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Oh, Sarah Palin. Again? I thought that perhaps since you LEFT YOUR OFFICE in Alaska, you might drift off into oblivion. But no. Here in 2010, you are bigger than ever. Are you proud?
Yes, Sarah Palin, wise sage that she is, has created a new word: refudiate. And boy did all heckamajeckle (I can make up words, too, right?) break loose. Especially after she compared herself to Shakespeare.
I couldn't do a better job of summing this up than CNN's Jeanne Moss, who was clever enough to mix in all kinds of Bushisms and Obama gaffes.
For your viewing pleasure:
You, too, can join in on the fun by twittering your quotes to #shakespalin. My favorite?
But soft, wht light from yonder window breaks? its the East, & I can C Russia from my front porch
All of this Sarah Palin hoobajooble (you like my words, don't you?) made me think about what other words have launched into the English vocabulary in recent years. I headed over to Merriam-Webster to see what they threw in for 2009:
- sock puppet
- frenemy
- staycation
- vlog (WHOOT!)
- carbon footprint
- waterboarding
Waterboarding? Greeeat.
But these are just a few of my personal favorites. There are more. Many, many more. As I scrolled through them, I found myself wondering: "Sock puppet" is just now making it into the dictionary? So I whipped out my trusty Merriam-Webster 11th Edition actual book on my bookshelf, which was published in 2005. Sure enough, NO sock puppet. But do you want to know what was in there?
sockdalager or sockdologer: n [origin unknown] (ca. 1830) 1 : something that settles a matter : a decisive blow or answer : FINISHER 2 : something outstanding or exceptional
I think Sarah Palin was trying to issue a sockdalager when she compared herself to Shakespeare.
Anyway, speaking of words and the politicians that go with them, I found this little gem over at Snopes.com. It's a poem that is composed of ridiculous terms President George W. Bush gave us during his ... reign. If Sarah can get enough quotes out there to make a poem like this, she's on the path to success. Here's part of it.
Put food on your family!
Knock down the tollbooth!
Vulcanize society!
Make the pie higher! Make the pie higher!
Say it together now: MAKE THE PIE HIGHER!! That means you, Sarah Palin. Show us what you've got.
Blondie blogs at Tales From Clark Street.
