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DeSanctimonious

name

Etymology

Blend of DeSantis + sanctimonious. Coined by Donald Trump at a rally in 2022. In January 2024, Trump announced that the nickname was "officially retired" after DeSantis had dropped out of the presidential primaries and endorsed Trump.

  1. derived from sānctimōnia
  2. derived from sanctimonie
  3. suffixed as sanctimonious — “sanctimony + ous”
  4. compounded as desanctimonious — “DeSantis + sanctimonious”

Definitions

  1. Ron DeSantis.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA