Uncle Whiskers

Uncle Whiskers

The government of the United States of America. A reference to "Uncle Sam," a personification of the United States or its government that is typically shown to be an older man with a long grey goatee wearing the stars and stripes of the American flag on his clothes and top hat. I don't own a cell phone, and I try not to use a computer if I can help it—don't want Uncle Whiskers watching and listening to everything I do. I suggest you pay your taxes on time and in full, unless you want old Uncle Whiskers knocking on your door in the future.
See also: uncle, Whisker
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

Uncle Whiskers

verb
See Mr. Whiskers
See also: uncle, Whisker
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • Mr. Whiskers
  • whiskers man
  • zoomie
  • zoomies
  • freedom of speech
  • chapter out
  • coast to coast
  • coast-to-coast
  • from coast to coast
  • Bible belt
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I consider the fall of Boesky to be a benchmark signaling the demise of the Roaring Eighties and the vindication of the notions of Uncle Whiskers, a k a Karl Marx.