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“Smurfdaddy (n.)

Also smurf-daddy,

1. A small, elderly man who lavishes money, protection and connections on convictionless political hopefuls; in return, he requires that you kiss his ring.

2. (Slang): A variant of sugar-daddy for the political realm. A former politician who still yields enormous power within the political realm and has overt control over the fledglings that want to participate in politics.

2014, from smurf (from the French “Schtroumpf”) + daddy (colloquial diminutive of dad, from child’s speech, nearly universal and probably prehistoric).

Use: “That incumbent won’t survive the upcoming election, his challenger has a smurfdaddy”.

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