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    Buzzword Dictionary

    I propose a collaborative effort - a US English-Hibernian English dictionary of political slang.

    US/Ireland:

    pork barrel/parish pump

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    Re: Buzzword Dictionary

    ireland US
    Republican right wing militia
    PDs Republican
    Democrat card carrying civil rights activist
    Labour/FF Democrat
    bigots in the north bigots in the south
    yank irish american
    irish illegal immigrant
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