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What is your favourite old time word Biden uses? I'll start: (Original Post) applegrove Jun 2020 OP
"Man" stopbush Jun 2020 #1
Oh yeah. applegrove Jun 2020 #2
I went to school with the Malarky kids. luvs2sing Jun 2020 #3
Malarkey GreenEyedLefty Jun 2020 #4
I really liked when he used "Great dispatch" PatSeg Jun 2020 #5
I'll have to go with "malarkey". Polly Hennessey Jun 2020 #6
His audience is usually addressed as Grammy23 Jun 2020 #7
And usually preceded by look tavernier Jun 2020 #8
😄Haaha. Check out this clip on WaPo's 2016 Biden/Malarky article Budi Jun 2020 #9
"Integrity." Kid Berwyn Jun 2020 #10

PatSeg

(47,501 posts)
5. I really liked when he used "Great dispatch"
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 10:42 AM
Jun 2020

the other day. Not something you hear everyday.

People made fun of his used of "malarkey" at first, but you can tell that he's trying to avoid swearing. It is a fun replacement for "shit" and has a quaint folksy appeal. Now when people hear malarkey, they'll think of Joe.

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
7. His audience is usually addressed as
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 10:47 AM
Jun 2020

Folks. Another quaint term.

My grandfather was fond of using the word bologna (repeated two times for emphasis) when he didn’t believe something or someone. I’d like to see Joe incorporate that, too. 😂😂😂. He also used malarky. Grandpa died in 1968. I miss him.

 

Budi

(15,325 posts)
9. 😄Haaha. Check out this clip on WaPo's 2016 Biden/Malarky article
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 11:37 AM
Jun 2020

"That's a bunch of malarky, look folks, here's the deal.."
'Best of Joe lines


Joe Biden loves the word ‘malarkey.’ But nobody knows where it came from.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/07/28/joe-biden-loves-the-word-malarkey-but-nobody-knows-where-it-came-from/%3foutputType=amp

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