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longhouse

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noun
  1. 1

    A long communal housing of the Iroquois and some other American Indians, the Malaysians, the Indonesians, the Vikings, and many other peoples.

    • They marched in under French Colours and were conducted into the Long House.
    • We met in Council at the Long House.
  2. 2

    An outhouse, an outbuilding used for urination and defecation.euphemisticobsolete

    • To make wads and wisps for those that go to the Long-house (you know what I meane).
  3. 3

    The modern society, perceived as increasingly matriarchal and overly egalitarian, and therefore stifling nonconformity and masculine values.derogatoryslang

    • As the concept of the “Longhouse” makes clear, the new administration’s use of “gender ideology” rhetoric isn’t just about trans people; it’s about the upending of traditional gender roles.
    • Her book includes an incisive discussion of misogyny on the New Right. [Laura K.] Field notes how “gynocracy” and “the longhouse” have become overwrought MAGA epithets for an unbearably feminized and pluralist society.

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