A group protesting some government policy (it isn't clear what) refers to their action as "teabagging." They should have looked at Def #1 before they began a national campaign.

My picture's there after def. #3

I first heard the term teabagging in the 1999 John Waters film Pecker. He talks about it and pit beef towards the end of this interview (link).

Apart from Urban Dictionary - whose definitions I regard with considerable suspicion - I've not been able to find a definition for this term. What is it supposed to mean in political terms?

From Areola Humpinton's newsletter:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...ti-int_b_186703.html

Very interesting. And the concise definition is...?

quote:

Areola Humpinton's

Who dat? The linked article seems to be written by someone named Stuart Whatley.

Who dat?

Ariana Huffington (link & link) who co-founded and edits the website linked to.

Ah! All is now pellucid!

I do have a vague memory of her (or someone with a very similar name) in BBC TV panel games an age ago when she was Arianna Stassinopoulos.

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when she was Arianna Stassinopoulos

That's the one.

I think of teabagging as putting tea bags on your eyes to limit bags under the eyes.