Caucus

[Sarah]

A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of personsbelonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or toselect delegates to a nominating convention, or to confer regardingmeasures of party policy; a political primary meeting.This day learned that the caucus club meets, at certain times, in thegarret of Tom Dawes, the adjutant of the Boston regiment. JohnAdams's Diary [Feb. , 1763].

[Sarah]

A system utilized in the determination of a party's candidate that is very similar to a primary, only without the voting.

[Sarah]

A parliamentary group within the Australian Labor party dedicated to maintaining bigoted, homophobic and socially regressive policy.

[Sarah]

An intimate meeting involving two or more homosexual men in which indecent sexual activity is conducted.

[Sarah]

Jeff: do you know what a caucus is?
Matt: yes
Matt: I think they were talking about a caucus when I was in England
Matt: Something to do with the house of Parliament
Jeff: The word caucus is a North American Indian word, thought to be of Algonquin origin, meaning a gathering of the ruling tribal chiefs. The modern definition describes caucuses as a process of political party members gathering to make policy decisions and to select candidates.
Matt: ahh yes
Matt: They smoked a shitload of mushrooms (no pun intended) and sat around the sweat-hut trying to determine whether Little Big Sheep or Big Little Sheep would be next in line to be the chief
Matt: One of them tripped and fell (still no pun intended), and yelled CAUCUS as he hit the floor

[Kai]

(n) [Latin] for: The only time anyone [gives] a damn about [Iowa]

[Greta]

(in some US states) a meeting at which local members of a political party register their preference among candidates running for office or select delegates to attend a convention.