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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- Nixon, Richard Milhous 1913-1994. The 37th President of the United States (1969-1974). Vice President (1953-1961) under Dwight D. Eisenhower, he lost the 1960 presidential election to John F. Kennedy. Elected President in 1968, he visited China (1972) and established détente with the USSR. Although he increased U.S. military involvement in Southeast Asia, he was also responsible for the eventual withdrawal of U.S. troops. When Congress recommended three articles of impeachment for Nixon's involvement in the Watergate scandal, he resigned from office (August 9, 1974).
- Nixon, Thelma Catherine Ryan Known as "Pat.” 1912-1993. First Lady of the United States (1969-1974) as the wife of President Richard M. Nixon. She worked to make the White House more accessible for disabled and visually impaired people.
Wiktionary
- n. An English surname.
- n. slang, narcotics A low quality, low potency drug passed off as a powerful, pure drug.
WordNet 3.0
- n. vice president under Eisenhower and 37th President of the United States; resigned after the Watergate scandal in 1974 (1913-1994)
Etymologies
- From Nick + -son , an alteration of Nickson, originally a patronymic meaning the son of Nicholas. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“NIXON: When I said Nixon, you first thought of hillbilly rocker Mojo Nixon, and not the 37th President of These United States.”
“President RICHARD NIXON: You don't have Nixon to kick around anymore.”
“Push CheneyBush Impeachment now with 'Nixon Flooding Plan' yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Push CheneyBush Impeachment now with \'Nixon Flooding Plan\' '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' Article: Call your representative today to participate in the "Nixon Flooding Plan" to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney, patterned after the way dozens of Representatives dropped impeachment resolutions into the hopper, pushing the Nixon impeachment forward and eventually leading to Nixon\'s resignation.”
“NIXON: I say that it was morally wrong if any of that $18,000 went to Senator Nixon for my personal use.”
“RICHARD NIXON: You don't Nixon to kick around anymore.”
“NIXON: You don't have Nixon to kick around anymore.”
“RICHARD NIXON (R), FORMER VICE PRESIDENT: You don't have Nixon to kick around anymore.”
“RICHARD NIXON: You don't have Nixon to kick around anymore.”
“FROST / NIXON: Jason Statham pulls off David Frost's skin, drops him into a tank of sea salt, and then Statham and Nixon rent a limo and drive across country, shotgunning hippies.”
“GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA AND NIXON CABINET MEMBERAfter the 1968 election, Lyndon Johnson called and invited Nixon to the White House on our way to a brief Florida vacation.”
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reesetee I don't know why Thompson never just came out and said how he felt about Nixon. Dec 20, 2009
bilby "If the right people had been in charge of Nixon's funeral, his casket would have been launched into one of those open-sewage canals that empty into the ocean just south of Los Angeles. He was a swine of a man and a jabbering dupe of a president. Nixon was so crooked that he needed servants to help him screw his pants on every morning. Even his funeral was illegal. He was queer in the deepest way. His body should have been burned in a trash bin."
— Hunter S. Thompson (Where Were You When the Fun Stopped) Dec 19, 2009