revolving SOB
n.— «Because he “challenged communists and their agents in the United States” he “automatically became a revolving SOB” to his critics.» —“Marshall Gets Into McCarthy Line of Attack” in Washington, D.C. Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) Apr. 21, 1950. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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