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To use notes written on the inside of your hand as a reminder of points to be covered during a speech. This method is mostly used as an aid when inadequately prepared to speak to the public. Named after its most notorious user, former Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin. George: "I keep forgetting to mention lower costs and access to more people for my speech on universal health care coming up in Speech Comm 105 next period."
Richard: "Just palin the two points. No one will notice." George: "Good idea. Do you have a pen I can borrow?" |
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1. An applicant lacking even basic job skills
2. Someone supremely un-self-aware or lacking any relative sense of what he/she does or doesn't know. HR sent me another Palin for the marketing manager job.
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1. Pejorative term that refers to an incompetent, impractical, irrelevant or incapable person who has been appointed to a position of great importance. 2. A person who holds authority disproportionate to his or her requisite ethics and qualifications. Derived from John McCain's controversial 2008 Vice Presidential pick, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. John was recently made principal, but everybody thinks he's a Palin who can't do the job.
My new boss is such a Palin - he took my deserved place because the CEO is his personal friend. |
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(v) to abandon one's principles for short term gain Tom, a devout vegan, palined when he consumed a happy meal solely to obtain the collectible toy it contained.
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adjective used to describe a person underqualified for a given task. Also used to denote an idiot, or small-town redneck. "I know I'm a little palin, but I really want this job."
"Ma'am unfortunately we are looking for an applicant who is less palin." "Have you seen that cashier at the gas station? The one with missing teeth and the trucker hat? Hes SO palin!" |
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To lie pointlessly and repeatedly. Also: to knowingly claim you were on the side of the issue you weren't. "I said, 'Thanks but no thanks,' to Congress for the Bridge to Nowhere," Gov. Palin palined.
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an obvious lie; to tell an obvious lie Don't palin me, you're not six feet tall! You're a midget!
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comes from Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin meaning completely unprepared and nonsensical. Q: Yo did you see what that girl was wearing last night at the club?
A: You mean that topless one with footie pajamas? That shit was too Palin for my tastes. |
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