"Pullin' a Palin" Now In The Urban Dictionary

Sarah Palin continues to be a dynamic cultural figure as much as a political one. The Alaska Governor, who announced her impending resignation from office last week, is now the inspiration for a new piece of slang. The phrase, "Pullin' a Palin," is currently defined by urbandictionary.com as:

1. Quitting when the going gets tough; abandoning the responsibility entrusted to you by your neighbors for book advances and to make money on the lecture circuit.

2. Bizarre move that will damn ambitions for higher office.

"I bet when people saw Jade they were convinced that David Caruso was pullin' a Palin."

The entry was filed by the user "No One Likes a Quitter" on Wednesday and actually represents the second Palin-related phrase on the site. "Pull a Palin," which was entered after the 2008 vice presidential debate, is defined by Urban Dictionary as: "To avoid answering questions directly because you don't know the answer, or you don't want the person to [whom you are] talking to knowing the real answer, and talking about another subject you do know something about, or something to flatter or distract the other person, instead."

This type of small-bore snark is good fodder for the partisans. For sober-minded Palin supporters, the worry has to be that the soon-to-be-former governor will be permanently defined as the butt of the political joke.

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Comments

[JaneQCitizen]

I thumbed it up :)

[NavigatorOne]

What about a Palinoscopy?

[breakingnews3]

The process of pulling your head of a moose's arse to discover that your political future is that of a doodoo bird?

[ObamAtomic]

Haha! ole!

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=palin

[blues101]

Quite the dubious distinction and one she didn't expect, i'm sure! Nice for her resume, that!

[Mike Barden]

i thought i read somewhere that the one about not givin' answers was a Hillory. maybe i shouldn't read up on this stuff.

[Erik77]

Why can't right wingers spell?

[SaquaroSue]

Because all that learning and stuff is too "elitist" for them.

[swift goat pet for truth]

One can liken spelling a word to a fact.
They are alike in that there is usually only one version that is correct.

GOPers don't care about spelling and don't care about facts.

[Traynor]

Homeschooled and proud of it.

[roshni]

You thought you read?
Rethugs can't read, so I'm not surprised.

[chinacatsunflower]

??? i don't get it .....

[tanbo]

femicramps can read but, for some reason are passing laws with no idea what is in them.

[Mike Barden]

mean she really is a dude?

[judesuper]

Good. But don't forget to add her "un-economy". Too funny.

[hbhawaii]

Along with "Hiking the Appalachian Trail" no doubt.

[HarryParatestis]

thank heavens her last name wasn't PUD (acronym for Planned Urban Developement).

[noaxe397]

Terms and expressions like "pullin' a Palin" are exactly how to diminish these types of people. Have you all noticed how much more biting and relevant Dave Letterman's jokes about Palin have been since the incident with the joke about the daughter? And there is nothing Palin can complain about this time because everything Letterman now says is fair game and directed at Palin.
The joke about the daughter was dumb and destructive and I'm glad that part of the tone has changed.

I definetly believe all the skewering of Bush, beginning right after his re-election, contributed to Bush fatigue and his resultant drag on the GOP nationwide in 2008.

Terms like the one described in this article can easily create Palin fatigue and stop her before she starts. I believe she will be the 2012 GOP nominee, but even if she isn't, she can still help Republicans by raising money for them.

Let's start now to keep America secure.

[Jillmz]

I used it yesterday in regard to Ohio's Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by George Voinovich:

http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2009/07/08/2010-ohio-senate-race-brunner-v-fisher-update/

[Ivar]

My ma use to call that telli g a half truth.

[AbyssinianLion]

I tried to join Team Sarah today to read the forum and comments. That site is like Fort Knox! You have to give up a phone number to join. Has anyone ever heard of this? Now I am intrigued to find out what the site is like.

[CR46]

I tried to get on in oct and I never was allowed to be a member. Though they never asked for a phone # then.

[mj77777]

my membership to team sarah is "pending administrative approval." i just made up a phone number, so we'll see. i did, however, spell everything correctly so they'll probably figure out that i'm not one of them.

[CR46]

I even tried to use very poor language skills and told them another lady from "church" told me to join and that I wanted to save "babies" and my app has been pending since oct. LOL!!

[Hare]

I joined during election time but soon after was kick out for speaking my mind.

[OliverTwist]

It's the Sarah Palin and Joe the Plumber shows!

Dress up and pose in neat clothes - like fishin gear or huntin gear or plumbing gear or a small business person or politician outfits.

Pull a drama queen or macho man scene and pose.

Say some outrageous derogatory stuff about other people or races or classes or whatever.

Expose and exploit your family and friends for drama.

Bask in the glow of the attention you receive from the media types.

Complain about the attention you receive from people you have defamed and from the media types.

Repeat.

[mj77777]

I'd hate to pull a Palin here, but

[Imzadi]

LMAO! Faved!!!