Whineter or Twineter

Whineter / Twineter: (1) The unfortunate portmanteau of Twitter + whiner. In other words, to whine (excessively, if that's possible in 140 characters) while tweeting. (2) Twinte/Twineting/Twineted: To whine and complain on Twitter. Suggested pronunciation: Tweint, twine-ting, twine-ted.See also: The Whiners and Chuck Grassley on MSNBC: Bizarre Twitters About Obama and Healthcare.

Example: " Awww, Chuck's twineting me again..."

Updated/Revised: June 10, 2009, June 11, 2009.

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Wysiwygama or Wysigama

Wysiwygama / Wysigama: The unfortunate portmanteau of wysiwyg and Obama. Example: Are we really seeing the real Obama - that is, the Wysiwygama - up there on the stage?

References: Michael Isikoff on Rachel Maddow (5/20/09) on Obama Secret Meeting w Human Rights Groups, Is Obama like Twobama and Bushama? And More for Thursday, May 21, 2009, Twobama and Bushama.






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Chisade

Chisade: (1) The unfortunate and tragic portmanteau of chicanery and crusade. (2) Giving the appearance (especially to one's critics and just about every one else in the world...) of conducting a religious crusade - and not truly a war - by supplying reports and other documents of the same with religious images and or quotations. (3) The conducting of said item (2) through the application of such devices as religious ideology, trickery, chicanery, cupidity, vacuity, confutation, obfuscation, and so on and so on... Reference: Donald Rumsfeld's Holy War.




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Skepticada or Impacada

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Skepticada / Impacada: (1) The portmanteaus of Cicada and Skeptic (as in opposition to Magi and Magicicada) and impatient. (2) Proposed genus name for a new species of cicada exhibiting this impatient or untimely behavior. References: Scientists Surprised By Unexpected Emergence Of Periodical Cicadas -- Four Years Early, Periodical Cicada (or Magicicada), Magi, Cicada/Cicadidae, genus and Skeptic.

Please note: For another humorous cicada image please see photos martha's image on flickr.









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Mannclysm

Mannclysm: The very unfortunate Portmanteau of Manny Ramirez and cataclysm. Witness the effect of the most recent MLB scandal affecting the LA Dodger's sterling performance colliding * with the alleged use and/or abuse of substances such as or like Human chorionic gonadotropin by one of their star players. Definition: The cataclysmic and largely unexpected and undesired result on a sport's team's stellar performance in the aftermath of a top team member caught being tainted by performance-enhancing or other substances. References: Manny tests positive, is suspended 50 games, Hours after Manny news, Dodgers blow big lead, Dodgers tie MLB record with 12-0 home start and Manny Takes an Asterisk on Countdown with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC.

And, is the title of the Countdown video essay/report prescient or precognitive? Will Manny not just be taking the asterisk, but the fifth? ("As your attorney, I advise you to start drinking heavily.").

See also:Mannpoon.

* For more on the rankings, see: More on LA and other MLB Team rankings

http://www.scoreboard.msnbc.com/msnbc/main.asp?frames=0&sport=mlb&cat=ST







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Pax Obama

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Pax Obama: Not a new term (see: "Pax Obama Stars in Rebirth of a Nation" by John Michael Spinelli), but a new defintion. Definitions: (1) The portmanteau of Pax Romana (or Pax Augustus) and President Barack Obama, regarding such "peace initiatives" as - reference: Obama to press Pakistan to target Taliban and more to come (we're sure...). (2) (As we said earlier...) The failed suggested 2-state policy of Israel-Palestine by the Obama Administration.

Note: Did MSNBC use our term w/o crediting us? See link: Liz Cheney Outraged Over Obama’s Award (MSNBC – Countdown). Tuesday, October 13, 2009.

Updated: Tuesday, May 19, 2009.

References: 10K with H1N1, Will Israel Relent? and Joe B Does it Again and More for Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - The American Political Handbook , Israel-Palestine and US pressures Israel on two-state plan.









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