Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
Measles, especially the 2025 outbreaks in the United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, US, derogatory, humorous, neologism, plural, plural-only
Topics: government, politics
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Compound of freedom + freckles. Compare freedom fries, freedom units. The use of "freedom" refers to right-wing Americans who use this word as a trope, and to right-wing groups who oppose vaccination against measles.
