freedom freckles

English

This English term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.

Etymology

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.

Noun

freedom freckles pl (plural only)

  1. (US politics, derogatory, Internet slang, humorous) Measles, especially the 2025 outbreaks in the United States.
    • [2025 February 25, @powerwashingart_official, Threads‎[1], archived from the original on 3 April 2025:
      Measles = “Freedom Freckles”
      One of the funniest thing I’ve read in a while 😂😂😂      ]
    • 2025 March 19, Daniel Medina, “Freedom Freckles”, in Cartoon Movement‎[2] (text on image), archived from the original on 4 April 2025:
      YOUR CHILD DIED OF MEASLES!
      IT’S PRONOUNCED FREEDOM FRECKLES
    • 2025 April 3, 0:03:08 from the start, in Freedom Freckles & Casualties Of The Grift‎[3], spoken by Nicholas, via YouTube, Achilles SiX:
      Welcome to another episode of the apocolypse. Yes it appears measles will now be renamed freedom freckles
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