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blue shift

noun

Etymology

From blue + shift, referring to the Democratic Party's political color.

  1. derived from *skey-✻ — “to cut, divide, separate, part”
  2. derived from *skeyb-✻ — “to separate, divide, part”
  3. inherited from *skiftijaną✻
  4. inherited from sċiftan — “to divide, separate into shares; appoint, ordain; arrange, organise”
  5. inherited from schiften
  6. inherited from schyft
  7. compounded as blue shift — “blue + shift”

Definitions

  1. An observed phenomenon in which an apparent early Republican lead after the polls close…

    An observed phenomenon in which an apparent early Republican lead after the polls close on the night of an election is diminished by the counting of mail-in ballots later in the evening or in the days after Election Day.

  2. Alternative form of blueshift.

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