mugwump

Polish translation: niezależny, niezrzeszony

17:34 Mar 11, 2004
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Journalism
English term or phrase: mugwump
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Local time: 02:15
Polish translation:niezależny, niezrzeszony
Explanation:
mugwump (mugwump)
n.
1 a Republican who refused to support the party ticket in 1884
2 any independent, esp. in politics

Etymology
[Algonquian mugquomp, chief]
[Webster's]
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leff
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4niezależny, niezrzeszony
leff
4niezdecydowany / wahający się / stojący w rozkroku
bartek


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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
niezależny, niezrzeszony


Explanation:
mugwump (mugwump)
n.
1 a Republican who refused to support the party ticket in 1884
2 any independent, esp. in politics

Etymology
[Algonquian mugquomp, chief]
[Webster's]

leff
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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
niezdecydowany / wahający się / stojący w rozkroku


Explanation:
sam nie wie, czego chce

A political fence-sitter, who won't come down on either side of the fence and tries to have things both ways. Originally an Algonquin Indian word; used in American p[olitics for more than a century.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mugwump &f=1


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