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- (We have not used quotation marks in this paragraph because that from which it is basically copied is in an unpublished decision of Division 7; we give credit only to avoid any claim of "Bidenism.")1991, attorneys representing the City of Long Beach, California, brief submitted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