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| {{See also|Tea bag (disambiguation)}} | |||
| ]" with a sign critical of the ], on March 18, 2009, using two meanings of the verb "tea bag".]] | |||
| In 2009, Tea Party protests were formed to critique ] government tax and spending policies.<ref>{{cite news |publisher=OregonLive.com |date="15 Apr 09" |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/04/two_thousand_crowd_capitol_tea.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |publisher=huffingtonpost.com |date="15 May 09" |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/15/tea-party-origins-ron-pau_n_187184.html}}</ref> The term refers to those who originally participated in an email campaign titled "Mailing Tea Bags to Washington, DC" which the New American Tea Party blog disavowed.<ref> March 2009</ref> The tactic was and continues to be advocated, though sometimes for tea bag labels only, on multiple "tea party" websites.<ref> Mar 19, 2009</ref><ref> April 1, 2009 | Tea Bag the Fools in D.C. | America's Re-Tea Party | |||
| Mail empty tea bags, strings with the labels, boxes of tea, or Tea Party fliers or .... April 1: National Mail a Tea Bag to the White House & Congress Day. ... http://www.reteaparty.com/.../rick-santelli-is-as-mad-as-hell-chicago-tea-party/ -</ref><ref> Mar 13, 2009</ref><ref> updated 03/16/09</ref><ref> April 8, 2009</ref> | |||
| The verb to "tea bag", hence "tea bagger", to describe these protesters has been used by several pundits and journalists after it appeared self-referentially on signs , distributed by ]. ] apologized for using the term. <ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |title='The Rachel Maddow Show'for Monday, April 13 |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30210708/ |newspaper= |publisher=MSNBC |date=13 April 2009 |accessdate=21 September 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |title='The Rachel Maddow Show'for Tuesday, April 14 |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30226660/ |newspaper= |publisher=MSNBC |date=14 April 2009 |accessdate=21 September 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Transcripts: Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees |url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0904/14/acd.02.html |date=April 14, 2009 |work= |publisher=CNN.com |accessdate=21 September 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title="It's Hard to Talk When You're Teabagging" |url=http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/cnn/its_hard_to_talk_when_youre_teabagging_114121.asp |date=15 April 2009 |work=TV Newser |publisher=mediabistro.com |accessdate=21 September 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|accessdate=June 18, 2009|url=http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/cnn/anderson_cooper_says_teabagging_comment_was_stupid_silly_116894.asp|title=] Says "Teabagging" Comment Was "Stupid, Silly"|publisher=]|date=May 19, 2009}}</ref> Ridiculing the movement has produced death threats.<ref>Mark Fiore ] 01.10.10</ref> | |||
| The term's growth in the political arena earned attention by the ], and the word "teabagger" achieved finalist status for the OAD Word of the Year, with final judgment rendered thus:<ref>{{cite web |title="'Teabagger' Finalist For Oxford's 'Word Of The Year'" |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/18/teabagger-added-to-oxford_n_362504.html |date=18 Nov 2009 |work=Huffington Post}}</ref> | |||
| :''As a reference to members of the currently active Tea Party, the word has been used in speech and print by both liberals and conservatives. In this context, the term "teabagger" is a reasonably conceived informal name for an affiliate of the Tea Party, and as a word in the news, it earned a mention for the year 2009. '' | |||
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