{"id":44782,"date":"2026-06-12T10:16:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T15:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=44782"},"modified":"2026-06-12T10:16:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T15:16:52","slug":"word-of-the-day-1123","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2026\/06\/12\/word-of-the-day-1123\/","title":{"rendered":"Word Of The Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Fedsurrection<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading3\">\n<p id=\"Etymology\"><strong>Etymology<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a title=\"Appendix:Glossary\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Appendix:Glossary#blend\">Blend<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"en\"><a title=\"fed\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/fed#English\">fed<\/a><\/i>\u00a0<span class=\"mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"mention-gloss-double-quote\">\u201c<\/span><span class=\"mention-gloss\">federal agent<\/span><span class=\"mention-gloss-double-quote\">\u201d<\/span><span class=\"mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren\">)<\/span>\u00a0+\u200e\u00a0<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"en\"><a title=\"insurrection\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/insurrection#English\">insurrection<\/a><\/i>, popularized by American right-wing politicians\u00a0<a class=\"extiw\" title=\"w:Marjorie Taylor Greene\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marjorie_Taylor_Greene\">Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"extiw\" title=\"w:Matt Gaetz\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matt_Gaetz\">Matt Gaetz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Noun<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>fedsurrection<\/strong>\u00a0(<i>plural<\/i>\u00a0<b><a title=\"fedsurrections\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/fedsurrections#English\">fedsurrections<\/a><\/b>)<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span class=\"usage-label-sense\"><span class=\"ib-brac label-brac\">(<\/span><span class=\"ib-content label-content\"><a title=\"politics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/politics#English\">politics<\/a><span class=\"ib-comma label-comma\">,<\/span>\u00a0<a title=\"derogatory\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/derogatory#English\">derogatory<\/a><\/span><span class=\"ib-brac label-brac\">)<\/span><\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<a class=\"extiw\" title=\"w:January 6 United States Capitol attack\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack\">January 6 United States Capitol attack<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading4\">\n<p id=\"Usage_notes\">Usage notes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>This word alludes to a\u00a0<a title=\"conspiracy theory\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/conspiracy_theory\">conspiracy theory<\/a>\u00a0that a large number of\u00a0<a title=\"federal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/federal\">federal<\/a>\u00a0agents took part in an\u00a0<a title=\"insurrection\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/insurrection\">insurrection<\/a>.<em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/fedsurrection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Wiktionary<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Noted in &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/justice-department\/jan-6-rioter-targeted-fedsurrection-conspiracy-theories-gets-8-years-p-rcna148439\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Jan. 6 rioter targeted by &#8216;fedsurrection&#8217; conspiracy theories gets 8 years in prison<\/em><\/a>,&#8221; Ryan J. Reilly, <em><strong>NBC News<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Assistant U.S. Attorney Rebekah Lederer said Alam\u2019s fellow rioters had made him \u201ca scapegoat,\u201d noting that they tried to label him &#8220;antifa&#8221; or claim he was part of the \u201cfedsurrection,\u201d the conspiracy theory that the Jan. 6 attack was a setup driven by undercover law enforcement entities.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fedsurrection: Etymology Blend\u00a0of\u00a0fed\u00a0(\u201cfederal agent\u201d)\u00a0+\u200e\u00a0insurrection, popularized by American right-wing politicians\u00a0Marjorie Taylor Greene\u00a0and\u00a0Matt Gaetz. Noun fedsurrection\u00a0(plural\u00a0fedsurrections) (politics,\u00a0derogatory)\u00a0the\u00a0January 6 United States Capitol attack Usage notes This word alludes to a\u00a0conspiracy theory\u00a0that a large number of\u00a0federal\u00a0agents took part in an\u00a0insurrection. [Wiktionary] Noted in &#8220;Jan. 6 rioter targeted by &#8216;fedsurrection&#8217; conspiracy theories gets 8 years \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2026\/06\/12\/word-of-the-day-1123\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44782"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44783,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44782\/revisions\/44783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}