I thought that was called pulling a Gore?
Obama now a Japanese verb:
obamu: (v.) To ignore inexpedient and inconvenient facts or realities, think “Yes we can, Yes we can,” and proceed with optimism using those facts as an inspiration (literally, as fuel).
Via MKS.
October 20th, 2009 at 10:13 am
Ah – “The Little Engine That Could”. I remember that bedtime story.
October 20th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
Fitting that the Japanese should regularize the usage first, since they once almost died of it. That’s how you awaken a sleeping giant.
October 20th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
A tab better than “bushuru”, named for George H.W. Bush, which means “to vomit publicly in a highly embarrassing manner.”