Demmie

See also: demmie

English

Alternative forms

• Demmy

Etymology

From Dem +‎ -ie, from Democrat.

Noun

Demmie (plural Demmies)

1. (US politics, slang, now rare) A member or supporter of the Democratic Party.

   Synonyms: Democrat, Dem

   • 1888, “Hear the Joyful Song”, in The Tippecanoe Campaign Songster: Harrison and Morton; Sketch of Their Lives and Full Text of the Republican Platform, W. F. Shaw Co., page 17:

     Let the Demmies rail and shout, / And what is it all about, / When they prate of “tariff and reform?” / By their actions in the past / Well we know from first to last, / What the wonders are that they'd perform.

   • 1931 May, James P. Egan, “Comment on the National Show”, in Machinists' Monthly Journal‎^[1], volume 43, number 5, Washington, D.C.: International Association of Machinists, page 300:

     The cheapness of these so-called “great” men was shown when a Senate committee on Unemployment Insurance elected their chairman. Senator Wagner, a Demmy, presented the motion in the Senate that Unemployment Insurance be probed. He, together with Senators Hebert (R. I.) and Glenn (Ill.) were appointed on the committee in the order named.

Further reading

• Jonathon Green (2024) “demmy n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang