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Thread #129052 Message #2948645
Posted By: Alice
20-Jul-10 - 08:20 PM
Thread Name: BS: Palin's current thread
Subject: RE: BS: Palin's current thread
Here is an article today from TIME.com about Sarah ShakesPalin:
The Bard of Wasilla
Sarah Palin used Twitter to laugh off accidentally coining a new word, "refudiate." She joked that since Shakespeare coined new words, why shouldn't she? Word nerds and literary buffs didn't take kindly to Palin comparing herself to Shakespeare, and turned her quip into comedic gold. Hence, the #shakespalin hashtag, where Twitter users write Shakespearean quotes, Palin-style. Check out the quippiest (did we make that word up, too?) tweets.
Read more:
#shakespalin on twitter.com
But soft, what light from yonder window breaks? It is the East, and I can see Russia from my front porch.
A plague a' both your trailers.
Uneasy the head that wears a tiara
Using fewer words instead of saying things the long way is the soul of wit.