A fork of Rural Dictionary
Palin \pay-lin\ noun
The use of words you don’t know to express notions you never understood to get jobs you simply are not meant to have.
Palin \pay-lin\ verb
Stringing words together to enthuse an already receptive audience without anyone actually knowing what you said, then later denying what you meant despite no one actually calling you out on it since no one had been able to figure out what you actually said in the first place.
If you are stumped during a job interview after a fairly serious palin, don't forget to palin instead of letting the crushing silence finish your career before it starts.
Noun:
some very simple and easy to understand. able to be comprehended by everyone.
Verb:
to dumb something down. to simplify.
Noun:
I don't understand, can you put that in palin terms.
Verb:
I had to palin the lesson for the class.
"palin" Verb: To use the palm of the non-dominant hand to write down a note to use surreptitiously in a speech. "Palin" noun: A word written in that manner for that purpose.
"palinoid" Noun: An incomplete or partial paliin.
full palin: A palin re-creating Sarach Palin's famous use of her left hand to write prompts especially when a word which might arguably be the most powerful, essential, and potentially tricky part of the speech is crossed out.
palining: The act or producing a palin.
Palinpeek: The act of glancing surreptitiously at a palin during a formal speech, hoping not to be observed doing so.
Words used by Sarah Palin in a recent speech to the Teaparty meeting wherein she exposed to the TV camera some four or five words including "budget" which had been crossed out.
This writer knows of no other example of palining.
1. To be nominated for a political position based on perceived popularity rather than expertise.
2. Appointing or promoting an unqualified person to a job or position as a result of political influence.
Definition 1:
Jane: I just palinated Chuck for president of the Parent Teacher Association! He's just soooo cute!
Dick: She's on the ballot for condo association treasurer? Who palinated her for that?
Definition 2:
Member of Nonprofit Board of Directors: We had to palinate Joey to CFO to keep his father from firing the whole board.
Vinny Cerrato: We palinated Jim Zorn to head coach to keep Snyder happy...
avoiding answering a question by completely blowing it off and instead telling a lengthy story about something unrelated.
can you believe that palinism joe used in economics? who would have thought he could direct a question about the impact of unemployment on the market to his grandfather's farm in alabama?
to be extremely retarded to the point that actual retards take offensive to being compared to said person
Dude, you are so palin right now that it is not even funny.