teabagger meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

teabagger

noun

Etymology From tea + bagger or teabag + -er.

A machine that packages tea into teabags.

The equipment used, adapted from a Pneumatic Scale Co. teabagger, is a high-speed, horizontal form-fill-seal machine. The web is filled with ground coffee, over-packaged and at the same time flushed with an inert gas.1977, Food Science and Technology Abstracts, volume 9, page 33:

Dated, Derogatory An upper-class participant in motor racing.

[…]and for the great Parnelli Jones, and in the process telling off Colin Chapman-all superior upper-class teabagger manners and treachery1999, Joe Scalzo, Indianapolis Roadsters, page 41:

Slang, Vulgar A person who practices teabagging, i.e., the sexual act of inserting the scrotum into someone's mouth.

Government, Politics Derogatory, Often An affiliate of the Tea Party movement, or a supporter of its protests and/or ideology.