Citations:Palin-esque

English citations of Palin-esque

Adjective: "alternative form of Palinesque"

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• 2008 — Rob Edelstein, "A Poem for the Year That Was...And the One That Will Be", Broadcast & Cable, 21 December 2008:

  McCain, he's a maverick, or haven't you heard?

  With Letterman he couldn't get in the last word

  A Palin-esque ticket, it started to getcha

  Were you thinking she'd really win? Oh, you betcha

• 2009 — Jack Cafferty, Now or Never: Getting Down to the Business of Saving Our American Dream, John Wiley & Sons (2009), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

  The "bitter-gate" flap ratcheted up the campaign to a gloves-off smack-down, complete with pandering saloon visits and shots of whiskey with Palin-esque Joe Six-Packs.

• 2011 — Leslie Anthony, White Planet: A Mad Dash Through Modern Global Ski Culture, Greystone Books (2011), →ISBN, page 66:

  There were snowshoes, a turn-of-the-century broad axe, and a Palin-esque bumper sticker that said it all: “I'm Pro-Choice. I Choose to Hunt, Fish, Trap, Eat Meat, and Wear Fur.”

• 2011 — Paul Howard, Eat, Sleep, Ride: How I Braved Bears, Badlands, and Big Breakfasts in My Quest to Cycle the Tour Divide, Greystone Books (2011), →ISBN, page 201:

  They also seemed to share a political persuasion that could best be described as Palin-esque (as in Sarah, not Michael).

• 2011 — Pete Ward, Gods Behaving Badly: Media, Religion, and Celebrity Culture, Baylor University Press (2011), →ISBN, page 36:

  So Bruce Springsteen, for instance, represents a kind of workingman's authenticity, just as Sandra Bullock seems to have become an icon of the Palin-esque down-to-earth "hockey mum."

• 2012 — Harry Alford, Would It Kill You to Stop Doing That?: A Modern Guide to Manners, Twelve (2012), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

  To wit: Many of us use "No problem" as a substitute for "You're welcome," "My pleasure," or the Palin-esque, "You betcha!"

• 2012 — Matthew Zencey, Unlikely Liberal: Sarah Palin's Curious Record as Alaska's Governor, Potomac Books (2012), →ISBN, page 129:

  Only a Palin-esque definition of “winning” or “victory” would allow her to claim she “won” in a case where she had to repay thousands of dollars in questionable state payments.