middecade
n.— «The other case comes from Texas, the biggest of the “red states.” Texas is defending its right to redraw its electoral districts to give the GOP more seats in Congress. Other states have signaled that if Texas’ middecade shift is approved by the high court, they will do the same.» —“States’ cases at high court could rock political world” by David G. Savage St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Mo.) Feb. 27, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
The admonition Don’t Mess with Texas may sound like a tough guy’s warning, but it started out as an anti-littering slogan more than 40 years ago. In the 1980s, the Texas Department of Transportation launched the campaign to cut roadside litter that...
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