HUMOR: 2008 Election Campaign Dictionary

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2008 Election Campaign Dictionary


Numbler \num•bler\ –noun
a slow witted person who installs and repairs piping, fixtures and appliances without a license.

palintologist \palin•talo•gist\ -noun
a science dealing with the life of past political periods as known from campaign remains.

muddle class \mud•dul clas\ -adjective
the socioeconomic class between the working class and the upper class with annual incomes which seem to vary day by day.

faux pa \foe•pa\ -noun
French, literally meaning falsely creating a rumor over birth certificate origin.

Wurzelbacher Waltz \woor•zel•bak•r wall•z\ -adjective
the act or motion of decisively approaching someone under free will and then complaining about being approached by the person.

saracide \sara•side\ –noun
the act or an instance of ruining ones chances of success, voluntarily and intentionally, especially by a person of years of discretion and of assumed sound mind.

Murtha effect \mur•tha e•fect\ -adjective
theory proposed to explain observed results between candidates calling voters racist and election outcomes in some US government elections where the subject voters agree with the label by electing the name calling candidate.

Anchorage acquittal \ank•kor•ridge a•quit•till\ -adjective
a guilty verdict in the lower 48 United States, (see Ted Stevens, Sara Palin)

clean sanchez \klee•n san•chaz\ -adjective
the act by Hispanics of smearing contempt under the nose of a republican candidate by voting decisively for the democrat in red states.

inbumbent \in•bum•bent\ –noun
the holder of an office who has completely ruined the responsibilities of the position being elected to.


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[Mira]

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[Sancho]

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that won \thăt wən, wōn\ -president, commander-in-chief
the (person) being indicated (at a distance from the speaker, or previously mentioned, or at another time).