A fork of Rural Dictionary
Coined by Jon Stewart and a keystone of the Sarah Palin arsenal, this is a political technique in which one complains about "unfair" assertions and criticism made by political opponents, but then proceeds to criticize said opponents in the same, allegedly "unfair" manner. Also known as the "anchorage steamer" and the "caribou ball-swivel." See also, hypocrisy.
Sarah Palin - We've been falsely accused of being accessory to murder. This persecution is reprehensible. Blood libel...whatever that means...they're doing it. Sarah Palin - But, y'know, this shooter may have even been a leftist. People on the left clearly do not like my message and are intent on bringing America to its knees. Sarah Palin - In fact, if they didn't have their double standards, the left wouldn't have any standards! Jon Stewart - Why don't we call that an anchorage steamer...or no wait...a PALIN-DROME!
A person who makes as much sense speaking forwards as they do speaking backwards.
A ridiculous series of words that makes as much sense backward as it does forward.
Another Palin-drome from our favorite politician: "As Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where– where do they go? It's Alaska. It's just right over the border..."
someone who doesn't make sense forwards or backwards
It is hard to understand what Sarah Palin is talking about because she speaks in Palin-dromes.
a paragraph that makes as much sense forwards as backwards
SARAH PALIN: "That's why I say I, like every American I'm speaking with, we're ill about this position that we have been put in. Where it is the taxpayers looking to bail out. But ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the health care reform that is needed to help shore up our economy. Um, helping, oh, it's got to be about job creation, too. Shoring up our economy, and getting it back on the right track. So health care reform and reducing taxes and reining in spending has got to accompany tax reductions, and tax relief for Americans, and trade -- we have got to see trade as opportunity, not as, uh, competitive, um, scary thing, but one in five jobs created in the trade sector today. We've got to look at that as more opportunity. All of those things under the umbrella of job creation," ME: "Hey, you know you just said a perfect palin-drome?"
a paragraph that makes as much sense forwards as backwards
SARAH PALIN: "That's why I say I, like every American I'm speaking with, we're ill about this position that we have been put in. Where it is the taxpayers looking to bail out. But ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the health care reform that is needed to help shore up our economy. Um, helping, oh, it's got to be about job creation, too. Shoring up our economy, and getting it back on the right track. So health care reform and reducing taxes and reining in spending has got to accompany tax reductions, and tax relief for Americans, and trade -- we have got to see trade as opportunity, not as, uh, competitive, um, scary thing, but one in five jobs created in the trade sector today. We've got to look at that as more opportunity. All of those things under the umbrella of job creation," ME: "Hey, you know you just said a perfect palin-drome?"
A public figure who is extremely forward and extremely backward at the same time.
Dude 1: Fuck me, what is Glenn Beck all about? You'd think someone that stupid would keep quiet about it, but he's one of the loudest mofos in existence. Dude 2: It's simple, he's a palin drome. The more backward they are, the more forward they get.