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Kimmel Reveals Secret Nicknames Of World Leaders From WikiLeaks (VIDEO)


First Posted: 11/30/10 11:02 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 07:15 PM ET

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Last night on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," Kimmel jumped on the recent WikiLeaks release of over 200,000 secret conversations between world leaders. Unlike Jon Stewart, Kimmel was less concerned about the security threats that could arise from the newly leaked information and more interested in the secret nicknames of world leaders that were revealed. It turns out, everyone from Ahmadinejad to Sarkozy goes by some kind of hilarious moniker. If you don't mind, we'll just go ahead and refer to ol' Mahmoud as "Scruffy McWindbreaker" from now on.

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Last night on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," Kimmel jumped on the recent WikiLeaks release of over 200,000 secret conversations between world leaders. Unlike Jon Stewart, Kimmel was less concerned about the sec...
Last night on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," Kimmel jumped on the recent WikiLeaks release of over 200,000 secret conversations between world leaders. Unlike Jon Stewart, Kimmel was less concerned about the sec...
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Sans Octavian
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06:18 AM on 12/01/2010
I'madinerjacket is the best one - and I came up with it.
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birdinanest
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09:49 PM on 12/01/2010
that is the best one. I am going to quote you on that....
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05:03 PM on 11/30/2010
The Cats playing patty cake was better....maybe he should have them on his show?
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krumudgen
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04:16 PM on 11/30/2010
i was 12 yrs old before i figured out my first name wasn't damn it
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04:09 PM on 11/30/2010
WOW Kimmel is so unfunny...He makes Leno look like Richard Pryor circa 1974...
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Aroddo
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03:43 PM on 11/30/2010
"Der Wienerschnietzel" ?
Strange, the german magazine only unearthed one nickname for our dear Mrs. Chancelor: Teflon (apparently because of her tendency to let nothing stick to her).

That probably means that Kimmel made up the other ones, too.
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ProudToBeVeryLiberal
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05:48 PM on 11/30/2010
"That probably means that Kimmel made up the other ones, too."

You think? :)
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Aroddo
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08:47 AM on 12/01/2010
Well, the nicks sounded genuine enough, considering how abrasive US diplomats talk about their contemporaries behind their backs ... not that I disagree how they judge the tossers in our esteemed leadership, mind your.

However, reference to Angela "Teflon" Merkel can be found here:
http://cablegate.wikileaks.org/cable/2009/09/09BERLIN1106.html
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03:19 PM on 11/30/2010
Less than half these nicknames were racist. I'm impressed.
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PORK RIND
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01:56 PM on 11/30/2010
(Yawn).
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11:59 AM on 11/30/2010
Terms of "endearment" is the spin tu jour.

Why?
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