To ignore a question, and instead, to substitute your own non sequitur. This technique was popularized by Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin in her debate with Joe Biden, and then later emphasized by Tina Fey in her parody of this debate.
Man, you totally pulled a Palin when you responded to the landlord's request for rent with a long tirade on the banks.
by Valatan January 19, 2009

pal·in (pāl’ĭn) v. palined, palin·ing, palins 1. To flub, fail or otherwise stumble in response to simple, predictable questions in an interview; to give an off-topic and incoherent or syntactically suspect response to a simple, predictable question in an interview; to do likewise in any other human endeavor. 2. To fabricate an untruth, that is easily verifiable as such, in response to a question for which one does not know the answer.
by timmyf2 January 22, 2009

To avoid the question you don't know the answer to with nonsensical jibberish or by changing the subject.
by Gram1 March 24, 2009

Has two definitions:
1) Being completely blindsided by something.
2) To finish something quickly without checking the work and being screwed.
1) Being completely blindsided by something.
2) To finish something quickly without checking the work and being screwed.
1) That girl told me I'm the baby's daddy...she totally Palined me.
2) I blew through the exam so I could get out of class quickly...after I turned it in I realized I was probably Palined.
2) I blew through the exam so I could get out of class quickly...after I turned it in I realized I was probably Palined.
by Jrl8883 October 20, 2008

A annoying shreiking neo-con who doesnt care about anyone. Is not a reformer, also, total cocksucker, like her daughter
by clintonisbetter October 20, 2008

A unit of time employed to measure the delay between hearing a fart, and smelling it. This can take anywhere from a few seconds to several months; Farts that make noise today might not begin to stink until after election season.
by Neptocracy October 21, 2008

Did you see that Palin picking his nose on TV?
I wish that Palin would stay up in Alaska with the bears.
I wish that Palin would stay up in Alaska with the bears.
by catfight101 October 22, 2008
