swamp
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8.2
- noun
- /swɑmp/
- Jargon
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casta política
- It is time to drain the swamp in Washington DC.
- drain the swamp
But that whole drain the swamp tells it like it is type thing.
- But that whole drain the swamp tells it like it is type thing.
- And so and drain the swamp is is a great slogan.
- They say we've had it with the swamp, the establishment, the rhinos, the Democrats.
- Then he brought John Bolton in to run NSA, who is like a, you know, a swamp creature.
- Grant's elected right after that and he's president tried to tried to clean up this, the swamp and the corruption, all the rest.
- They think of their own fucking careers first, You know, they're, they're really a part of the political swamp.
- Because the guys who run the banking system and the school system who are going after run the show the swamp.
- That's that's the kind of number that grasps you by the collar and tells you, you know, this guy is part of the swamp.
- It is time to drain the swamp in Washington DC.
- Nope, he's inviting the biggest, ugliest swamp monsters in the front door and he's turning them loose on our government and on our economy.
- He ran as as being a cleaner up of corruption who would get rid of, who would get who would, you know, drain the swamp, so to speak.
- But The thing is, when you're talking about draining the swamp, you're talking about rolling back the biggest honeypot in the history of the world.
- You know that when Gore Vidal called DCA swamp in two of his books, people accused him of being racist because he he mentioned the swamps of Africa.
Examples
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To use Walter Laqueur's metaphor, the idea is to "drain the swamp so that the mosquitoes will disappear."
Academic text (2016) -
The politician promised to drain the swamp, pledging to eliminate the inefficiencies in government.
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Because this country is a swamp.
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I was elected to clean the swamp and that's what I am doing.
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Washington has become a swamp where paid-to-play access has become the norm.
Blog text (7) -
Palin wants to drain the swamp they both wallow in.
Blog text (17) -
He ran as as being a cleaner up of corruption who would get rid of, who would get who would, you know, drain the swamp, so to speak.
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They say we've had it with the swamp, the establishment, the rhinos, the Democrats.
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Many voters are frustrated with the swamp in Washington that seems resistant to change.
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Activists are rallying to expose the corruption within the swamp that has long plagued our political system.
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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8.1
An infection people get from animals that causes fever and yellow skin
A large tree with a thick trunk that grows near rivers and lakes in central Mexico
Wood from large trees that grow near rivers in Mexico used for furniture and boats
- Australian
A medium-sized eucalyptus tree that grows in swampy mountain areas in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia
A large swamp in southeast Georgia and northeast Florida that is home to many wild animals
- US
A tree from the southern United States with light wood used for furniture and guitars
- US
A bush that loses its leaves and grows in eastern United States swamps with small pink or white flowers
- US
A birch tree from the western United States with brownish bark that grows in wetlands
A low spiny bush that grows in wet ground and has small black berries you can eat
A tall bush that grows in wet ground and makes dark blue berries you can eat in eastern North America
- Specialized
A medium to large tree with big leaves that grows in wet areas of the southeastern United States
- Specialized
A tree that has cones and a swollen base that grows in southern US swamps
- US
A large vehicle with big wheels and a raised body that goes across wet, muddy land
- Specialized
Wood from trees with swollen bases that grow in southern US swamps and that people use to make furniture
- Specialized
A bristly trailing plant with small black berries like a blackberry that grows in wet places
A tree from the eastern United States with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin, very bitter nuts
- Australian
A medium-sized tree from southern Australia that grows in damp or swampy places
- US
A tree that grows in wet places like rivers and marshes with large rounded leaves and brown bark
- US
A large rabbit that lives in marshes and swims well in the southeastern United States
- US
A tree growing where the ground is often wet with five-lobed leaves that turn red or yellow in autumn
- Australian
A small leafless Australian shrub with small yellow flowers that grows in wet places
- US
A large North American tree that grows in wet soil and is used for its wood or colorful leaves
A yellow wildflower with narrow leaves that grows in wet places like bogs and marshes
A large tree that grows in wet soil and has strong wood and leaves with shallow lobes
How Corrupt
Surface Forms
Etymology
Swamp for politics or bureaucracy comes from the idea of a place that is deep, slow and hard to change. People talk about 'draining the swamp' because they want to clear out a stuck, corrupt system, just like you would drain real wet land to make it usable.