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Palin

1. An applicant lacking even basic job skills2. Someone supremely un-self-aware or lacking any relative sense of what he/she does or doesn't know.

Palin

by scimitar313 on Sep 02, 2008 05:18:19

n.

1. Pejorative term that refers to an incompetent, impractical, irrelevant or incapable person who has been appointed to a position of great importance.

2. A person who holds authority disproportionate to his or her requisite ethics and qualifications. Derived from John McCain's controversial 2008 Vice Presidential pick, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.

Example:
John was recently made principal, but everybody thinks he's a Palin who can't do the job.

My new boss is such a Palin - he took my deserved place because the CEO is his personal friend.

Palin

by ggallinisgod on Sep 03, 2008 10:27:05

A mistake of colossal proportions.

Example:
McCain really pulled a Palin with his VP pick.

Palin

by Oilrig Palin on Oct 13, 2008 03:16:10

1) n. anything woefully underqualified for a given task
2) v. to select without regard for consequences; to use folksy language but not actually say anything, often used when speaker does not know what they are talking about

Example:
1) I can't believe they promoted that palin instead of me. He can barely pronounce his own name!

If you want to kill a moose, a BB gun is a real palin.

2) They definitely palined that car. It doesn't even have an engine, much less a driver's seat.

Steve: Hey man, did you...?
Bob: You betcha. *Wink* Doggoneit, I sure have a history of...
Steve: Shut up and listen to the question! I don't want to hear your palining.

Palin

by Sweet Cocoa on Oct 20, 2008 08:32:50

Verb

To avoid the issue.

To change the subject.

To dodge.

To blatantly change the subject and talk about what one desires and disregard the subject at hand.

Bullshitting aka "BS-ing."

Example:
IFILL: Governor, please if you want to respond to what he said about Sen. McCain's comments about health care?

PALIN: I would like to respond about the tax increases.

(Taken from the 2008 Vice Presidential Debate between Sarah Palin & Joe Biden)

Usage:

"Quit Palin."

"You Palin hard...just answer the question."

"He Palin."

Palin

by Anti-Herd on Oct 08, 2008 11:03:18

palin (v.) - to avoid a question by reciting an idea unrelated to the question

Comes from the Governor Sarah Palin. In debates and interviews she would avoid questions.

Example:
Lucian: Did you catch the debate last night?
Emma: No, why?
Lucian: Well, they were palining the questions anyways.

Palin

by Dextrocardia on Oct 08, 2008 23:13:34

To respond to a question with a random talking points having little to no bearing on the question being asked; in the style of VP candidate and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. (also a noun describing a response like this.)

Example:
Q: How should the United States deal with the economic crisis?

A: John McCain is a maverick, and Alaska has oil...

Me: Wow, way to Palin that question.

Palin

by The_Wreckster_1 on Nov 05, 2008 05:21:54

An alternate spelling of the word whore.

Example:
That girl slept with 5 guys, shes such a Palin.

Palin

by Hank Salad on Oct 10, 2008 04:33:32

A common idiot (usually female) who runs for high political office in early 21st-Century America. A "Palin" often looks like a deer caught in headlights, and rarely answers questions in anything but a moronic fashion. Also resorts to pseudo-patriotic rhetoric and frequently slanders her opponents based on racial and ethnic stereotypes.

Example:
Have you seen this Palin running for VP? What an idiot!

Palin

by Rufus The Dumb Dog on Oct 03, 2008 03:56:03

Failure to cogently respond to a direct question via unfocused circumlocution.

Example:
Being ignorant of the subject, the student unconvincingly palined when called upon in class.

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