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Blue Tribe

Blue Tribe proper noun: a loosely-defined culture in the United States associated with liberal politics, hipster culture and the Democratic Party.

Proper noun

the Blue Tribe

  1. A loosely-defined culture in the United States associated with liberal politics, hipster culture and the Democratic Party.
    • The Blue Tribe is most classically typified by liberal political beliefs, vague agnosticism, supporting gay rights, thinking guns are barbaric, eating arugula, drinking fancy bottled water, driving Priuses, reading lots of books, being highly educated, mocking American football, feeling vaguely...2014 September 30, Scott Alexander, “I Can Tolerate Anything Except The Outgroup”, in Slate Star Codex, archived from the original on 24 Jul 2023
    • When HBO's John Oliver broadcasts a polemical monologue, its subject is invariably something that America's Blue Tribe—Americans whose place on the cultural and ideological left forms a core part of their identity—regards as idiotic, evil, or both. Last Week Tonight helps its audience indulge in...2016 January 5, Conor Friedersdorf, “Oregon and the Injustice of Mandatory Minimums”, in The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Apr...

Origin of Blue Tribe

Coined by American psychiatrist and blogger Scott Alexander Siskind in a 2014 blog post (see quotation), from the blue color of the Democratic Party.

Questions about Blue Tribe

What does Blue Tribe mean?
Blue Tribe means a loosely-defined culture in the United States associated with liberal politics, hipster culture and the Democratic Party.
What part of speech is Blue Tribe?
Blue Tribe is a proper noun.

Words near Blue Tribe in the dictionary

  1. blue tits
  2. blue toe syndrome
  3. blue top
  4. blue triangle
  5. blue triangles
  6. Blue Tribe
  7. Blue Vale
  8. blue vanda
  9. blue vandas
  10. blue vein
  11. blue vervain

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