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A statement or action so arrogant, it could be perceived as sarcastic. The following quotes and situations involve uses of arrocasm:
"The surge worked." --George W. Bush "You're doin' a heckuva job, Brownie!" --George W. Bush "To be honest with ya, I don't think journalists should be anywhere allowed war." --Joe the Plumber, while reporting from Israel "Hey guys, you want a story? Come here!" (Israeli cameramen come over) "You guys want a good story? Well, I'm not the story. I'm just an average guy." --Joe the Plumber "How about Sarah Palin last night, huh?" --John McCain on the 2008 Vice Presidential Debates "The fundamentals of the economy are strong." --John McCain "What do you expect? A team of mavericks." --Sarah Palin |
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defense mechanism; combination of arrogance and sarcasm, in which the actual loser of a verbal debate negates any argument provided by the opposing side--often resulting in a sarcastic, "Oooooh, so I guess that settles it" response. Can be used directly or indirectly. Directly:
"But you can't fire me. I literally just said two seconds ago that I quit!" "Nope, I fired you, sorry." "But I..." "Nope, you're fired." "Such arrocasm!" Indirectly: 1. "Mr. President, we punished Japanese soldiers during WWII for waterboarding OUR soldiers. It's clearly torture." "I assure you, America does not torture." "Sir, we are legalizing a procedure that was punished when used against us!" "What don't you get? America does not torture. We are defenders of freedom." 2. NBC News Economic strategist: "We are in a recession." CNN Economic strategist: "We are in an unfortunate recession." Fox News Economic strategist #3: "It will be very difficult to get out of this recession." President Bush: "We are not in a recession." |
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