lame duck
(US, politics) marking time]] until leaving office.
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Born ~1761 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
Nah. Let him lose the midterms, become a demented lame duck, lose in 2028, and die on his gold-plated toilet in Mar-A-Lago soon after. #JDVance would be much, much worse. #YoungNotseeJD www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/o...
lame duck president needs no ballroom
Perhaps it would me more fun to watch him suffer, whine, squeal, beg for mercy as a lame duck......? 🤔
How shocked will we be, if someday before his lame duck presidency is finally over, Trump and his clown car administration finally get a story straight. I don’t even think they can pardon the WH turkey or roll an East…
Trump faces red-state 'disaster' that could cement 'lame duck' status #AlterNet
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(US, politics) marking time]] until leaving office.
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(colloquial) A person or thing that is helpless, inefficient, or disabled.
“Nah. Let him lose the midterms, become a demented lame duck, lose in 2028, and die on his gold-plated toilet in Mar-A-Lago soon after. #JDVance would be much, much worse. #YoungNotseeJD www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/o...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“lame duck president needs no ballroom”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Perhaps it would me more fun to watch him suffer, whine, squeal, beg for mercy as a lame duck......? 🤔”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(finance, slang, dated) A person who cannot fulfill their contracts.
Congressman Jones was a lame duck and did not vote on many issues that were important to his constituents.
“How shocked will we be, if someday before his lame duck presidency is finally over, Trump and his clown car administration finally get a story straight. I don’t even think they can pardon the WH turkey or roll an Easter egg without lying in some way.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Trump faces red-state 'disaster' that could cement 'lame duck' status #AlterNet”
— Bluesky· May 2026“We’re about to find out whether Trump is kingmaker or lame duck www.politico.com/news/2026/05...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“He's by definition a lame duck, I hope you learn how to do journalism one day.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Our QUESTION REMAINS: What is Lame Duck Congress doing about the Criminals in the Whitehouse?... and the DOJ? Forming another worthless committee?”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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