1 definition by Franz Schnaas
A common mode of speech whereby the soliloquyst babbles in seeming eloquence but actually manages to say next to nothing relevant –nor coherent, by dangling gerunds, mangling prepositions, randomly exiling nouns and verbs and/or using verbs better left as nouns, often even flatly contradicting him/herself.
Example of use:
"At Todd's old church in Wasilla, they spoke in tongues. Maybe that’s where he picked up his palindrone."
Example of palindrones:
“With the impacts of climate change, what we can do about that, as governor, I was the first governor to form a climate change subcabinet to start dealing with the impacts.”
“You know, there are man’s activities that can be contributed to the issues that we’re dealing with now, with these impacts.”
“If Americans so bless us and privilege us with the opportunity of serving them, ... we will progress the agenda.”
– Sarah Palin, 2008 VP debate.
"At Todd's old church in Wasilla, they spoke in tongues. Maybe that’s where he picked up his palindrone."
Example of palindrones:
“With the impacts of climate change, what we can do about that, as governor, I was the first governor to form a climate change subcabinet to start dealing with the impacts.”
“You know, there are man’s activities that can be contributed to the issues that we’re dealing with now, with these impacts.”
“If Americans so bless us and privilege us with the opportunity of serving them, ... we will progress the agenda.”
– Sarah Palin, 2008 VP debate.
by Franz Schnaas October 9, 2008