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- noun US, slang (
neologism ) An abbreviation of "Radical Liberal ".
Etymologies
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The coinage is generally attributed to U.S. Vice President Sprio Agnew. It was used by the Nixon administration to attack the political opposition, implying that the liberals in the Senate were subversive Example. Several people on Nixon's Enemies List were identified as radiclibs.
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Examples
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If any harm came to him in the war zone, Gore reasoned, it would undermine the GOP's election-year message in Tennessee -- that Albert Gore was a "radiclib" who sneered at patriotism.
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I'm as much a radiclib as you can find and I'm giving Obama time to implement his policies.
More Polling Deflates Notion Of Left "Angry" With Obama's Cabinet Picks 2009
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I'm every bit the radiclib that Ian is, if not moreso, but I truly am someone who tries to live and let live.
the palin drone 2008
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