Etymology

Whitehousian

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Today it means: Prudish; morally censorious. Full definition →

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The story

From Whitehouse + -ian; named after Mary Whitehouse (1910–2001), English activist who stridently opposed social liberalism and the permissiveness of the mainstream media.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.