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Palin

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.
by Valatan January 19, 2009
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palin

comes from Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin meaning completely unprepared and nonsensical.
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.
by Charlie Ninja Turtle October 28, 2008
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palinized

Being treated like a total idiot by the media for acting/sounding like a total idiot in the media.
Carrie Prejean claimed she was Palinized in her jaw-droppingly inept Larry King interview. She is absolutely right. Her political career will be missed...
by The Evil Steve November 13, 2009
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Palinized

To be publicly interrogated in such a fashion that one's mental capacity is questioned by the majority post interview.
Sarah Palin was Palinized by Katie Couric.

or

Did you see Governor Blagojevich get Palinized by Barbara Walters?
by Chris Deme January 26, 2009
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Palined

Palined-Verb-To make a decision and the outcome is a catastrophe.
Because McCain chose Sarah Palin for VP he got palined at the 2008 elections.

BP keeps getting palined by all these failed attemps to deal with the oil spill.
by myshotguntohead June 5, 2010
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palinize

by kolbester October 27, 2008
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Palin

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.
My wife asked if she looked fat in that dress. I palined her by saying those shoes sure look nice.
by timmyf2 January 22, 2009
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