vintage, adj.

[Jonathan Lighter]

Interviewed by Candy Crowley on CNN this morning, lesbian Republican Liz
Cheney sharply criticized the President's position on gay rights as
inconsistent, opportunistic, etc. His recent remarks on the subject, she
said with displeasure, were "pretty vintage Obama."

JL

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 8:22 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> OED has this from 1939 ("vintage [Noel] Coward").  The def. is, basically,
> "classic."
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> I wonder whether the more recent ironic sense deserves mention. True,
> almost
> any word may be used ironically, but I encounter this constantly. Last week
> CNN described the Iranian president's UN address as "vintage Ahmadinejad."
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> The def. might be, "all-too-typical and familiar."
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> Something similar would then be required at "classic," which is also
> commonly used thus.
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> JL
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