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card-carrying

[kahrd-kar-ee-ing]

adjective

  1. admittedly belonging to a group or party.

    a card-carrying Communist.

  2. Often Facetious.dedicated to an ideal, profession, or interest.

    a card-carrying humanist.



card-carrying

adjective

  1. being an official member of a specified organization

    a card-carrying union member

    a card-carrying Communist

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of card-carrying1

First recorded in 1945–50
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I wanted to know what was behind the party’s vibe shift, so I called up Paulina Mangubat, digital content and creative director for the Democratic National Committee and a card-carrying millennial/zoomer cusper.

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As I was watching and scrolling, like the card-carrying internet addict I am, imagine how startling it was to come across this headline from Time: "Google’s new AI tool generates convincing deepfakes of riots, conflict, and election fraud—sparking fears about AI’s role in misinformation"

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Writing for the Telegraph, Ms Mahmood, who describes herself as a "card-carrying member" of her party's "law and order wing", said that "tough community orders work."

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His reason for hope is clear, though: The man who would pardon him is a card-carrying member of that group.

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Bill Clinton and Al Gore, two Southern white men with card-carrying membership in the centrist Democratic Leadership Council ended up finding it, largely by offering baby boomer identity cred in combination with pretty conservative ideology.

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