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   Blue Lives Matter

   Blue Lives Matter is a pro-police slogan and movement, registered as a nonprofit in some states. According to the Blue Lives Matter NYC website, the organization was established to support police officers and their families during times…
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   Thin Blue Line

   The phrase Thin Blue Line represents the idea that law enforcement (associated with blue uniforms) acts as the barrier (or "line") between the community they protect and lawlessness. In the 2010s, the Thin Blue Line…
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   Blue Alert

   A Blue Alert is a statewide alert sent after a police officer is killed, seriously injured, or missing after an interaction with a suspect who is on the run.  It is up to the individual…
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   Chad

   Chad is a usually disparaging internet slang term used for a popular, confident, sexually active young white male. Its female counterpart is Stacy, who is often portrayed as Chad's sexual partner. Use of Chad is…
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   187

   187 is slang for "murder." 187 is a term associated with hip-hop songs dealing with topics of crime or gang violence. 
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   OANN

   OANN stands for One America News Network, an American right-wing cable network.   As of 2019, OANN reported reaching 35 million homes. Its popularity grew during the Trump presidency as he promoted it multiple times, frequently via…
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   blue screen of death

   The blue screen of death is a melodramatic nickname given to a blue screen that appears when a device running a Windows operating system experiences a severe error. In popular culture, Microsoft's blue screen of death…
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   spinning wheel of death

   The spinning wheel of death is a melodramatic nickname given to the rotating wait cursor on Apple devices that resembles a rainbow-colored pinwheel.   The term spinning wheel of death is frequently used in tech-help articles…
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   happy holidays

   The phrase happy holidays is a festive, secular greeting used most often during the winter holiday season. It is similar to other general greetings such as season’s greetings. These phrases tend to be capitalized as…
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    anti-masker

    Anti-masker refers to individuals who oppose wearing face masks, particularly in response to health mandates like those found during the COVID-19 pandemic. This term is commonly used in discussions about public health, personal freedoms, and…
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    frontliner

    A frontliner is a frontline worker, especially in healthcare and other essential, often public-facing jobs. Find out which word stood out among the rest as our 2020 Word of the Year.
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    ❣️ Heart Exclamation emoji

    The Heart Exclamation emoji ❣️ depicts a a red exclamation mark whose vertical line has been rendered a classic heart.