February 2, 2018

Words used in a presidential joint address to Congress for the first time this year include "spine," "legend," "motto," "unaccustomed."

Also "booby" (in "booby-trapped") and "crutches," "respiration," "tormentors," and "timelines." Trump was also the first President since Andrew Jackson to use "weep." Last year, Trump was the first President to say "vile" and "lawn."

I'm reading an article in The Washington Post that lists Trump's new words — along with the corresponding words by Presidents Obama, George W. Bush, and Clinton.

Obama was first to say "swipe," "antsy," obesity," "laundry," "bump," "bone," and "freak."

Bush was the first to say "waitress," "dripping," "daddy," "mom," "incoherent," "Muslim," and "hotel."

Bill Clinton was first to say "horrendous," "bunch," "mohair," "toys," "punchline," "gay," "baseball," and "heartbroken."

45 comments:

Rob said...

I'm surprised Bill Clinton wasn't the first to say "bone": "I did not bone that woman, Ms. Lewinsky."

Bilwick said...

Words that wouldn't have been used in the SOTU speech had Hillary been elected: "liberty," "Constitution," and "honesty."

TrespassersW said...

"I realize that Congressional Republicans are unaccustomed to actually showing some spine, if they did, it would become the stuff of legend."

Couldn't figure out how to work "motto" in there.

Achilles said...

For Roy:

The old motto of Congressional Republicans was "roll over, roll over..."

Ignorance is Bliss said...

Obama was first to say ... "bone,"...

Noun, or verb?

exiledonmainstreet, green-eyed devil said...

Bush was the first to say "waitress," "dripping,"

I'm surprised it wasn't Clinton.

Achilles said...

Someone should find out who was first to say conspiracy, coup, perjury, FISA, FISC, "mass indictments," collusion...

Trumpit said...

Trump, a booby, makes me weep bigly. Sad! And as the worst president of all time, one hopes he will get the booby prize of impeachment, and then oblivion. George W. Bush was notoriously incoherent in thoughts, speech, and actions. Bush, Cheney, Rice, et al., all get the historical booby prize of infamy (and hell) for starting a war in the Middle East that killed a million people.

Bay Area Guy said...

If Hillary had won, we woulda heard, "pantsuit," "e-mails," "eruptions," "bimbos," "kiss it"

Nonapod said...

Just glancing at those words certain impressions are driven home for me. For example, I'll note that Obama was a divider who was fond of strawman arguments. It's not surprising that many of his first-used-SotU-words tended to have adversarial and group based connotations. Like any good proponent of identity politics, he liked identifying groups and discussing their grievances.

Left Bank of the Charles said...

Trump was also the last President to use "the" in a Presidential address to Congress.

traditionalguy said...

They should also scan the Tweets for the year for new Presidential uses of words on social platforms. That would be some real entertainment.

Char Char Binks, Esq. said...

I'm still waiting for "garner".

Earnest Prole said...

Obama was first to say "bump," "bone," and "freak."

Some jokes make their own gravy.

Jim at said...

Obama was first to say "swipe," "antsy," obesity," "laundry," "bump," "bone," and "freak."

Bump, bone and freak were all in the same sentence, if I recall.

lgv said...

Obama's word list seems unimpressive. My favorite word in the entire list is mohair. I've always wanted a mohair suit.


JohnAnnArbor said...

"Mohair"?

madAsHell said...

I figured Obama was the first to use the word smidgen......or is Obama's statement already being white-washed out of history.

TrespassersW said...

And electric boots, lgv?

James Pawlak said...

Have any presidents used the words: Traitor; Whore; Pimp(-ing); Scum; Puke?

FullMoon said...

Bush, Cheney, Rice, et al., all get the historical booby prize of infamy (and hell) for starting a war in the Middle East that killed a million people.

Halliburton !!!Halliburton!! OIL !! OIL !!!

Drago said...

Obama only used the words "I" and about 5 others...hmmm...none of which I can recall at this time.

Drago said...

Trumpit forgot to include Trump and his policies killing over 784 Million americans (all of us about 2.5 times over, according to lefty complaints.

The Godfather said...

Wasn't Obama the first to use the words "if" "you" "like" "your" "plan" "doctor" "you" "can" "keep" "your" "plan" "doctor"?

Meade said...

"Obama was first to say "swipe,""

5 years ago, February 12, 2013:

"America must also face the rapidly growing threat from cyber-attacks. (Applause.) Now, we know hackers steal people’s identities and infiltrate private emails. We know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets. Now our enemies are also seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid, our financial institutions, our air traffic control systems. We cannot look back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our economy.

And that’s why, earlier today, I signed a new executive order that will strengthen our cyber defenses by increasing information sharing, and developing standards to protect our national security, our jobs, and our privacy. (Applause.)"

Remember:

As early as 2009, officials with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) expressed concerns over possible violations of normal federal government record-keeping procedures at the State Department under then-Secretary Clinton.

In December 2012, near the end of Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State, a nonprofit group called Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or CREW, filed a FOIA request seeking records about her email. CREW received a response in May 2013: "no records responsive to your request were located." Emails sent to Clinton's private clintonemail.com address were first discovered in March 2013, when a hacker named "Guccifer" widely distributed emails sent to Clinton from Sidney Blumenthal, which Guccifer obtained by illegally accessing Blumenthal's email account. The emails dealt with the 2012 Benghazi attack and other issues in Libya and revealed the existence of her clintonemail.com address.

Blumenthal did not have a security clearance when he received material from Clinton that has since been characterized as classified by the State Department.


— Wikipedia: Hillary Clinton email controversy

Mark said...

Damn it Drago! Steal my joke (Which actually was -- What? Obama used words other than "I"?)

Guildofcannonballs said...

Guildofcannonballs said...
That and anyone convicting Trump of Obama's crimes is/hasbeen/willbe described again and again; you just didn't see it.

Fighting the last war has blinded you, so you scream louder.

We feel your pain brother.

5/18/16, 11:15 PM

Guildofcannonballs said...

Guildofcannonballs said...
"I mean, he himself is described as heavy, sure. But I can't remember hearing some newsreader say "Moore's heavily edited documentary alleges..." or anything like that. Why?"

They want you to know the falsehoods you speak are ridiculous but that you are forced to say them anyway against your will, or just impotently ask "why" like a child.

That is how they know they control you.

Why do they want to control you?

Because they can.

4/4/17, 7:11 PM
Guildofcannonballs said...
"Right-wingers don't have humor. They have sadism and masochism."

I thought we owned bondage too. Did we cede away the slaves I put in chains or something? Those chains aren't cheap friendo.

Maybe I will use zip ties next time.

4/4/17, 7:14 PM
Biff said...
I remember being a kid and thinking that documentaries were supposed to be non-fiction.

4/4/17, 7:17 PM
Guildofcannonballs said...
What finally drove me batshit was convicting Trump of Obama's crimes.

Bastards.

4/4/17, 7:32 PM

Guildofcannonballs said...

Where the fuck is David Baker?

DAVID I HOPE YOU ARE OKAY AND DOING WELL.

NOBODY GETS THEM ALL RIGHT.

NO COINCIDENCES IN POLITICS.

CUNNEREAGLE MIDNIGHT CROSS TRiPLESY

Richard Dillman said...

Obama was the master of narcissistic diction. He set records for the use if I and probably for using me. He said folks quite often as well when he wanted to bond with his audience. He lived in a forest of strawmen.

Guildofcannonballs said...

Could anyone make some cashodough saying "Yeah but, ya know, know now that is now knownly known as settled, and it shoulda been "for" not "of" and ergo is all completely asinine.

Of ya know the part extrapolate to the whole and all, in these specific circunstances, which are all that matter, duh, otherwise why aren't we all ya know some other entity asking others other questions about other things regarding not the things we are referring to, natch.

narciso said...

Was that around the time chins hacker filched 20 million rpm files, when a Russian hacker stole records on the health care exchange.

Guildofcannonballs said...

I'll degrade myself, yet again, and give it; if I said I never would I was knowingly lying.

I get off on, not quite unlike the Jerry Springer audience(s), the zingers.

Nasty as they wanna be.

I tried to rise above and failed. But I will, indeed times seven times seven times seven times many many sevens, try again.

I applaud a Great American, Ann Althouse, for allowing for me to be so very personally grateful for our freedoms and liberty.

Showing these faggy boomercuck Vichy Americans how an American acts is an act of Americanism. Still.

Guildofcannonballs said...

Anybody who cared could spend a lifetime appreciating American spirit(s), and ergo we, Americans, all know we have to be weary of those attacking us, especially when it, the attacks, are all of the same variety: God loved you too much and might take it away so listen to me and what I say.

Too many variables of multi.

Guildofcannonballs said...

de·scribe
dəˈskrīb/Submit
verb
1.
give an account in words of (someone or something), including all the relevant characteristics, qualities, or events.
"the police said the man was described as white, 6 ft. tall, with mousy, cropped hair"
synonyms: report, recount, relate, tell of, set out, chronicle; More
2.
mark out or draw (a geometric figure).
"on the diameter of a circle an equilateral triangle is described"
synonyms: delineate, mark out, outline, trace, draw
"the pen described a circle"

Robert Catesby said...

Got to get another cup of cofefe.

Guildofcannonballs said...

I know it doesn't matter, but I believe J eff G oldstein helped show me how to think like no other.

He did it for free to me not including a bunch of dumb things that don't make it free to me or anyone, I am Friedman nosuchfreelunchthing guying, but I am also a harmful jackass.

It took courage for protein wisdom to do what it did, and that is truly how I found Althouse*.

Like an anti-Sir Archy, or hate-filled Tequilla-ed up Feste (hat tip Sir), or sober Ritno, I too found myself unwanted, unloved, and most importantly, rightfully so.

*I thought it was hillarious my favorite proteinwisdom post you thought was not labeled as satire or something but a true "live blog" of some CPAC or something event where J.G. played the funny guy and insulted his future-to-be boss R. Simon but was so funny about it, with the Aussie and stuff, I mean c'mon it was good good stuff uh oh you readin' this far I drunk dude hhow come you can't tell yet yo b ro vuck off!!!

Guildofcannonballs said...

Really the best thing, okay the best, the very best, VERY, (wow that capitol capital thing makes s sure diffy whoa!) is Dwight Yoakam's you'll be sorry you asked.

Some actor, Hearry Dean Stanton, ?, too non-diabetic to loop/look it wup, is all frightened by the cigarrette in his had when told he can't be somoking it.

Wait.

This is a link

Gahrie said...

Bump, bone and freak

Aren't they hip hop stars?

Guildofcannonballs said...

I thought the Dead lyric in Uncle John's Band was "there was, a guild of cannon balls, there motto is Don't Tread on Me" but lo and behold it was wactually more like "there Walls are built with cannon balls, their motto is don't tread on me" so I guess I was wrong all along.

Sorry not sorry not sorry.

I'm Catholic: 'Course I'm Sorry!

Paul Ciotti said...

Guildofcannonballs,

Hey good coinage--The Vichy French of Foggy Bottom.

Guildofcannonballs said...

God loved and blessed me so much, that now I gotta listen to you?

You crazy?

walter said...

Put the best minds on this..

walter said...

-Like Beavis and Buttheaad: "He said___. Huh huh, huh huh"

Curious George said...

"Hillary was the first to say "What Happened"