Meanings
- AustraliainformalgovernmentAn overwhelming or surprising victory by the group or individual specified.
It was a Greenslide. This is the best result for the Greens in our history.
2022 May 22, Adam Bandt, SBS News3 more examples
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.
2022 November 19, George Megalogenis, “Why the nation’s politicians will be watching the vote in Victoria”, in Sydney Morning HeraldI was elected in the Ruddslide of 2007, and by the time the next election comes around, I will have served for 17 years.
2024 March 25, Mark Coulton, “Federation Chamber - STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS - Member for Parkes”, in parliamentary debates (House of Representatives), page 2,286She has been a teenage Laborista, an early leader, and won the unlikely third place in the 2022 West Australian Laborslide.
2024 July 10, Guy Rundle, “At the heart of the Payman pile-on lies a fundamental failure of imagination”, in Crikey
Origin
Back-formation from landslide.
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