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comsymp

noun

Etymology

Coined by American businessman and political organizer Robert Welch from a blend of Communist + sympathizer.

  1. borrowed from sympathiser
  2. formed as sympathizer — “sympathize + -er”
  3. compounded as comsymp — “Communist + sympathizer”

Definitions

  1. A Communist sympathizer

    A Communist sympathizer; a liberal.

    • Personally, I think he's a comsymp. Or close. That's why I never had much enthusiasm for being on it, great as you all seem to think it is.
    • The guard said he wouldn't be surprised to find out that the longhaired comsymp pervos had done it by putting something into the water.
    • [L]iberals were committed[…] to convincing America that Democrats were now modern and pragmatic, not wasteful bleeding-heart suckers or childish protesters or comsymp fools.

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