Citations:romney

English citations of romney

to defecate in terror

2012 January 10, Indianapolis Web Design, “Romney”, in Spreading Romney, retrieved 2012-06-15:
romney (rom-ney) v. 1. To defecate in terror.
2012 January 15, Galen Hekhuis, “Re: #You've been Romney-ed! Obama must beware GOP foreign policy vortex”, in alt.society.liberalism‎^[1] (Usenet), message-ID <kav5h7d7uiddmpb61madvkk1l7fp1lar8g@4ax.com>:
Er, doesn't "being Romneyed" refer to having the crap scared out of you?
2012 January 17, Hit & Run, “"Romney" is now a verb”, in Proxy Whore Refuge‎^[2]:
A car came around the curve in my lane and I Romneyed in my pants.
2012 February 2, JenniferJuniper, “Josh's instagram”, in Free Jinger‎^[3]:
After seeing that episode where the little Bates and Duggar kids were almost overcome by the stench from Duggars' clogged bus toilet, somehow I don't think Boob would care much if Kitty frequently romneyed.
2012 February 9, Chairslinger, “Mittens is close to having a google problem”, in Day One Patch‎^[4]:
You Romneyed me!
2012 February 13, Erin Gloria Ryan, “Internet Jokesters Redefine ‘Romney’ To Mean ‘Shitting Oneself in Terror’”, in Jezebel‎^[5]:
Use it as a verb, as in, "When I saw the Santorum, I Romneyed in my pants."
2012 February 13, Evan Mulvihill, “Like His Foe Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney Now Too Has A Scatological Google Problem”, in Qweerty‎^[6], retrieved 2012-02-20:
I sneaked my pet squirrel, Nutsy, into Six Flags and took it on the Scrambler. Needless to say, Nutsy Romney’d all over the bag I was keeping her in.
2012 February 14, Richard Adams, “US politics live: Rick Santorum's surge threatens Mitt Romney”, in The Guardian‎^[7], →ISSN:
The verb has been associated with an infamous incident in which the former Massachusetts governor strapped Seamus, the family dog, in a box on the roof of the car during a 1983 road trip. Overcome with terror, Seamus romneyed all over the place.
2012 February 29, US, “Re: Children do best when raised by nonviolent people”, in alt.religion.christian.roman-catholic‎^[8] (Usenet), message-ID <44ask7ta90ec1q79n2jl47qt6dkca6g498@4ax.com>:
You're cowering in fear of the imaginary, and romneying all over your keyboard.
2012 March 2, pizzaboy, “Re: Election 2012”, in Gangsterbb.net‎^[9]:
That guy got Romneyed!

to unconsciously brag about one's wealth

2012 February 27, David Weigel, “Introducing: “Romneying””, in Slate‎^[10], retrieved 2012-06-14:
This is what we can now call "Romneying" -- unforced references to one's own economic success.
2012 March 5, Alex Seitz-Wald, “Ann Romney: ‘I Don’t Even Consider Myself Wealthy’”, in Think Progress‎^[11], retrieved 2012-06-14:
Apparently “Romneying” — defined as “accidentally bragging about your place high up in the economic stratosphere” — runs in the family.
2012 March 5, Michael J.W. Stickings, “The Romneying of Ann Romney: Is she a privileged rich douchebag, too?”, in Tufts Roundtable Commons‎^[12], retrieved 2012-06-14:
2012 March 13, calebsally, “Romney: I'm friends with Jets, Dolphins owners (comment)”, in CBS News‎^[13], retrieved 2012-06-16:
I remember how some conservatives *claimed* to dislike Obama because he was elitist. Now they're rabidly defending Mitt's "Romneying" with wide-eyed "what's-wrong-with-being-rich??!" smarminess.
2012 May 3, Michael J.W. Stickings, “What's the deal with Ann Romney's $1K shirt?”, in The Reaction‎^[14], retrieved 2012-06-16:
And when it comes to flaunting wealth, it's abundantly clear the Romneys have zero clue -- hence her husband's constant "Romneying" (as well as her own) -- about what appeals and what doesn't to those beneath them in the class system, which is to say, almost everyone.

to flip-flop/a flip-flop

2011 October 26, FMR, “I Romneyed Again”, in Fake Mitt Romney‎^[15], retrieved 2012-06-14:
From here on I would like my changing stances on issues to be called Romneys.... This of course will lead to the following conjugations:
Romney Romneys on issue.
Romney Romneyed on issue Romney already Romneyed before.
Will Romney Romney again or will Romney’s original Romney stand?
How many Romneys could Romney Romney if Romney could Romney again?
Of course, I reserve the right to Romney on this stance at any time.
2012 May 9, Real Men Wear Green, “Obama Backs Gay Marriage (comment)”, in Inside Hoops‎^[16], retrieved 2012-06-14:
Don't feel like hunting it down but before he was President Obama actually supported gay marriage. He Romneyed his support back because it was politically expedient when he was aiming for the White House.
2012 June 4, Michael D. Shear, quoting Michael Cannon, “Conservatives Attack Romney’s Choice to Lead Transition”, in The Caucus‎^[17], The New York Times, retrieved 2012-06-14:
Romney's appointment of Leavitt is a first step toward flip-flopping—or Etch-a-Sketching, or Romneying(TM), or whatever—on ObamaCare repeal.

other protologistic usages

2012 February 1, Rosa Brookes, “America's waning influence”, in Los Angeles Times‎^[18], →ISSN, retrieved 2012-06-14:
Stung by Republican attacks, Obama has been insisting that he's no declinist. In last week's State of the Union address, he nearly out-Romneyed Romney, proclaiming, "Anyone who tells you that America is in decline or that our influence has waned, doesn't know what they're talking about."
2012 February 14, CL, “Re: Encapsulated Post Script Problems with WP XV”, in alt.corel‎^[19] (Usenet), message-ID <jhfj90$mq8$1@dont-email.me>:
IIRC, you left Massachusetts after the education system was Romneyed, but don't recall where you ended up ... or have I got that terribly wrong?
2012 April 16, “Speaking of Footprints...”, in A Surgeon Leaves His Good Blog Behind, To Rant Into The Wind‎^[20], retrieved 2012-06-14:
Could be an adjective, meaning something that can't be made to stand up. "Cook the noodles until they're romney." A noun would work there, too: "We were making love, but then I got a romney." Or maybe a verb, referring to lying so transparently that some people nearby laugh out loud, while others have their heads explode. As in, "Caught with a bagful of jewels outside the jewelry store, Joe denied everything. This isn't me, he romneyed. I'm across town having a beer."
2012 November 8, Adam Gold, “'Nashville' Recap: Intervention”, in Rolling Stone‎^[21], retrieved 2012-11-08:
Teddy’s mayoral campaign goes from bad to worse when the dashing candidate gets full-on Romneyed by Coleman in the first debate, but let's talks about the real issues.

to fire and hire back for lower wages

2011 September 5, Larry Josephson, “Betting industry notes: Facebook adds gambling ads”, in Covers‎^[22], retrieved 2012-06-14:
Last Friday thousands of casino/hotel workers demonstrated in front of Resorts, which basically Romneyed its workforce by firing much of its staff and hiring them back at much lower wages when the property was sold last year.

to pressure into more extreme political positions

2012 January 15, Simon Tisdall, “You've been Romney-ed! Obama must beware GOP foreign policy vortex”, in The Guardian‎^[23], →ISSN, retrieved 2012-06-14:
The challenge facing Obama is to stop himself being pressured to go further, act tougher, or behave more forcefully than he would otherwise do by opponents more concerned with vote-winning than wise foreign policymaking. In short, Obama risks being "Romney-ed".

to be too candid about political strategems

2012 March 27, Michael J.W. Stickings, “Another kind of Romneying: "Accidentally being a little too open about how the political game is played."”, in The Reaction‎^[24], retrieved 2012-06-14:
Well, there's another kind of Romneying. Jon Chait has written about it, without calling it Romneying, and, if I may add to what Chait wrote yesterday, it means: "Accidentally being a little too open about how the political game is played."

to proceed with resignation toward an undesired but inevitable end

2012 April 5, “GOP Nomination Romneys to Its Inevitable Conclusion”, in socyberty‎^[25], retrieved 2012-06-14:
To Romney: to proceed toward an inevitable end, one neither desired nor hoped for, but accepted stoically by all interested parties.
“After teetering over the edge of the oceanside precipice, the sports car romneyed slowly to the rocky shore below.”
“Damn it, Martha, I have to romney to work now.”
“The candidate, though not particularly loved by anyone, seemed the only viable choice when compared with his insane or brain-dead competitors. He eventually romneyed his way to the candidacy.”

to drive with an infant on the roof of one's car

2012 June 3, Skip Peterson, “New “Romneying” Fad Sweeps The Nation, Will Kill All Of Your Children”, in Young Man Yells at Cloud‎^[26], retrieved 2012-06-15:
The government has yet to release statistics detailing just how many babies have been killed or injured by the “Romneying” fad, but from my our statistical extrapolations and fear-based imaginations, almost a million babies have died as a result of the new craze.

to tell obvious, self-contradictory lies

2012 July 16, truebluemajority, “I'd like to do to Rmoney...”, in The Daily Kos‎^[27], retrieved 2012-07-20:
After many years of conflicting stories to everyone involved, John Edwards could no longer romney his way out of admitting paternity of Rielle's baby.

to talk over one's host (on television)

2012 October 5, Tellyphile, “Here's a Great Clip of Presidential Debate Moderator Jim Lehrer Getting Romneyed”, in Tellyphile‎^[28], retrieved 2012-10-05:
Romney: v. the act of obnoxiously talking over one's host, especially to eagerly explain how you'd like to cut them and their large yellow-feathered friend off at the knees. (See also, asshole (n.) )

to outsource (a job) to China

2012 October 1, Andrew Sullivan, “Homer Gets Romneyed”, in The Dish‎^[29], retrieved 2012-10-05:

to ballyhoo an inchoate plan to accomplish something

2012 November 5, Saturninefilms, “Romney-ing”, in YouTube‎^[30]:
Cody: All I'm doin' is telling you my stance. This is where I stand on dishes. Been there, done 'em. I'm an innovator when it comes to dishes. I can't prove it to you or anything, but you'll have to take my word for it.
Kat: Goddamn it, Cody, you're Romney-ing me!

to interview with gotcha journalism

2012 November 21, The Rush Limbaugh Show‎^[31] (Radio), Rush Limbaugh (actor):
Essentially what's happening here is that Rubio is being Romneyed.

to secretly record political speech to a closed audience

2013 April 11, “Mitch McConnell Electronically Romneyed!”, in The Pardu's Scroll‎^[32], retrieved 2013-04-13: