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Bidenism
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Etymology
From en Biden -ism. The plagiarism sense is a reference to the plagiarism scandal in September 1987 that ended Joe Biden 1988 presidential campaign Biden's first presidential campaign.
Noun
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en US politics uncountable The ideology and policies of Joe Biden (born 1942), American politician and the 46th president of the United States.
en US politics A quip, phrase or aphorism commonly said by Joe Biden (born 1942), American politician and the 46th president of the United States.
en 2013 w:Michael Grunwald The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era Simon and Schuster 9781451642339 256 When talking about policies, he often said the president “gets it,” a condescending Bidenism for “agrees with me.”
en 2019 w:Susan Rice Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For Simon & Schuster 9781501189975 409 Invoking one of the vice president's Bidenisms, "Don't die on a small cross," I proposed that we instead pursue a "Big Bang."
en 2020 w:Jill Biden Joey: The Story of Joe Biden Simon and Schuster 9781534480544 1991 BIDENISMS If you have to ask, it's too late.
en US politics dated colloquial An instance of plagiarism, or the act of plagiarism.
Summer 1988, Cristine Russell, Newsletter of the National Association of Science Writers, p. 14:
This is an election year, so forgive me if I steal a line from a more innocent time to ask also for help from the rest of you (not to be accused of a Bidenism, it's from JFK's inaugural address)
January 1989, Stanford Parris, Hearings before the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, page 94:
That was Mr. Seidman's line. I don't want to do a Bidenism here.
1991, attorneys representing the City of Long Beach, California, brief submitted to the California Court of Appeal (2nd District), page 22:
(We have not used quotation marks in this paragraph because that from which it is basically copied is in an unpublished decision of Division 7; we give credit only to avoid any claim of "Bidenism.")
See also
en Bushism
en Joe Biden
en eponyms
en Eponymous political ideologies