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Gerrymandering
Splitting the voting population in favor of the group in power by any means necessary, such as specifically targeted advertising, redrawing district lines, teaching specific politics in schools, or violence.

It was gerrymandering when the Catholic highschool took the children to a Bush rally.
By Andee
Gerrymandering
Moving the books/notebooks of other students into different desks to influence where they sit during class. Used for political structure.

Lookee me, I am gerrymandering John's stuff onto that other desk. I am usurping his throne!
By Paolina
Gerrymandering
In the context of Ireland, esp. in the time of establishing its independence on Britain, gerrymandering was used to describe the practice of some individuals going to the polls several times at different places, so that the party (Fianna Fáil in this case) was sure to win the elections.

My granddad told me he went gerrymandering dozens of times although he was not paid for it...
By Yasmin
Gerrymandering
Doing nothing productive, jerking off

"Damnit Corey, stop gerrymandering and give us a hand here."
By Tera
Gerrymandering
Pleasuring a woman with a regenerating salamander of the genus Salamandrina. It is a common practice to sedate the salamander before insertion due to several documented cases of the salamander crawling up, biting, or making a home within the female genitalia.

Dude, last night was hardcore. I stole a salamander from the zoo and was gerrymandering around with your mother all last night.
By Tootsie
Gerrymandering
What one does with homework when school starts in only 3 hours.

Man you should have been gerrymandering that Maddox exam review instead of working all night. NOOB!!!
By Odessa
Gerrymandering
A term old teachers use to tell you shut up and sit down

QUIT ALL THAT GERRYMANDERING
By Marlene
Gerrymandate
Where a political party proclaims a mandate after clearly losing an election, because by the use of gerrymandering they managed to retain control of the House of Representatives. When if anything near a reasonable redistricting system would of been in place, they would of easily of lost that control.

In the 2012 Presidential election, Republicans maintained control of the House of Representatives even though they lost states like Ohio and got less of the congressional votes. However, because of abusive gerrymandering in Ohio, they ended up with 12 of the 16 congressional seats available in the state. When afterwards they claimed to have their own "mandate" from the voters, they only really had a gerrymandate, because they actually got less votes in the House of Representatives than the Democrats did and kept control by gaming the system, not because it was the will of the voters.
By Ayn
Gerrymander
verb- (to) waste time doing meaningless, unproductive things.

mother: stop trying to gerrymander your way through high school; you'll end up needing to save your sinking Titanic, which i am not going to help you do.

son: Can't i just relax after school, and then go and do homework?
By Briana
Gerrymandering
A great word to use around young people who don't know what it means; can fill in for all sorts of other words.

Did you see those two gerrymandering after the game last night?
You could definitely tell that he had just finished gerrymandering.
Did you do anything last night, or did you just sit around gerrymandering?
Congressman : I just finished reorganizing voting districts to benefit my political party.
Voters: Why is there so much gerrymandering?
By Renelle