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Obama-can

Obama-can is the alternative form of Obamacan.

Meaning of Obamacan

Noun

Obamacan (plural Obamacans)

  1. (US, slang) A member of the U.S. Republican Party who supports or supported the election of Barack Obama as president.
    • “About twice as many Democrats support McCain as Republicans support Obama, and about three times as many Democrats support McCain as Republicans support Clinton,” Rove said. “The media is all wired up about these ‘Obamacans’ … but the real story of this election is the ‘McCainocrats.’ ”2008 April 21, John Heilemann, “Is John McCain Bob Dole?”, in New York

Forms of Obama-can

pluralObama-cans

Questions about Obama-can

What is Obama-can the alternative form of?
Obama-can is the alternative form of Obamacan.

Words near Obama-can in the dictionary

  1. Obama
  2. Obama Care
  3. Obama mania
  4. Obama Phone
  5. Obama Phones
  6. Obama-can
  7. Obama-cans
  8. Obama-care
  9. Obama-con
  10. Obama-cons
  11. Obama-esque

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