A term used by many, generally in reference to someone who may be trying to make something or someone look appealing or attractive when it quite clearly will not work, or will only deceive the dumbest of people.

Car salesmen are generally good at "putting lipstick on a pig" because they are always selling unroadworthy buckets of shit and try and hide their shitfulness by tarting them up.

Political Speak for labeling your campaign with words that dont represent what it stands for.

Said by Barrack Obama about Sarah Palin, the vicepresident candiate for the Republican party.

trying to make the ugly fuck look good

what the Democrats are doing to their health care bill

a cheap shot politicians use to denounce MILF VP canidates.