The colloquial definition used by most of the US citizenry and on television news programs on both 24-hour cable networks and broadcast television.
That doesn't make that definition correct...
> The colloquial definition used by most of the US citizenry and on television news programs on both 24-hour cable networks and broadcast television.
Could you be more specific?
Fiscally liberal, socially liberal.
'Liberal' in the US is associated with the expansion of the welfare state, preferring having government solve all social problems, and abridging individual freedoms if the greater good is served.