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Kossack
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English
Etymology
From Daily Kos (derived in turn from Kos, nickname of the blog's founder Markos Moulitsas) and en cossack.
Noun
en US politics internet slang A member of the leftist US blogging community Daily Kos.
en 2005 March 2 w:Dean Barnett Kos Party The Weekly Standard http://www.weeklystandard.com/Utilities/printer_preview.asp?idArticle=5303&R=13AE2D04E Opined one Kossack: "His blood is also on Bush's hands."
en 2006 June 25 w:David Brooks Respect Must Be Paid The New York Times http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A02EEDA1630F936A15755C0A9609C8B63 The Kingpin had instructed his Kossack cultists to support Brown's Democratic primary rival, Paul Hackett.
See also
en Freeper
en eponyms
en People