Tealiban

English

Etymology

Blend of Tea Party +‎ Taliban

Proper noun

Tealiban

1. (derogatory) The Tea Party party movement in twenty-first-century American politics, when considered to be a conservative religious movement similar to the Taliban.
   • 2013 October 20, Abraham Todd, “Re: The same business interests who created the Tealiban to fight against Obama the Socialist are now lining up to destroy the Tealiban”, in alt.politics.liberalism‎^[1] (Usenet):
   • 2013 October 24, Kickin' Ass, Takin' Names, “No doubt about it -- the Tealiban and GOTP are a resurrected Confederacy, complete with return to slavery”, in alt.politics‎^[2] (Usenet):
   • 2013 November 7, Claudette Latosha Duffy, “Re:Tealiban loser in Alabama shows how not to give a concession speech . . . at the same time, shows how and why the Tealiban loses”, in alt.politics.democrat‎^[3] (Usenet):
   • 2014 July 2, Tom McDonald, “Re: IRS caught LYING”, in alt.atheism‎^[4] (Usenet):

     The American Tealiban will make sure that Sharia, erm, Biblical law governs us again, and we will keep our military as strong as possible so we can go on Crusades against the infidels in Muslim lands, and we will, naturally, liberate the Holy Land from the nasty Muslims (and maybe the dirty Jews, as long as we're there anyway).

Related terms

• teahadist

Anagrams

• betalain