Turd Blossoms in Texas?; Merv Griffin "Oooh!"

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On 8/13/07, Bapopik at aol.com <Bapopik at aol.com> wrote:
>
> TURD BLOSSOM--Karl Rove (Turd Blossom/Boy Genius/Bush's Brain) has just
> stepped down.

Clearly it was Barry's "turd blossom" research that pushed him over
the edge. Barry posted about the expression on ADS-L at 2 am Eastern
Time, and the Wall St Journal broke the story of Rove's resignation on
their website at about 4 am. Beware the power of the Popik!


--Ben Zimmer

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