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Originally Posted by Pinner

You made me look it up



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Party_protests

Correct but they have adopted the acronym for a long while now.

The rest of that paragraph...

The name "Tea Party" is a reference to the Boston Tea Party, whose principal aim was to protest taxation without representation.[8][9] Tea Party protests have sought to evoke images, slogans and themes from the American Revolution, such as tri-corner hats and yellow Gadsden "Don't Tread on Me" flags.[3][10] The letters T-E-A have been used by some protesters to form the backronym "Taxed Enough Already".