nuclear option


the new, hip word for ‘last resort’ coined by the creative vocabularies in the united states senate.
buying out the mom & pop store was the nuclear option.
an act of retribution or last resort that is unwarranted or overly severe in its consequences.
she de-friending him on facebook was the nuclear option; it was unnecessary and embar-ssed him in front of his friends.
the term for the republican maneuver to severely limit filibusters in the senate, thereby granting a large amount of power to a simple majority.
if the gop excercises the nuclear option, the u.s. is in deep doo-doo.

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