To refuse to answer a question by offering an opinion or explanation, often incoherent, of an unrelated topic.
He asked me what caused the credit crisis but I pulled a Palin by explaining how trickle down economics helps the middle class vis-a-vis the paradigm shift in the Fed's new interest rates.
by jikooo February 22, 2009
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by halfmiler October 22, 2008
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Palin (palining, palined):
1. verb. To flub, fail or otherwise stumble in a 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. verb. To fabricate an untruth, that is easily verifiable as such (e.g. via the internet search tool Google), in response to a question for which one does not know the answer.
1. verb. To flub, fail or otherwise stumble in a 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. verb. To fabricate an untruth, that is easily verifiable as such (e.g. via the internet search tool Google), in response to a question for which one does not know the answer.
"I don't think I'll get that job, I totally palined the interview."
"I asked him about the Bush Doctrine, and he palined it by talking about horticulture."
"I asked him about the Bush Doctrine, and he palined it by talking about horticulture."
by mrdork January 20, 2009
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"Dude, do you even know what his policies are?"
"Not at all. I freely admit I'm a total Palindrone."
"Not at all. I freely admit I'm a total Palindrone."
by The Cynical Yinzer October 28, 2008
Get the palindrone mug.The reverse of a Cinderella story, usually in a situation where everyone hates the Cinderella. It can also be a David vs. Goliath situation where everyone wants to see Goliath win, because everyone hates the underdog.
I can't believe she gets to be homecoming queen just because she was on "Made." It's such a Sarah Palin Story.
by PMike January 23, 2009
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by Gram1 March 24, 2009
Get the Palin mug.The CEO was Pullin' a Palin when he told us we might be better off with someone who doesn't make decisions with a coin toss.
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