frontlash
frontlash · frontlashes
A swell of support for a proposal that counters any backlashA swell of support for a proposal that counters any backlash.
Meaning
1 sensesA swell of support for a proposal that counters any backlash.
Origin
Blend of front + backlash, coined by US president Lyndon B. Johnson with regard to the CivBlend of front + backlash, coined by US president Lyndon B. Johnson with regard to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The word is still mainly used in reference to that Act.
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Forms
plural: frontlashes| Singular | frontlash |
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