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New Verb: Breitbarting
July 25, 2012 at 5:51 pm
Just a humble suggestion for the world, I noticed in the news that the Romney campaign has been trying to stoke faux-outrage over Obama's supposedly "anti-business" attitude. The manufactured outrage is based on a selectively edited quote from a speech of Obama's.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum..._blog.html
The late, great Andrew Britebart blazed this trail and proved how effective it can be with his success in slandering both individuals and organizations through deceptive editing of footage. Britebart proved that the truth doesn't matter as long as you have a slick video editing software package. Now that the tactic has proven so successful, we can expect to see more of it in the future.
I therefore propose a new verb, "Britebarting" (formerly known as "slandering" and "quote mining") to honor his accomplishment in this field. This was, after all, what he dedicated his life to and he should be remembered for it.
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RE: New Verb: Britebarting
July 26, 2012 at 7:57 am
(July 25, 2012 at 5:51 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: Britebart proved that the truth doesn't matter as long as you have a slick video editing software package.
All I can say is he's getting off a lot easier than Santorum did.
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RE: New Verb: Britebarting
July 26, 2012 at 4:44 pm
The gentleman's name was Andrew Breitbart, not Britebart. (And yes, I use the term gentleman exceedingly loosely. When I saw the misspelling, I vainly hoped it was some humorous piece about calling atheists 'Brites'. Sadly, it was not.)
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RE: New Verb: Britebarting
July 26, 2012 at 5:19 pm
(This post was last modified: July 26, 2012 at 5:22 pm by Anomalocaris.)
Suggestion for other new verbs:
Teabagging - The art of being really stupid and sticking with it.
Romnifying - The practice of teabagging during presidential campaigns
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RE: New Verb: Britebarting
July 26, 2012 at 5:56 pm
um..teabagging is taken?
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RE: New Verb: Britebarting
July 26, 2012 at 6:03 pm
Teabagging was taken well before the "teabaggers" even came along.
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RE: New Verb: Britebarting
July 26, 2012 at 6:24 pm
(July 26, 2012 at 6:03 pm)Tiberius Wrote: Teabagging was taken well before the "teabaggers" even came along.
Well, they were only called "teabaggers" by their opponents who were deriding them. They didn't claim the name for themselves--and they're only called that now by their opponents. It's not a commonly-accepted name, it's an insult--like "moonbat", or "wingnut".
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RE: New Verb: Britebarting
July 26, 2012 at 6:55 pm
(This post was last modified: July 26, 2012 at 6:57 pm by Shell B.)
Um, no. Let me sort this out for you. Teabagging has long been the act of dipping your nuts in someone's mouth. /clarification
Oh, give DP a break. He misspelled a name. He's not a dipshit.
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RE: New Verb: Britebarting
July 26, 2012 at 6:59 pm
(July 26, 2012 at 5:56 pm)Rhythm Wrote: um..teabagging is taken?
Old verbs can acquire new meanings.
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RE: New Verb: Britebarting
July 26, 2012 at 7:10 pm
(This post was last modified: July 26, 2012 at 7:16 pm by DeistPaladin.)
(July 26, 2012 at 4:44 pm)apophenia Wrote:
The gentleman's name was Andrew Breitbart, not Britebart. (And yes, I use the term gentleman exceedingly loosely. When I saw the misspelling, I vainly hoped it was some humorous piece about calling atheists 'Brites'. Sadly, it was not.)
Fixed. Thank God or the other admins that I'm a moderator. 
(July 26, 2012 at 6:24 pm)CliveStaples Wrote: (July 26, 2012 at 6:03 pm)Tiberius Wrote: Teabagging was taken well before the "teabaggers" even came along.
Well, they were only called "teabaggers" by their opponents who were deriding them. They didn't claim the name for themselves--and they're only called that now by their opponents. It's not a commonly-accepted name, it's an insult--like "moonbat", or "wingnut".
Actually, not true. They didn't realize the meaning of the word but they did originally choose that name for themselves, much to their embarrassment.
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