Hopey McChange

proper noun

A nickname for former US president Barack Obama.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. derogatoryslangA nickname for former US president Barack Obama.

    Is that why Hopey McChange had a beer with Biden, that professor and that cop?

    2010 November 11, theget, “o/t - Is George W Bush a Racist?”, in alt.tv.law-and-order (Usenet)
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    First it was "my father served in WWII", now an enormous error in mixing up the dead with the living Medal of Honor Recipients. How do you suppose the magic President Hopey McChange, with the mind of a computer can make all these errors?

    2011 June 26, Sorbo, “AP Goes All Orwell in Covering Obama Apology for MOH Gaffe It Originally Ignored”, in soc.retirement (Usenet)

    But Hopey McChange just asked for more money to give to people who are below water.

    2012 February 8, theget, “OT The Good Example”, in alt.tv.law-and-order (Usenet)

Origin

From hope + -y + Mc- + change, in reference to Obama's political campaigning; see Barack Obama "Hope" poster and compare hopeium.

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APA

Hopey McChange. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hopey%20McChange

MLA

“Hopey McChange.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hopey%20McChange. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hopey McChange,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hopey%20McChange.

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