Meaning of -slide | Babel Free

Definitions

An overwhelming or surprising victory by the group or individual specified.

Australia, informal, morpheme

Examples

“It was a Greenslide. This is the best result for the Greens in our history.”

“Fast-forward to 2022, and that particular pattern repeated in Brisbane where the Greens picked up three federal seats – two from the Liberal National Party and one from Labor. It could also be seen in the tealslide against the Liberals in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.”

“I was elected in the Ruddslide of 2007, and by the time the next election comes around, I will have served for 17 years.”

“She has been a teenage Laborista, an early leader, and won the unlikely third place in the 2022 West Australian Laborslide.”

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