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card-carrying
adjective
devout, dedicated US, 1963
First used in the late 1940s describe fervent leftists in the US as “card-carrying Communists,” the term was given new life in 1988 when Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dulakis described himself as a “card-carrying member of the American Civil Liberties Union”.- Donald, you are a real card-carrying cunt. — Mart Crowley, The Boys in the Band, p. 42, 1968
- They are efficient card-carrying members of our tight-knit organisation which is pledged to take over the Government through the ballot box. — Colin Sinclair, Tall, Bronzed and Handsome, p. 82, 1968
- Currently, I’m a fully paid-up card-carrying Sniffer from way back[.] — Barry Humphries, The Traveller’s Tool, p. 70, 1985
- But people in politics remembered the Communist history of the word and were careful not to apply it to a left-leaning noun. A card-carrying hawk offended nobody, but a card-carrying dove was an insult. — The New York Times Magazine, p. 20, 18 September 1988
- They pursued liberals, pinkos and others they suspected of being card-carrying commies[.] — The Chicago Tribune, p. C3, 30 September 1988
- Miss Lambell took me through all her exercises and shared with me all the secrets of a fully paid-up, card-carrying glamourpuss. — Edna Everage (Barry Humphries), My Gorgeous Life, p. 120, 1989
- Only a card-carrying shithead would show his face at a nudie joint in an election year. — Carl Hiaasen, Strip Tease, p. 11, 1993
- Yet here we have this card-carrying gibberer coming out and attacking an Olympic gold medallist[.] — Daily Telegraph, 2 July 2003
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