Flip-Flop: Versatile derogatory term - can be verb, adjective or noun "flip-flopper." Used by Bush camp to portray Kerry as inconsistent and indecisive. Widely embraced by Republican supporters who delight in hanging flip-flop sandals from trees and telephone poles around Kerry rallies. French: Less a nationality than a term of general abuse, adopted in the wake of stiff French opposition to the US-led invasion of Iraq. Hugely adaptable in usage, carrying overtones of cowardice, hypocrisy, pseudo-intellectualism and betrayal. Kerry's fluency in the French language sometimes cited by Republicans as evidence of general untrustworthiness. Clintonistas: Advisers of former president Bill Clinton...