HOH Word of Week: Slop-over - Roll Call

HOH Word of Week: Slop-over

By Jason Dick

Posted April 20, 2015 at 5:00am

“Slop-over . Pejorative description of the items found in the back of the Congressional Record.”

— From “The Congress Dictionary” by Paul Dickson and Paul Clancy

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