Talk:Democrat
Latest comment: 1 year ago by Soap in topic Adjectival Form
Dhimmicrat[edit]
@Metaknowledge, Dhimmicrat is at least used on Google Groups. Is Groups low‐hanging fruit or something? --Romanophile ♞ (contributions) 00:58, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
- Good catch; anon contribution + poor formatting + Super Tuesday II + no BGC hits made me understandably suspicious, but I'll undo myself now. —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 01:02, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
- No big deal. I’m not sure why they felt the need to insult you, though, but I’m assuming that you are unoffended regardless. --Romanophile ♞ (contributions) 01:08, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
Adjectival Form[edit]
The dictionary currently says, "Democrat (not comparable) (US politics, proscribed, derogatory, offensive) Of or belonging to the Democratic Party in the United States." (Emphasis added.) So, which is it? Democrat or Democratic?
- Usually you'd say Democratic. There's a discussion about this on Wikipedia too, which gives more details as to *why* it is the way it is, but our usage note here summarizes it well. I think the only thing I'd add is that it can be an adverb too, as in the set phrase vote Democrat. —Soap— 10:53, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
- Actually I'd rather characterize that as a noun, though I dont know how to describe it. I'll be adding use examples soon. —Soap— 10:52, 2 November 2022 (UTC)