Posted on 01/08/2007 4:22:41 PM PST by Enchante
It's official. "Nifong" is now a verb.....
Nifonged is a verb that describes the railroading or harming of a person with no justifiable cause to do so, except for one's own gain. It can be used as a substitute for "screwed" and many other similar words.
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In a back-off column published this week, Sheehan wrote, "like others, I was outraged. And I wrote about it. I make no apology for that. It is not my job to wait for cases to be resolved and then walk through the aftermath and shoot the dead."
I'm sure the Duke lacrosse players are comforted by that.
The Durham activists who banged pots and pans and hung wanted posters of the Duke lacrosse team have put up their own "wall of silence," refusing to talk to press as Nifong's case has fallen apart and their sympathetic victim has become a liar.
Mike Nifong himself, who publicly condemned the team in what may amount to an ethics violation, and may have withheld exculpatory evidence, now wants to be part of the "healing process."
And the accuser will likely get tuition money from Jesse Jackson, who promised it to her whether or not her story proved true.
In Durham, it seems, it's possible to learn exactly nothing in 10 months -- that's a trick a lot of people pick up in college towns, but it's not encouraging in this case.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
NIFONG: A hideous pile of excrement fouling up the air.
It's also an adverb, as in:
That was a truly depraved and NIFONGLY way to treat a human being.
LOL...
Right again!
He is a Rat, he will get over.
"It's official. "Nifong" is now a verb....."
Nifong needs to be Swift Boated....
syn.: Fitzed ; compare Earled; ant.: Ashcrofted: failure to prosecute or pursue the obviously guilty
Good article - good find.
I hope this guy goes down just as hard as Lurch with the same balancing affect on the scales of righteous indignation.
I also hope the parents sue him till his balls fall off. He needs to be made an example of what happens when personal ambition runs amok in the justice system.
The big question... how did Mary Katherine get this posted on the ABC site?
DAMMIT! I was the first one to use "Nifonged" right here about 3-4 weeks ago, I want my copyright protection upheld - who do I sue?!?!?!
Wow! make sure you read the very last 2 paragraphs. Great piece.
Last 2 paragraphs...
Want to know the real "social disaster" at Duke? It's not that the "larger truths" this non-crime revealed trumped the presumption of innocence. It's not that a bunch of ostensibly intelligent, socially conscious grown-ups let their liberal guilt-fest overtake the facts of a case, convicting 46 innocent young men in the court of public opinion as a ticket to the hippest candlelight vigil of the decade.
It's that, even now, they're not ashamed of it. And, until they are, I'm afraid Durham, Duke, future athletes, future rape victims, the local justice system and race relations are all -- what's the word? -- "Nifonged."
I was hardly original; it is interesting that the first syndicated use I saw was Kathleen Parker and now this.
I would love to take credit for it and truth be told, when I did use it here I hadn't seen it used elsewhere but some things just write themselves and some fools are destined to leave indelible marks as they pass through this sloppy muck called life.
Forget the link:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Nifonged
And the accuser will likely get tuition money from Jesse Jackson, who promised it to her whether or not her story proved true.
Forgot the link:
Thanks Howlin!
This is getting kind of freaky.
Everybody's trying to get out in front of the parade now, implying they never believed Nifong or the girl.
But WE know, don't we?
So long ding dong Nifong.
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