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santorum

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for santorum.

Editorial note

(And even for those wins, Santorum needed the 'anybody but Romney' dynamic: it was far from broad GOP love for Santorum.

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Quick take

A surname from Italian.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of santorum gathered in one view.

noun

A surname from Italian.

noun

(neologism, sex, slang) A frothy mixture of lubricant and fecal matter as an occasional byproduct of anal sex.

noun

(neologism, slang, derogatory) Shit: rubbish, worthless matter, nonsense, bull.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for santorum.

noun

A surname from Italian.

noun

(neologism, sex, slang) A frothy mixture of lubricant and fecal matter as an occasional byproduct of anal sex.

noun

(neologism, slang, derogatory) Shit: rubbish, worthless matter, nonsense, bull.

Example sentences

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(And even for those wins, Santorum needed the 'anybody but Romney' dynamic: it was far from broad GOP love for Santorum.

2

And yet, this and the Rick Santorum searches have been reported on by plenty of mainstream media.

3

He can call himself a Christian, like many secular people do, but he is not religious like Santorum or Huckabee.

4

Interestingly, Republican Rick Santorum argued for the restoration of voting rights for ex-offenders.

5

Votes were being flipped from Santorum and Ron Paul to Mitt Romney.

6

Remember how long the whole Rick Santorum thing was there?

7

I don't think it is healthy when santorum is red, and I hope we can get that part of the namespace back after the election.

8

I've seen Michael Bloomberg and Rick Santorum discouraging college or playing down its value, but I bet their kids go to college and probably graduate school.

9

It's like Rick Santorum satirizing conservatism.

10

It's hard to quantify its effect on the presidential campaign of senator Santorum (Republican runner-up last year), but it was probably out of proportion with the small number of people involved.

11

+1 for using Santorum as one of the dirty words.

12

Rick Santorum trying to stop the National Weather Service from making its data public, on behalf of the people who funded his campaign - a textbook anticompetitive move which should be highly illegal and is definitely anti-constitutional).

Quote examples

1

Gingrich, Santorum, and RuPaul were similarly "a few points" behind Obama in 2012, and they had just as little chance of ever becoming president.

2

Clearly we need to do as they did with Rick Santorum, and effectively "redefine" all of their names as something highly offensive.

3

"Bullying" could cover incidents like Dan Savage redefining Santorum.

4

But the numerous crazies and the fact that you considered people like Bachmann and Santorum legitimate contenders for the presidency does not give you the right to call the crazies the "outliers" in your party: the inmates are now running the asylum.

Proper noun examples

1

From people like Santorum, the message is: Your kids should give up and drive a bus while mine go to college.

2

For someone like Rick Santorum, though, it's either to help secure his seat against his next challenger, or just greed...

3

This is reminiscent of Dan Savage's campaign against Rick Santorum, the outspoken anti-homosexual US politican.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use santorum in a sentence?

(And even for those wins, Santorum needed the 'anybody but Romney' dynamic: it was far from broad GOP love for Santorum.

What does santorum mean?

A surname from Italian.

What part of speech is santorum?

santorum is commonly used as noun.