Phrase used in congressional hearings when politicians are allotted a specific amount of time to speak and/or question those called to testify at such hearings. If during their allotted time they deem a person who is testifying to be lying, misleading, or drawing out the time by not answering the questions directly, the congressperson may reclaim their time. This is allowed within the United States House of Representatives rules and procedures. Most often attributed to Congresswoman Rep. Maxine Waters (Democrat, California) from a hearing in 2017 when she was questioning Secretary of Finance Steven Mnuchin.
"I'm reclaiming my time...Please, will you respond to the question of why I did not get a response, me and my colleagues, to the May 23rd letter?" ~ Maxine Waters
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Any insult specific to a social group that members of that group have over time began to call eachother by, thus making it ineffective. However, it is considered inappropriate that an outsider to that group uses the term for fear fo being branded prejudiced.
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Get the Reclaiming my time mug.Used as adjective or adverb to describe the broad process of reclamation. As a noun, the agent of the reclaiming process. To bring back into circulation some idea, product, artefact, use, tool, etc. To restore to contemporary practice some seemingly defunct mode of doing or being. To synthesize old things into new as in infrastructures, sounds, imagery, texts. Essentially to restore value to something considered lost or antiquated. Someone who adheres to the idea that such a process holds value, utility, and relevance.
Reclaimant urbanism is the ongoing study and project to find relevance within the broken fabric of formerly integrated urban spaces.
Reclaimant poetry utilizes individual phrases and pieces of language that are intentionally designed to relay contextual value based on historical and contemporary meanings or understandings.
In practice I find myself to be a reclaimant.
Reclaimant poetry utilizes individual phrases and pieces of language that are intentionally designed to relay contextual value based on historical and contemporary meanings or understandings.
In practice I find myself to be a reclaimant.
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"Have you stopped beating your wife?"
"That's not..."
"Reclaiming my time. Reclaiming my time. Reclaiming. My. Time."
"That's not..."
"Reclaiming my time. Reclaiming my time. Reclaiming. My. Time."
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Get the Reclaiming my Time mug.A kid in highschool tells his teacher what he did for the weekend.
teacher: what did you do over the weekend?
kid: I went and got into a fight with my dad and beat the crap out of him, and that's how I got this black eye.
teacher: reclama. what did you really do to get that black eye.
(you use this in a professional situation when you know someone is lying)
teacher: what did you do over the weekend?
kid: I went and got into a fight with my dad and beat the crap out of him, and that's how I got this black eye.
teacher: reclama. what did you really do to get that black eye.
(you use this in a professional situation when you know someone is lying)
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