Biden's "coded message"

[Victor Steinbok]

Of course , he was! He meant "shit".

     VS-)

On 10/12/2012 5:00 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> Bet you didn't know Joe Biden was talking in "code" when he used the word
> "malarkey" last night:
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/loaded-message-behind-biden-malarkey-172910935--election.html
>
> Another "dog whistle" detectable only by the initiated?
>
> Should we others be turned off by his hifalutin use of an obscure and
> arcane, even pointy-headed, dictionary term?
>
> JL

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