turn-about

[Wilson Gray]

> Some references appear to be to particularly promiscuous gay men.

Looks like a clip of "womanizer," in that case,

-Wilson

On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 12:04 AM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Maybe it's not new to anyone else, but Josh Marshall thought he had
> coined a word.
>
>  From TalkingPointsMemo:
>> I'm not sure which would make for a more colorful and entertaining
>> story: Haley exposed as an inveterate ... what I guess you'd call,
>> *man-izer* or the idea that a series of different GOP operatives, each
>> of whom is currently married, conspiring to publicly allege phony
>> affairs with Haley.
>
> Apparently, Josh Marshall liked his own coinage, because he came back
> with a second post:
>
>> I noted below the newest development in the Nikki Haley/*man-izer* saga.
>
> Of course, this is NOT new coinage--although, who can blame Josh for
> never having heard it. UD has an entry (actually, 7 of them) and there
> 227K raw ghits. Not exactly chump change.
>
> Sephora sells a product named Mary-Lou Manizer. [http://bit.ly/cFw3Zv]
>
> Some references appear to be to particularly promiscuous gay men.
>
>     VS-)
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