Mitt-amorphasis?

Posted: Thursday, July 12, 2007 2:33 PM by Mark Murray
Filed Under: Republicans

From NBC's Eric Wexler
Merriam-Webster's dictionary just announced its list of new words added to its 2007 edition. Those new words include IED, DVR, telenovela, smackdown, and ginormous (a combination of the words gigantic and enormous, for those of you wondering).

In the Brownback campaign's latest jab at Romney via press release, they propose a late addition to the new word list: "Mitt-amorphasis." The word is used to mean, the press release says, "A self-directed and self-contradictory cyclical process, occurring in even-numbered years, by which a Massachusetts politician transforms at will."

(Yet the Brownback folks might want to brush up on their grammar before suggesting any more new words. "Mitt-amporhasis" would be a noun -- not a verb, as the press release states.)

*** Update*** Romney campaign spokesman Kevin Madden responds to this Brownback release: “If making up imaginary words is what the American people cared about, some campaigns wouldn’t be doing so poorly. The American people care about ideas and strong leadership and Mitt Romney is gaining support across the country because he is the best candidate running an idea-based campaign on important issues.”

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Sorry, Mark. It IS a noun the way it's written. The noun is "process".

Asad (Sent Thursday, July 12, 2007 2:59 PM)

Yeah its definitely a verb.

Bobby (Sent Thursday, July 12, 2007 3:14 PM)

Ginormous should appear in the usage for the word IED. That's the way my kid described the noise.

Mel, Illinois (Sent Thursday, July 12, 2007 3:31 PM)

Namecalling -- Republicans don't usually resort to that do they? I would be careful about making fun of someones name if mine was Brownback. So many possibilities -- wet, green, broke, throw, etc.

Russell in Maryland (Sent Thursday, July 12, 2007 3:44 PM)

As a Kansan, I cannot overstate what a colossal embarrassment Brownback is. He's got some nerve calling someone else a waffler when he himself flip-flopped on his immigration-bill vote in the space of 13 MINUTES!
Mr. Brownback, stop embarrassing Kansas and drop out while you still have a semblance of dignity.

S. Richard, Olathe, KS (Sent Thursday, July 12, 2007 6:28 PM)

Brownback is. He's got some nerve calling someone else a waffler when he himself flip-flopped on his immigration-bill vote in the space of 13 MINUTES!

Good man that Brownback. He must have checked his e-mails and phone calls just before the vote, and saw where the people of Kansas stood on [sc]amnesty.

Ralph Smith, Kansas City, Kansas (Sent Thursday, July 12, 2007 9:42 PM)

Brownback is an idiot.

Ronny, Austin, TX (Sent Friday, July 13, 2007 12:56 AM)

Chutzpah...I have a name for you senator. I shall call you Brownback-and-forth, you immigration hypocrite.

Steve, Seattle Wa (Sent Friday, July 13, 2007 10:23 AM)

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