Agitprop (noun)
aj-it-prop
Agitation and propaganda, especially for the cause of communism. / A department or agency that co-ordinates this
First recorded in 1930–35; from Russian Agitpróp, originally for Agitatsiónno-propagandístskiĭ otdél “Agitation Propaganda Section” (of the Central Committee, or a local committee, of the Communist Party); subsequently the head of such a section, or in compound names of political education organs, as agitpropbrigáda, etc.
Example sentences
“It’s useful agitprop for MAGA, which desperately needs a distraction from Trump’s failures and falling approval ratings.”
Lurdan (noun) lur-dn A lazy, stupid, loutish fellow. 1250–1300; Middle English, Middle French lourdin dullard, equivalent to lourd heavy, dull (more…)
