 3, Mickey Kraus, “TRB FROM WASHINGTON: FLOPULISTS”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
- [T]he [populists] […] are shown giving Clinton [dumb] advice.