Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A state having a majority of its electorate voting for a Republican candidate in a U.S. presidential election.
Wiktionary
- n. US (idiomatic) A state of the United States voting Republican in a given election, or tending to vote Republican in general.
Examples
“Tucked into the red state coat appear a half-spread fan and some folded sheets of paper, and at the back is seen a quiver made of lacquered wood.”
“In the end, the senator-like several red state Democrats-voted aye, which no doubt reflected the prevailing sentiment about tax cuts in his home state.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘red state’.
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states of mind: from absurdistan to zion
Countries, lands, cities that capture, or haunt, our dreams. Some of the places listed might be the names of actual localities, but here they are states of mind.
absurdistan, banana republic, utopia, mitteleuropa, new jerusalem, deseret, canaan, zion, ruritania, outer slobovia, lower slobovia, avalon and 126 more...
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words of the years
bushlips, mother of all,, not!, information super..., cyber, morph, world-wide web, newt, mom, millennium bug, e-, y2k. and 12 more...
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Reds
Inspired by hernesheir's Greens list.
blood red, red, red-backed, redbait, red-bellied, redbird, red-blooded, redbreast, red-breasted, redbrick, red-brown, redbud and 51 more...
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American Dialect Society Word of the ...
1990-2009
bushlips, mother of all, Not!, information super..., cyber, morph, web, newt, mom, millenium bug, e-, y2k and 12 more...
Tweets
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brtom red state, blue state, purple state Dec 9, 2006