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To mess something up or impale yourself.
Dude, I totally palined that interview today. I'll never get the job now!
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To reverse one's position in an issue in an attempt to pander. To flip-flop.
He palinized his position on living wills and health care directives. Like Sarah Palin, he was for living wills before he was against them.
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To attack a person for his or her conservative values by focusing an inordinate amount of attention on a single example of that person falling short (or being perceived as falling short) of the values they espouse. The term is derived from excessive criticism of Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin by the mainstream media and other public figures after it was learned that Palin's unwed teenage daughter was pregnant.
Person 1: Dude, have you checked out that Carrie Prejean "nude" pic? There's barely even any side-boob going on there. She showed more skin at the pageant itself!
Person 2: Yeah, you just knew they were gonna Palinize her after that Miss USA thing where she said she didn't support gay marriage.
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Main Entry: a-pal·in
Function: adjective
Date: 2008
Etymology:
Variant spelling and pronunciation of appalling (1817)
: inspiring horror, dismay, or disgust <offering a-palin answers to interview questions>
— a-pal·in·ly adverb
Interviewee: "Well, it certainly does because our -- our next door neighbors are foreign countries. They're in the state that I am the executive of. And there in Russia ... We have trade missions back and forth. We-- we do-- it's very important when you consider even national security issues with Russia as Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where-- where do they go? It's Alaska. It's just right over the border. It is-- from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia, because they are right there. They are right next to-- to our state."
Interviewer: "Governor, it's just a-palin how stupid and incoherent your answers are. Do you need a lifeline?"
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1) To turn issues into fluff while preening to a faux news viewpoint
2) To stand for free speech, while having goons pull down any criticism of yourself
3) To make you feel you need a shower after an interview with Glenn Beck
The Palinization of the American life is continuing unabated....ya, you betcha
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Someone that self-pollinates for the purpose of political propagation.
Congressman Doe is a real Palinator. He will Palinate 24/7 to get re-elected.
Spinning any criticism of oneself into persecution.
Rather than accept responsibility for her bad behavior, Sarah would always palinize the situation and portray herself as being a victim of people who didn't like her.
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