To ignore a question, and instead, to substitute your own non sequitur. This technique was popularized by Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin in her debate with Joe Biden, and then later emphasized by Tina Fey in her parody of this debate.
Man, you totally pulled a Palin when you responded to the landlord's request for rent with a long tirade on the banks.
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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.
A: You mean that topless one with footie pajamas? That shit was too Palin for my tastes.
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pal·in (pāl’ĭn) v. palined, palin·ing, palins 1. To flub, fail or otherwise stumble in 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. To fabricate an untruth, that is easily verifiable as such, in response to a question for which one does not know the answer.
by timmyf2 January 22, 2009
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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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1) Being completely blindsided by something.
2) To finish something quickly without checking the work and being screwed.
1) Being completely blindsided by something.
2) To finish something quickly without checking the work and being screwed.
1) That girl told me I'm the baby's daddy...she totally Palined me.
2) I blew through the exam so I could get out of class quickly...after I turned it in I realized I was probably Palined.
2) I blew through the exam so I could get out of class quickly...after I turned it in I realized I was probably Palined.
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