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Sleepy Joe

UK/ˈsliːpi ˈd͡ʒəʊ̯/US/ˈslipi ˈd͡ʒoʊ̯/

Sleepy Joe proper noun: joe Biden.

Proper noun

Sleepy Joe

  1. (US, derogatory) Joe Biden.
    • Welcome to the race Sleepy Joe.2019 April 25, @realDonaldTrump, Twitter, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2019
    • His new dystopian vision, with militant and extreme language not typical in American politics, marks a sharp departure from Trump’s previous effort to cast Biden as “Sleepy Joe,” an establishment politician with deteriorating mental abilities.2020 July 18, Michael Scherer, “From ‘Sleepy Joe’ to a destroyer of the ‘American way of life,’ Trump’s attacks on Biden make a dystopian shift”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on...

Origin of Sleepy Joe

Coined by American current president Donald Trump in 2019, likely in reference to a series of videos where Biden appears to occasionally fall asleep during important meetings and television interviews.

Words that rhyme with Sleepy Joe

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Questions about Sleepy Joe

What does Sleepy Joe mean?
Sleepy Joe means joe Biden.
What part of speech is Sleepy Joe?
Sleepy Joe is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Sleepy Joe?
Sleepy Joe is pronounced /ˈsliːpi ˈd͡ʒəʊ̯/ (UK).

Words near Sleepy Joe in the dictionary

  1. sleepy gobies
  2. sleepy goby
  3. sleepy head
  4. sleepy heads
  5. Sleepy Hollow
  6. Sleepy Joe
  7. sleepy lizard
  8. sleepy sand
  9. sleepy sickness
  10. sleepy underwing
  11. sleepy-bye

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