Trussite

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English

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This English term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.

Etymology

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From Truss +‎ -ite.

Noun

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Trussite (plural Trussites)

  1. (UK politics, neologism) A political supporter of Liz Truss (born 1975), British Conservative politician and Prime Minister in September–October 2022.
    Coordinate terms: Thatcherite, Majorite, Blairite, Brownite, Cameronite, Mayite, Johnsonite, Sunakite
    • 2022 May 11, George Trefgarne, “In defence of Liz Truss’s retro economics”, in The Spectator[1]:
      There are the Trussites, hovering over her Instagram posts in political adoration, and then there are others who consider her a menace who is about to be made Prime Minister in a sinister conspiracy by Brexiteers.