Arizona: Palindrone

July 7, 2009 - 10:08 am
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Dr. Word says: The Palin lexicon continues to grow

by David Safier
First there was Palindrone. As two words, Palin drone, it refers to a mindless supporter of the soon-to-be-ex guv. As one word, it refers to her speaking style, droning on and on in a random blur of words and ideas. Wittiest definition, from "Wikiality: The Truthiness Encyclopedia": Recited verbage which is so generic, it means the same thing whether you listen to it forward or backward.

Yesterday, we got the term Iquitarod, to describe Palin's race to resign, which I first saw on a HuffPo post, then later in the day as a title on Countdown (Olbermann and his staff must scour the blogs for material. I often hear features on the show I've only seen in the blogosphere).

The latest is Sarahgogue. See below.

(Hat tip to AzBlueMeanie for the cartoon)

July 4, 2009 - 01:01 pm
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Dr. Word discovers the term "Palindrone"

by David Safier As I was mulling over Palin's wacky press conference announcing her resignation, I came up with what I thought was an original term to describe her speech patterns: Palindrone. Silly me. Google the term. It's all over...

July 4, 2009 - 12:53 pm
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Dr. Word discovers the term "Palindrone"

by David Safier
As I was mulling over Palin's press conference announcing her resignation, I came up with what I thought was an original term to describe her speech patterns: Palindrone.

Silly me. Google the term. It's all over the internet, with a variety of meanings. As two words, "Palin drone," it's a robotic supporter of the former vice presidential candidate. But I prefer the linguistic reference, Palindrone.

You probably know a palindrome is a phrase that reads the same left to right as right to left. One of the most famous: Able was I, ere I saw Elba. Less famous: Go Hang a Salami, I'm a Lasagna Hog.