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News & ArtsFriday, February 17, 2012
2012 / Politics The Spread of Spreading
Posted by Dan Savage on Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 11:44 AM
First there was Spreading Santorum...
"...the frothy mix of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex."
Then there was Spreading Romney...
"...to defecate in terror."
And now there's Spreading Gingrich:
It's Newt's turn. Submit your definition of gingrich and take your shot at internet immortality.
I didn't have anything to do with Spreading Romney—which is rocketing up Romney's search results—and I am not affiliated in any way with the Saul Alinsky radicals behind Spreading Gingrich.
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I'm not up on my Internet-borne neologisms. Is Dan related to the new definitions for Romney and Gingrich, or are these latter-day bandwagon jumpers? My guess is the latter.
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People are already using "Gingrich" or "do a gingrich" to indicate opening up a marriage, possibly with connotations that it is being done in spite of one partner's reluctance. I think that ship has already sailed.
It would be nice if we could exert a little pressure and maybe steer it toward clearly indicating an unhealthy open marriage, or a marriage in which a CPoS tries to defend himself by claiming openness, instead of open marriage generally.
It would be nice if we could exert a little pressure and maybe steer it toward clearly indicating an unhealthy open marriage, or a marriage in which a CPoS tries to defend himself by claiming openness, instead of open marriage generally.
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My submission.
Gingrich: (v.) " ... to defecate the stinkiest, largest, longest, wettest, or any other -est excrement in American history."
Gingrich: (v.) " ... to defecate the stinkiest, largest, longest, wettest, or any other -est excrement in American history."
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To Gingrich : when one person in a relationship makes demands or attempts to coerce the other into something the other isn't comfortable with. The opposite of GGG. ie. My girlfriend says she will leave and take the kids if I don't let her peg me.
Also the Grinch's anti marriage cousin. Not featured in the Christmas special.
Also the Grinch's anti marriage cousin. Not featured in the Christmas special.
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I'm perfectly fine with the whole ongoing santorum thing because the prissy, self-righteous bastard deserved it, but I wonder if some part of his newfound popularity is sympathy over his redefinition, conscious or otherwise, on the part of people who agree with him on issues.
If so, of course, fantastic, because the higher he climbs the more spectacularly he'd fall in a general election where most people would become aware of the whole range of freakishly regressive and controlling ideas he stands for.
If so, of course, fantastic, because the higher he climbs the more spectacularly he'd fall in a general election where most people would become aware of the whole range of freakishly regressive and controlling ideas he stands for.
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*Why*?
Is it just because us technically-minded liberals all hate the Republican party, and these people are running for candidacy for candidacy of the office of President?
See, spreadingsantorum makes *sense*. It's punishment due for his raging - and even exceptional within the GOP - homophobia. The other two are very firmly guilty of what critics of Spreadingsantorum.com say: that it's jealousy of their candidacy for candidacy. These other "definitions" exist purely for the race for presidential candidacy, and will probably disappear just as soon as the voting is done. Redefining Santorum is something that will very likely exist for longer than Rick Santorum's 30 minutes of fame. In fact, it was alive and well for the period between him being voted out of office and his current run at the candidacy for President. I'm sure there were people out there who were familiar with the term that didn't even know who Santorum was before 2011.
Is it just because us technically-minded liberals all hate the Republican party, and these people are running for candidacy for candidacy of the office of President?
See, spreadingsantorum makes *sense*. It's punishment due for his raging - and even exceptional within the GOP - homophobia. The other two are very firmly guilty of what critics of Spreadingsantorum.com say: that it's jealousy of their candidacy for candidacy. These other "definitions" exist purely for the race for presidential candidacy, and will probably disappear just as soon as the voting is done. Redefining Santorum is something that will very likely exist for longer than Rick Santorum's 30 minutes of fame. In fact, it was alive and well for the period between him being voted out of office and his current run at the candidacy for President. I'm sure there were people out there who were familiar with the term that didn't even know who Santorum was before 2011.
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so Danny-
any prospects of hooking up with Rick?
will you go back on Maher to brag about it if you do?
any prospects of hooking up with Rick?
will you go back on Maher to brag about it if you do?
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Let's just grind this whole once-funny fucking thing into the ground, huh Stranger. Jeebus. Are you guys officially out of ideas now?
Besides. Isn't Gingrich-the-man enough of a definition of Gingrich?
Just eight seconds looking at that bloated, blotchy, Lie-Factory is all you need. It's not like he's some sort of cypher.
The man is the personification of a rusty wheel barrow full of shitty ideas, swollen with anger and foul like the ball cheese of a dead competitive deep fried Snicker eater.
Besides. Isn't Gingrich-the-man enough of a definition of Gingrich?
Just eight seconds looking at that bloated, blotchy, Lie-Factory is all you need. It's not like he's some sort of cypher.
The man is the personification of a rusty wheel barrow full of shitty ideas, swollen with anger and foul like the ball cheese of a dead competitive deep fried Snicker eater.
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Santorum was effective and funny at the time, and still could be. Rick Santorum's smug sense of entitlement and disdain for the rights of others practically brought his problem down upon himself. One man said, "Let's associate this asshole's name with something disgusting" and the rest of the world agreed. I'm mean, even pillars of print and network news joined in, coloring all of his victories in shades of brown.
All these other definition-wannabes are just diluting the original intent. People involved in these things are practically providing comfort to Santorum's "Google problem". Now he can look around around and go "Oh hey, it's not just me!"
Stop it.
Stop promoting these other ones.
All these other definition-wannabes are just diluting the original intent. People involved in these things are practically providing comfort to Santorum's "Google problem". Now he can look around around and go "Oh hey, it's not just me!"
Stop it.
Stop promoting these other ones.
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How about this: To inform your spouse that she/he has been in an open marriage against her/his will. I'll use it in a sentence: "Bobby pulled a Gingrich when he told me about the whore he's been f**king for six years."
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Even better. A calculated religious conversion after a life of immorality in an attempt to rehablitate one's reputation. "Criminals always Gingrich and find Jesus after they're caught."
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I agree with #5 and #18, but here's my verbiage:
To justify cheating on your wife in such a way that suggests she's the one with the problem for refusing to accept it.
To justify cheating on your wife in such a way that suggests she's the one with the problem for refusing to accept it.
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Gingrich n.
"A streak or skidmark of human excrement left upon an item made of gingham fabric such as a skirt or tablecloth"
"A streak or skidmark of human excrement left upon an item made of gingham fabric such as a skirt or tablecloth"
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"Saul Alinsky radicals"? Oh Dan, that's the nicest thing anyone's said about us yet!
(I feel strangely, savagely, radical...)
The Spreading Gingrich
(I feel strangely, savagely, radical...)
The Spreading Gingrich
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I have a bumper sticker from the 90s that says "Newter Gingrich". Don't know who to credit, but I always knew I should hang on to it - simple and effective.
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@9, out of sheer coincidence, I was wondering about that right now.
I think the santorum redefinition was a good idea, but one that shouldn't be repeated. Or else we'll end up with every politician getting a new definition for his name (and how long till they start doing that with the politicians you like -- Obama, Barney Frank, Nancy Pelosi...). Either way the idea will become either silly, or then possibility stupid.
Too much of a good thing ends up being a bad thing.
I think the santorum redefinition was a good idea, but one that shouldn't be repeated. Or else we'll end up with every politician getting a new definition for his name (and how long till they start doing that with the politicians you like -- Obama, Barney Frank, Nancy Pelosi...). Either way the idea will become either silly, or then possibility stupid.
Too much of a good thing ends up being a bad thing.
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Time to give it a break. A joke is only funny once. Even though it's more of a socio-political campaign, it's still one based in satire, and only works one time. Having said that, I always thought gingrich sounded like a bacterial infection, like a combination of "gangrene" and "itch".
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This may be too good to use on him since he's down in the polls now but if he is winning later or the 1/2 govenor jumps back in, it could be very useful !
Gingrich or Palin:
The sperm Mom should have swallowed instead.
Gingrich or Palin:
The sperm Mom should have swallowed instead.
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Please...someone submit this definition for Newt: a white swollen pustule between the scrotum and anus...at least it made us chuckle..peace
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Spreading Santorum was inspired political farce. These others...well to quote Jon Stewart:
"More clever than a pie in the face but less clever than something actually clever."
"More clever than a pie in the face but less clever than something actually clever."
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Gingrich should be "to cheat on your spouse while trying to get someone else impeached for cheating on their spouse" or something maybe a bit broader that you can use in every day life but with that same idea, being a huge fucking hypocrite.
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To Gingrich:
The practice of wearing a Tiffany butt plug to stop anal prolapse.
Note: This condition may result in painful release of flatulence via the mouth.
The practice of wearing a Tiffany butt plug to stop anal prolapse.
Note: This condition may result in painful release of flatulence via the mouth.
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Gingrich, not to be confused with flatus vocis as Gingrich has no philosophical meaning whatsoever.
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Redo #34,#35,
To gingrich: Painful oral release of flatus.
Note: Not to be confused with flatus vocis.
To gingrich: Painful oral release of flatus.
Note: Not to be confused with flatus vocis.
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