Skoal Democrat
n.— «The Rocky Mountain West has been discovered by the East Coast media and declared Battleground States. That means we’ll be force fed way more than our daily dietary requirements of Hillary Clinton. Our East Coast colleagues even have a name for us: Skoal Democrats.» —“Skoal Democrats: You know who you are” by Randy Wyrick Vail Trail (Colorado) Mar. 7, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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