Tuesday, September 18, 2018

The Leahs are toast (the home base edition)



The Leahs live at 945 Post Road in Brookfield, Wisconsin, (editorial comment) located in deep-red Waukesha County.  Her approval rating among her base is a mere 1 percentage point higher than her disapproval rating.  Yikes!


According to Merriam Webster, the first known use of 'yikes' occurred in 1941.

Other coinages from the same year:
  • butch
  • campy
  • crapola
  • fellate
  • klatch
  • nutso
  • pinup
  • shipfitter
  • torchy
  • update

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