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19 09 2005

McSweeney’s again

Posted by: tom in books

Dubya-Emdee [dub' -yuh -em -dee] n. an imaginary threat, upon which is based an extreme action.

Susan Henderson, writing in McSweeney’s The Future Dictionary of America.

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2 Responses to “McSweeney’s again”
  1. Susan Henderson says: October 6th, 2005 at 10:36

    Hey, cool. And hi.

  2. tom says: October 12th, 2005 at 01:50

    Hi there, and thanks for kicking my site’s comments to life. In answer to your curiousity, your definition was pluked from McSweeney’s obscurity because it captures the gist of the Iraqi debacle and the honest lie that underpinned it. And thanks for the blurb!

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