Meanings
Obama phone1
plural Obama phones · alternative Obama Phone · alternative Obamaphone
- USA cellphone provided as part of the United States Lifeline Program.
“[…]. Get yourself one of those Obama phones, Romeo,”
2014, Darlene Pollock, Logan Pollock, Invasive Species, Part I, Trafford Publishing, page 312 more examples
Here's Emmett's mother touting the virtues of her "Obama phone"
2012 September 29, [Tor] Sir Gregory Hall, Esq., “Emmett's "Obama phone"”, in alt.usenet.kooks (Usenet)Outside / brown & broken teeth / gasp out brainless twaddle. / into their Obama phones.
2013, Steve De France, Because I Can’t Whistle, Xlibris, page 102
Obama Phone2
plural Obama Phones
- Alternative letter-case form of Obama phone.
First it was the Obama Phone... (title)
2013 July 18, 2,075 murdered in Obama's organized communities, “First it was the Obama Phone...”, in alt.politics.elections (Usenet)5 more examples
I'd even give up my Obama Phone for HUNKY farrel.
2012 September 27, Ernie, “Obama Phone”, in alt.baldspot (Usenet)[…] : the Obama Phone, an urban legend that claims President Obama funds free cell phones for poor black and other minority populations.
a. 2012, Anna Everett, "Have We Become Postracial Yet?", in 2012, Lisa Nakamura, Peter A. Chow-White, Race After the Internet, Routledge (2012), page 246He’s so broke he qualifies for a free mobile phone as part of the ‘Obama Phone’ programme.
2012, Jon Ronson, Lost at Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries, Picador, page 120They would rather have a free Obama Phone than freedom of speech.
2013, Ken English, More Common Sense, WestBow, page 86I wonder if she was using her Obama Phone.
2014 June 4, o m e H o m e G u y, “Re: “I kill white people like you” says black woman on Houston-bound flight”, in alt.home.repair (Usenet)
Origin
Coined during the Obama administration, which conservatives believed was giving minorities free Lifeline Program phones.
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