son stroke
n.— «His action in sidelining senior leaders, including Siddaramaiah, to ensure that his son H.D. Kumaraswamy became the Chief Minister, was “diabolical.” “I have heard about people getting sun stroke during summer due to excessive heat. But in the case of Mr. Deve Gowda, it was son stroke, which has blinded his secular ideals,” Mr. Singh added.» —“Third front is a distant possibility, says Ajit Singh” The Hindu (India) May 29, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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