TMPMITW
n.— «As your pool stood around in the parking lot of the Somerset Inn on W. Big Beaver Road, waiting for TMPMITW, Scott McClellan got an early-morning briefing about the news from yeoman Josh Deckard, who pointed out important passages as he handed the press secretary a ream of paper.» —“WH Pool Report: The President Never Did Get His Morning Papers Edition” by Joseph Curl Wonkette (Washington, D.C.) May 5, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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