McSweeney’s again

By tom | September 19, 2005

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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Susan Henderson

Posted 6th October 2005 at 10:36 | Permalink

Hey, cool. And hi.
tom

Posted 12th October 2005 at 01:50 | Permalink

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!