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shaking hands with the plumber

An arbitrary term used to describe any situation at all.
Hey Cody, did you hear about Kennon? I heard he was shaking hands with the plumber the other day.
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Joe The Plumber

The final desperate ploy in a long string of desperate ploys. An ineffectual effort preceding a colossal, epic fail.
Napoleon's Joe The Plumber could not surmount the rising tide of social and political forces that laid the groundwork for his exodus from power.
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Joe the Plumber

1: a fictional person representing the whole of the people; mostly the lower to middle class.

2: a political strategy where one side asks the other what he would do for the above mentioned.
1) man1: did you hear what's happening to Joe the Plumber?
man2: yea, they're increasing his taxes.

2) man1: so if you became president, what would you do for Joe the Plumber?
man2: well, i would give him a big taxbreak.
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Joe the Plumber

Brother of Mike the Mechanic, son of Jane the Prostitute, father of Jonny, the chronic falling-down-well child, husband of Wonderwoman.

Friend to all?
1) In your entry, link to other words with square brackets.

2) Joe the Plumber is everyone's fair weather friend.
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Joe The Plumber

The ex-hardcore-porn movie actor who does plumbing for the neighbors occasionally. He is also planning to be an entrepreneur in the future, had a brief conversation with Barack Obama, and worries that the tax plans under the new administration will affect his plans for the big bright future.

Generally considered the same IQ, a little bit higher or lower than Joe six pack-- depending on your religious beliefs.
Person A: "Dude, did you watch Obama and McCain talking about Joe the plumber? I really enjoyed it! I feel I know a whole lot more about the economic plans of the two presidential candidates"

Person B: "Pathetic!"
by TlPbBiPoAtRn October 15, 2008
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Joe The Plumber

Ordinary person who works hard, hard worker, tradesman, craftsman, down-to-earth person, worker
Paraphrased from a quote in a New York Times story about business travel in the late 1980s--

"now business executives travel in economy class with Joe the plumber using his frequent flier miles"

NOTE: If anyone has any questions about this entry, please let me know.
by Joel Bader January 12, 2008
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