The art of distraction with the goal of diverting attention away from a fault and towards the glittering veneer of hollow talking points which dazzle but do nothing in terms of answering the question presented.
Sarah Palin is really good at palinizing, and does it every time someone asks her a question. I think that's why it's called "palinizing."
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Palinating- Throwing around buzzwords without actually having anything to substantiate you positions.
Don't listen to a word I said to him about the Emancipation Proclamation. I was just Palinating since I really didn't know anything about the Civil War.
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Get the palinating mug.The fraudulent practice of injecting events into web-based calendars purporting to be from reputable sources in order to induce victims to infect their computers with malware.
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Get the Calinizing mug.Giving unwanted advice in terms of aphorisms, like Polonius from "Hamlet". In the play, Polonius gives generic advice to multiple characters, which winds out being terrible every time. The people who do this usually do not follow the advice they dish out. Similar to, but not the same as, being "patronizing" to someone. As a verb, "Polonize".
A: "Remember, a penny saved is a penny earned!"
B: "Dude, you asked me for 5$ last week which you still have not paid back. You have no right to be so polonizing."
B: "Dude, you asked me for 5$ last week which you still have not paid back. You have no right to be so polonizing."
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