As we watch the debates, town halls, interviews, and campaign ads, let’s learn what the terms mean in terms of love.  For a while at least, the world of romance seems easier to understand than today’s politics.

Enjoy!

Getting to the heart of the matter!

Campaign – One person pursuing another’s affections.  Usually includes expensive dinners, flowers, long talks and a lot of bull shit.

 

Bipartisan –  after a fight a couple sits down and tries to come up with an agreement.  Sometimes each give a little to stay together.

Caucus – girls getting together to discuss if a guy is good enough for one of their  closest pals.

Convention – a guy goes to his girl’s family and formally ask for her hand in marriage.

Dark Horse – Didn’t think she’d ever pick him or vice aversa aka ‘No one saw that one coming!’

Demagogue – the bully that uses fear, hatred, and greed to prove his point of view.

Fence Mending – after you get caught cheating you run home and try to explain why it wasn’t your fault or it wasn’t what you saw.

Filibuster – talking your way out of shit.

Fishing Expedition – checking texts, face book, and car mileage and any other method to see if they are cheating.

Front Burner – getting in your face so you must fess up.

Grass Roots – not buying on line!

Ideology – why you will never be good enough in her parents’ eyes.

Lame duck – the breakup is really over.  You can party and sleep with whoever you choose.

Lobby – peer influence to buy into their beliefs and behaviors.

Machine Politics – the popular crowd, the office kiss ups, the mob who would do anything to get in good with the boss.

Muckraker – the gossip who only looks for the dirt on others.

Political suicide – cheating on your partner, losing your home gambling, sexual addition, drug addiction.

Rubber Chicken Circuit – all of the games people play to stay popular.

Spin – the lies and gross exaggerations we tell someone so they are impressed with us.

Stump – meeting a person for coffee rather then chatting on line or the phone.

Whip – the friend that is in control of the group aka the leader of the pack or the alpha.

Witch Hunt – a vindictive pissed off woman.

Let freedom ring!

Learning tool:  reserach shows that making mental connections help in deciphering new terms and philosphies. 

Best wishes,

April of Course

Educator, speaker, motivator, coach, and Author of Big Girls Do Cry (more help with L O V E)!