Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Casting aspersions with intent to discredit.
- n. An act of mudslinging.
Examples
“And the term mudslinging took on a literal meaning last night in storm-ravaged Florida.”
“To me the one that does the mudslinging is the so called "pansy".”
“It seems that every election cycle we remark that the mudslinging is the 'Worst ever.”
“She said she was now relieved the truth about what had been happening to her - through what she termed mudslinging, propaganda and disinformation - had come out through former security policeman Paul Erasmus.”
“There'll be enough time after August to begin mudslinging and town hall meetings.”
“VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Beware the midterm mudslinging'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Cal Thomas is a conservative columnist.”
“OpEdNews - Quicklink: Beware the midterm mudslinging”
“So if you encounter more “Bobs” who wish to attack you, forget about it, keep your points intelligent and free from attitude, and then you won’t engage in mudslinging, completely losing the focus of the points you’re trying to make.”
“Beneath the mudslinging is a real conundrum for policy makers.”
“President Barack Obama called the mudslinging among the companies a "ridiculous spectacle.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘mudslinging’.
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POL - scandalous (single words only)
acolyte, archrival, backhander, backlash, baksheesh, bashing, boo, bribery, cadre, chicanery, clash, coercion and 256 more...
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EU Buzz - ALL words and expressions
A combined list of
1. EU Buzz - single words
2. EU Buzz - collocations
3. EU Buzz - the 100 most active
collocation constituentsabsorption capacity, absorption rate, acceding country, accession candidate, accession countries, accession country, accession criteria, accession cycle, accession negotia..., accession partner..., accession priorities, accession treaty and 2650 more...
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POL - scandalous (words and collocati...
Words and collocations associated with political scandal
blow the whistle, boo, cronyism and rigging, democratic deficit, denigrate, dirty linen, fiasco, finger pointing a..., graft, hidden account, hush money, illicit financing... and 578 more...
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WF - nominal compounds (figurative)
An extensive list I have been working on for quite some time. Feel free to add more of the kind if you miss any.
brainstorming, upside, downside, goldplating, bikeshedding, mudslinging, downgrading, headhunter, streamlining, mainstreaming, gerrymandering, frontloading and 503 more...
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EU Buzz - single words (1+2+3)
1. Strictly EU terms with special European meaning used only in the EU
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2. Keywords central to the understanding of the EU (people working for the EU are usually able to give thematic...acceleration, action, additionality, administrator, agenda, agricultural, agri-environmental, agriflation, agri-food, applicant, approach, assent and 1325 more...
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POL - cool compounds
scaremongering, facelifting, mudslinging, gerrymandering, goldplating, muscleflexing, headway, pinpointing, hobby-horse, barnstorming, grandfathering, finger-wagging and 31 more...
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simple & useful2
nitwit, roguish, racketeering, mannerisms, aerialist, mangling, ineradicable, rickety, blatantly, libidinal, bungalow, axiomatic and 96 more...
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Politrix
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
vexillology, blowback, impunity, extraterritoriality, plenipotentiary, filibuster, pundit, jingoistic, gerrymander, swiftboat, espionage, ipsedixitism and 151 more...
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ginnylev's Words
neuroplasticity, repudiate, scintilla, ruminate, tautology, ombudsman, exigent, filibuster, grace, ambidextrous, amends, disclosure and 623 more...
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