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Palin-esque

Palin-esque

See also: Palinesque

English

Adjective

Palin-esque (comparative more Palin-esque, superlative most Palin-esque)

  1. Alternative form of Palinesque
    • 2011, Leslie Anthony, White Planet: A Mad Dash Through Modern Global Ski Culture, Greystone Books (2011), ISBN 9781553654797, 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, Pete Ward, Gods Behaving Badly: Media, Religion, and Celebrity Culture, Baylor University Press (2011), ISBN 9781602581500, 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 9780446576048, 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!"
    • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:Palin-esque.