Pelosi

//pəˈloʊsi// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Italian.

    "Nancy Pelosi used some colorful language to cajole her fellow House Democrats into accepting the compromise budget deal. As first reported by Politico, she told them to "embrace the suck.""

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"Even before the House voted Tuesday, Pence sent a letter to Pelosi explaining he would not take action under the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which allows for the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet to declare a president unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office."

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Pelosi, from peloso (“hairy”), from Latin pilōsus.

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Nasty Pelosi

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