User:Californicator/List of iconic US phrases

The following is a list of iconic media-driven words and phrases that arose out of major US news stories. These words and phrases are memes of pop cultural significance.

1840 U.S. presidential election

 * Tippecanoe and Tyler Too

1950 United States Senate elections

 * Tricky Dick
 * Checkers Speech

1952 U.S. presidential election

 * Clean as a hound's tooth
 * I like Ike

1959-1975 Vietnam War

 * Boom-boom
 * Boonies
 * Chicom
 * Chinook
 * Chopper
 * Fragging
 * Gung ho
 * Punji sticks
 * Yellow peril
 * VC
 * Ho
 * Napalm
 * Gook
 * Zipper-eyes
 * Agent orange
 * Rolling thunder
 * Arc lite
 * Hanoi Jane
 * Vapor bomb
 * Willy Pete

1963 The assassination of John F. Kennedy

 * The magic bullet
 * Zapruder film
 * The grassy knoll
 * Badge man
 * Babushka lady
 * Lone gunman
 * Pristine bullet
 * Rush to Judgment

1972 The Watergate scandal

 * Deep Throat
 * Watergate
 * Saturday night massacre
 * I am not a crook
 * 18 minute gap

1980 U.S. presidential election

 * There you go again

1981-1989 Presidency of Ronald Reagan

 * Trickle down economics
 * The Gipper
 * Rodney Dangerfield of American politics
 * The great communicator
 * Just say no
 * Right wing dunce
 * Find the pony
 * Workers' nightmare
 * We begin bombing in five minutes
 * Trust, but verify

1984 U.S. presidential election

 * Where's the beef?
 * I don't want to exploit ... my opponent's youth and inexperience

1988 U.S. presidential election

 * Don't worry, be happy
 * Voodoo economics
 * Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy
 * Oh, the vision thing
 * Read my lips: no new taxes

1992 U.S. presidential election

 * I did not inhale
 * It's the economy stupid
 * AstroTurf in the back
 * I'm Ross, and you're the Boss

1994-1995 The O. J. Simpson trial

 * If it doesn't fit, you must acquit
 * Dream team

1998 The impeachment of Bill Clinton

 * Bimbogate
 * Altoids
 * Slick willy
 * Smoking gun
 * I did not have sexual relations with that woman
 * Vast right-wing conspiracy

2000 U.S. presidential election

 * Florida recount
 * Chad
 * Swinging door chad
 * Pregnant chad
 * Dangling chad
 * Full punches
 * 3-corner chads
 * 2-corner chads
 * 1-corner chads
 * Dimples with sunlight
 * Dimples
 * Cruella de Ville
 * Coup d'etat

2001 The September 11, 2001 attacks

 * Ground zero
 * 9/11
 * Twin towers

2003-2011 Iraq War

 * Weapons of mass destruction (WMDs)
 * Shock and awe
 * Spider hole
 * Coalition of the willing
 * Collateral damage
 * Axis of evil
 * Mission accomplished

2004 U.S. presidential election

 * Flip-flop
 * Faithless elector
 * Dean scream

2007 University of Florida taser incident

 * Don't tase me, bro

2008 U.S. presidential election

 * Yes we can
 * Teabagger
 * MILF
 * Veep
 * VPILF
 * I can see Russia from my house
 * Caribou Barbie
 * Hockey mom
 * Mama grizzly
 * Lipstick on a pig
 * Bridge to nowhere
 * Troopergate
 * Death panel
 * Going rogue
 * Maverick
 * You betcha
 * I’ve now been in 57 states

2012 U.S. presidential election

 * 9–9–9 Plan
 * Truthers
 * Chickenhawk
 * Birthers
 * The 99%
 * Food stamp president
 * Obama-nation
 * Binders full of women
 * You didn't build that
 * Romnesia
 * Obamacare
 * 47%
 * Etcha A Sketch President

2016 U.S. presidential election

 * Blood coming out of her wherever
 * Yuge
 * Lightweight
 * Low energy
 * I'm very rich
 * Build a wall
 * Miss Piggy
 * Lyin' Ted
 * Little Marco
 * Crooked Hillary
 * Braggadocious
 * Sniffles
 * Bigly
 * Pussygate
 * Trump tapes
 * Locker room talk
 * Nasty woman
 * Bad hombres
 * Drain the swamp
 * Deplorables