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Watergate — Everyone's favorite scandal; Richard Nixon was not charged with a crime or kicked out of office as a result of the investigation - he resigned and made the 'V' fingers; journalists from The Washington Post uncovered the wrongdoing; if you want more details, read one of the thousands of books about it. (In-depth information about Watergate)WMD — A weapon of mass destruction or weapons of mass destruction; in general the term means a weapon that can kill large numbers of people or has the ultimate effect of doing so; of course, by that definition, cigarettes and double cheeseburgers are WMD; very overused in political rhetoric.
welfare — See Social Security.
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Nonpartisan. Completely partial. The terms in this reference are by no means complete definitions. They are here only to give perspective to the topics mentioned and discussed by 20DC's citizens. You can suggest new terms or changes/additions to current definitions by using the "Suggest a term" link at the bottom of each page.