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Article #104Re: another english word
From: Jim Moser
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 00:00
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 00:00
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Interesting proposition. However, the phrase "a full Clinton" has been in
use for several years. The phrase refers to stating one thing as being the
truth, then stating the opposite as the truth. For example, in August 1992
in a Business Week interview Clinton re-affirmed his proposed tax cut for
the middle class despite pointing out that current deficit projections were
probably too low. The following spring he claimed that the same deficit
amount was larger than he anticipated and that the largest tax increase in
history was needed to solve it. And then there is the denial of an affair
with Gennifer Flowers in 1992, and the 1998 "full Clinton" acknowledging the
affair.
I'll spell it out for you: a "full Clinton" is a lie.
Heidi wrote:
> Here�s another word for the English language. The word is the verb
> "clinton". To be clintoned is to be punished or harassed for a minor
> alleged infraction after that person has done some outstanding work.
>
> For example, let�s say Michael Jordan, after playing 40 minutes of a
> game and scoring 75 points, takes a free throw and misses. If his coach
> gets furious over that miss and alleges Jordan missed because he was
> goofing off, and proceeds to removes Jordan from the team, you would say
> Jordan was "clintoned".
>
> --
> Heidi Rogers
> Publisher, CyberGrrlz
> "The e-zine for girls with brains and a sense of humor"
> (smarter guys will like it too)
> http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/5775
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"I can resist anything except temptation."
O. Wilde
Jim Moser
jmoser@wwa.com
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