ROVE's Buzzwords Dictionary. A Rueful Updating

[UTUSN]

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http://observer.com/pages/newyorkdiary.asp

.... 22) "Slam-dunk." Deleted.

23) "Chain of command." Obsolete.

24) "Swatting flies." Inoperative.

25) "Imminent threat." Banished. ....

36) Exit strategy. Inoperative. Obsolete. Archaic. Irrelevant.

37) "America is not what’s wrong with the world." Please avoid using this Rumsfeld-coined locution, as it will only beg some smartass columnist with The New York Observer to reply:

He’s right. It’s the people running America who are what’s wrong with the world.

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[gula]

1. Ha ha ha

What does "dipstick" mean?

[webDude]

2. Er, in Houston, "dipstick" means...

"dip-sh _ t" or "d _ ck-sh _ t", with the approximate meaning, in the context given, of "lie to" or "bull-sh _ t", as in, "Don't bullsh _ t me".

(my God, I'm still a teacher, after all these years)

[Tellurian]

3. Right..it's the management thats ruining America. It's their STAIN!