TagHillary Clinton

Chillary

Chillary Β n.β€”Gloss: a nickname for Senator Hillary Clinton, whose manner is perceived by some people to be too businesslike and impersonal.Β Β«Her voice faltered, her eyes glistened, and she appeared to teeter on the brink of tears.…A performance...

ground game

ground game Β n.β€”Β Β«With polls showing an agonizingly tight contest between Hillary Clinton and her Democratic rivals and also among Republicans, the quirky statewide caucuses on Thursday could rest on who has the best β€œground game,” in campaign...

first laddie

first laddie Β n.β€”Gloss: Bill Clinton’s jocular suggestion for the title of a female president’s husband.Β Β«Hillary is taking this experiment to its extreme and logical conclusion, by attempting to become the first female president of the United...

quinfecta

quinfecta Β n.β€”Β Β«If guessing three winners in three races at the horse track is called a trifecta, what do you call Hillary Clinton’s scheduled near-sweep of the Sunday news shows? We count five separate appearances. Would that be a quinfecta, then...

triangulator

triangulator Β n.β€”Β Β«Your husband, President Clinton, who is arguably the most effective Democratic politician in a generation, was often referred to as a β€œtriangulator,” a practitioner of what was termed the third way of politics. Recently Noam...