dead president

See also: dead-president

English

Etymology

Based on the observation that the presidents whose faces decorate US currency are invariably deceased.

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU):

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Noun

dead president (plural dead presidents)

1. (US, slang) A piece of US paper currency.
   • 2000, Richard Grayson, The Silicon Valley Diet and Other Stories, Red Hen Press (2000), →ISBN, page 149:

     Finding a new job just meant driving to another office-park campus with dopey street names (Disc Drive, Resistor Road, Infinite Loop) to endure more geeksploitation in exchange for dead presidents, stock options, a flexible schedule, no dress code, and all the junk food I could eat.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dead,‎ president.