tripartisan

[Victor Steinbok]

HA! I did not even think of trying "trypartisan". In fact, there are a
few hits.

http://www.slate.com/id/2210870/

But most instances occur in random blog comments that are generally
known for often being illiterate.

http://bit.ly/cSC8mb

     VS-)

On 4/1/2010 1:53 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
> At 1:47 PM -0400 4/1/10, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>
>> There appears to be an increasing use of "tripartisan" (with and without
>> a hyphen). Much of it is a mocking reference to the involvement of Joe
>> Lieberman who is nominally "independent", but not all.
>>
>> http://bit.ly/dhjCKz
>>
>>> Nearly four months ago, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), who's helping
>>> lead a tri-partisan group on finding a compromise energy/climate
>>> package, told reporters, "You remember the artist formerly known as
>>> Prince? This is the market-based system for punishing polluters
>>> previously known as 'cap and trade.'"
>>>
>> http://bit.ly/9uZ50I
>>
>>> My purpose for joining Secretary Duncan and Rev. Al Sharpton is to
>>> bring all of our efforts together to formulate a "tripartisan" plan
>>> for arriving at a breakthrough in education.
>>>
>> I am not even sure Newt Gingrich's usage makes any sense. Did he mean
>> "tripartite"?
>>
>> VS-)
>>
>>
> Not quite as catchy as "trysexual".
>
> LH
>

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