A fork of Rural Dictionary
Generally, whereby a group of lickspittles and enablers of a person (for example, a political leader) explain how they were always against such person but secretly opposed them from within their organization.
With Senator Cornyn's stunt yesterday it seems The Great Moonwalking - in which an army of Trump lickspittles and enablers suddenly explain how they were always anti-Trump but secretly opposing him from the inside - is actually kicking off two weeks in advance of the election. - Josh Marshall
A modern legal term, _Bona Dude_ means "in good dude" in a cross of Legal Latin and Modern English. The term stresses the entirely "good dude" nature of the person to whom it refers. A "bona dude" is sincere and earnest about being a good dude.
First used by @SCOTUSblog on Twitter, 2017 June 26.
The Supreme Court of the United States lifts injunction against travel ban, except with respect to individuals with _bona dude_ relationship to the US.