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RINO

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RINO¹

Sounds like rhino

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Attested from December 1992.

noun RINOs

  1. US, abbreviation, acronym, derogatory Acronym of Republican in name only, typically used by conservative members of the U.S. Republican Party to describe liberal Republicans or Republicans seen as liberals. Irritated that Riordan’s key aides are Democrats, some Republican party activists sported RINO (Republican In Name Only) buttons at a Riordan speech (Los Angeles Times, 16 May 1994).

Rino²

noun Rinos

  1. alternative Alternative form of RINO

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"RINO." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/rino. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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RINO. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/rino

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"RINO." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/rino.

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@misc{rino_2026,
  title = {RINO},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rino},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}