Obama phone

See also: Obama Phone

English

Etymology

Coined during the Obama administration, which conservatives believed was giving minorities free Lifeline Program phones.

Noun

Obama phone (plural Obama phones)

1. (US) A cellphone provided as part of the United States Lifeline Program.
   • 2012 September 29, [Tor] Sir Gregory Hall, Esq., “Emmett's "Obama phone"”, in alt.usenet.kooks‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Here's Emmett's mother touting the virtues of her "Obama phone"

   • 2013, Steve De France, Because I Can’t Whistle, Xlibris, page 102:

     Outside / brown & broken teeth / gasp out brainless twaddle. / into their Obama phones.

   • 2014, Darlene Pollock, Logan Pollock, Invasive Species, Part I, Trafford Publishing, page 31:

     “ […] . Get yourself one of those Obama phones, Romeo,”

Alternative forms

• Obama Phone, Obamaphone