Posted on 05/18/2010 4:25:06 PM PDT by MNDude
1. misspoke
To tell a blatant lie. Coined by Hillary Clinton - Hillary Clinton has insisted that she simply "misspoke" when she claimed she landed in Bosnia under sniper fire 12 years ago. However, Mrs Clinton says she simply made a mistake due to sleep deprivation, which "proves I'm human".
2. misspoke
Clinton-speak. A euphemism used when you have lied and get caught out.
(Excerpt) Read more at urbandictionary.com ...
yes—the Urban Dictionary can be funny...
I like when they are caught committing a deliberate wrong it was a mere “mistake”.
Websters New World Dictionary 1957... misspeak: To speak or say incorrectly.
BG Burkett, Glenna Whitley, “Stolen Valor : How the Vietnam Generation Was Robbed of Its Heroes and Its History”
Coined by Hillary Clinton???? I remember Ed Brooke said that.
Misspoke actually has a longer history than that. But no doubt Hillary brought it back into fashion.
It puts together a standard prefatory element with a common word. Dictionary.com traces it back to the 12th century.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/misspoke
Misspoke: “I lied.”
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