Obamatrons sing 'Obamalujah' over Barackisms
Nov. 7, 2008 01:05 PM
Associated Press

First there was "Obamamania," punctured in places by naysayers crying "Nobama!"

Now, as President-elect Barack Obama prepares for the White House, his message of change, resounding both at home and abroad, seems to have unleashed a barrage of Barackisms. Or maybe they should be called Obamanyms.

Here's a glossary, culled from Web sites, news reports and the blogosphere:


• OBAMAPHORIA: The post-election rapture that swept over Obama's supporters worldwide.

• OBAMANATION: A twist on "abomination," expressed by evangelicals and other conservatives who oppose Obama's stance on abortion, gay marriage and other social issues.

• OBAMARAMA: The celebrations around the Jan. 20, 2009, inauguration.

• OBAMANOS: A play on "Vamanos," or "Let's go," among Obama fans in Mexico.

• OBAMATOPIA: The political paradise that Obama's staunchest supporters hope he'll usher in.

• OBAMALUJAH: Exultation shouted by his fans.

• OBAMATRONS: The policy wonks who will occupy the West Wing of his White House.

• OBAMASCOPE: Media scrutiny of the new leader. (Example: "One hundred days after Barack Obama took office, newspaper editors put the president's economic plan under the Obamascope.")

• OBAMANATOR: Hollywood-inspired nickname for the new president - even if he's got what California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger contends are "skinny legs" and "scrawny little arms."

• OBAMALICIOUS: Complimentary term used by those who like Obama's looks.

• OBAMALOHA: Goodbye, Obama-style, with a nod to Hawaii, his birthplace.

• OH-BAMA: Joyful exclamation, via headlines in the Kennebec Journal in Maine, the Register Guard in Eugene, Ore., and the Namibian, from the southern African country of Namibia.

• BAMELOT: Description of his presidency, from a New York Post headline that played on the youth and freshness of John F. Kennedy's administration that came to be known as "Camelot."

• OBAMERIKA: Headline from the Croatian newspaper Slobodna Dalmacija.

• BARACKSTAR: Description from those who believe Obama is "the Mick Jagger of politics" (from Slate.com).

• OBAMUNISM: Not quite Communism but right next to it.

• OBAMALAMADINGDONG(s) - Those who voted for him.

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