Ford Nation
English
Etymology
From the family name of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford (b. 1969).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Proper noun
Ford Nation
- (Canadian politics, collectively) The supporters of controversial former Toronto mayor Rob Ford.
- 2010 Dec. 17, Christopher Hume, "Hume: Ford ushers in Mayor McGuinty," Toronto Star (Canada) (retrieved 8 Aug 2014):
- But to offend the poster child of the newly ascendant right-wing would offend Ford Nation, its multitudes signed up and ready to go, go, go and vote, vote, vote.
- 2011 Oct. 3, Nicholas Köhler, "Rob Ford can’t fight city hall," Macleans Magazine (Canada) (retrieved 8 Aug 2014):
- Emboldened, he went on to threaten Liberal Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty with Ford Nation, saying his followers could topple him if he didn’t cough up more money for the city.
- 2012 June 1, Don Peat, "Ford vows to march on ," Toronto Sun (Canada) (retrieved 8 Aug 2014):
- In a move clearly designed to stoke the fires of Ford Nation and enrage left-leaning councillors, Ford came out swinging at left-leaning special interest groups.
- 2013 July 5, Alexandra Bosanac, "Toronto mayor mingles with Ford Nation as thousands turn out for free burgers and beer at annual barbecue," National Post (Canada) (retrieved 8 Aug 2014):
- Volunteers said they had distributed 1,500 t-shirts emblazoned with “Ford Nation” within the first 45 minutes.
- 2014 May 16, Paul Koring, "Rob Ford a topic of discussion at U.S. think tank," Globe and Mail (Canada) (retrieved 8 Aug 2014):
- “There are those who like Ford’s coarse and unrefined style,” she said. Part of “Ford Nation is loyal to Ford because they know he offends and upsets the elites.”
- 2010 Dec. 17, Christopher Hume, "Hume: Ford ushers in Mayor McGuinty," Toronto Star (Canada) (retrieved 8 Aug 2014):
- (Canadian politics, collectively) The supporters of Ontario premier Doug Ford (brother of Rob Ford).
- 2018 June 8, Simpson, Jeffrey, “Opinion: How Ontario became Ford Nation”, in The Globe and Mail:
- Doug Ford? Doug Ford! In Ontario, of all places?! Surely, Ford Nation can’t win there, not with a leader so unfamiliar with facts and rational discourse, not in Canada’s fulcrum province, the place of habitual moderation.
- 2022 June 2, Rider, David, “Doug Ford’s Conservatives dominate the GTA after election”, in The Toronto Star:
- The vote-rich Greater Toronto Area, where any party must perform strongly to have a chance at winning an Ontario election, has tightened its embrace of Ford Nation.
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Usage notes
- Also used as the name of a 2013 Toronto television talk show featuring Mayor Rob Ford and his brother, city councillor Doug Ford, which was removed from broadcast after one episode.
Anagrams
- frondation