Word of the Day for Monday, May 10, 2010
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mugwump \MUHG-wuhmp\, noun:
mugwump \MUHG-wuhmp\, noun:
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1. A person who is unable to make up his or her mind on an issue, esp. in politics; a person who is neutral on a controversial issue.
1. A person who is unable to make up his or her mind on an issue, esp. in politics; a person who is neutral on a controversial issue.
2. A Republican who refused to support the party nominee, James G. Blaine, in the presidential campaign of 1884.
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Before he became President, the B.O. had played the mugwump on issues by voting "Present" so that he could later claim either side as his position, depending on which group he was talking to!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Mugwump originates in the 19th century as a term for a Republican who refused to support the party nominee, James G. Blaine, in the presidential campaign of 1884. It is a rough adoption from the Algonquian (tribe native to the Massachusetts region) word muggumquomp, "war leader". In his 1959 novel "Naked Lunch" American author William S. Burroughs uses mugwump as the name of a bizarre creature.
Mugwump originates in the 19th century as a term for a Republican who refused to support the party nominee, James G. Blaine, in the presidential campaign of 1884. It is a rough adoption from the Algonquian (tribe native to the Massachusetts region) word muggumquomp, "war leader". In his 1959 novel "Naked Lunch" American author William S. Burroughs uses mugwump as the name of a bizarre creature.
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