[Ads-l] suggested anti-Republican insult (probably a nonce usage)

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

The template "Xed it up" (where X is a name) has occurred in the
domains of politics and sports. Here are some miscellaneous examples
within the last decade. None of these usages gained traction.

In October 2023 U.S. football coach Vance Joseph was criticized. His
first name was used in the template. Here is a sequence of three
tweets.

[Begin tweet info]
Andrew Perloff @andrewperloff
How did the Broncos defense get this bad?
1:45 PM · Oct 1, 2023
[End tweet info]

[Begin tweet info]
heffery @heffery
Vance Joseph. And overpaying really marginal players.
1:46 PM · Oct 1, 2023
[End tweet info]

[Begin tweet info]
Jeremy Auten @Jeremyauten
Vanced it up
1:51 PM · Oct 1, 2023
[End tweet info]

In 2015 the phrase "Weve Obamaed it up a little" was employed by a
political operative working for Hillary Clinton. This seems to mean
something positive. Perhaps it refers to the use of electronic
information.

Website: Mediaboss Marketing
Article: Jerry Crawford has two goals: Delivering Iowa for Hillary
Clinton and winning the Kentucky Derby
Date: March 2nd, 2015

https://www.mediaboss.net/hillary-clinton-2/jerry-crawford-has-two-goals-delivering-iowa-for-hillary-clinton-and-winning-the-kentucky-derby.php

[Begin excerpt]
Jerry Crawford, Hillary Rodham Clintons once and future main man in
Iowa, was in his element: sorting through a pile of illegible notes,
one eye tracking the latest reports on a mini-TV and another on an
iPad stuffed with data. Weve Obamaed it up a little, he said with a
smirk.
[End excerpt]

In 2017 the phrase "Palin Palined it up" was employed by a Palin detractor.

Website: logfaqs.com
Subject: [LFQ-400] Do you think John McCain is actually a democrat?
Poster: CruelBuffalo
Time stamp: 10/20/17 1:50:40 PM
https://logfaqs.com/topic.php?id=75900434

[Begin excerpt]
No Republican would have won 2008 because of how hated Bush was. His
chance on Palin was a Hail Mary attempt to get some women and Clinton
voters but Palin Palined it up and ended up hurting him more.
[End excerpt]

In July 2024 the phrase "you Walzed it up" was used in a critical
comment about  Tim Walz.

Social Network: Facebook
Date: July 3, 2024
Topic: Governor Tim Walz - Flooding
Poster: Joeb Arrym

[Begin excerpt]
One of the main peacetime missions of the National Guard used to be
disaster preparation and recovery. You had days to prepare, governor,
but once again, you Walzed it up. You did literally nothing, again . .
.
[End excerpt]

On Wed, Sep 4, 2024 at 9:37 PM Nancy Friedman <wordworking at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Threads, August 19:
> https://www.threads.net/@andreajoylevine/post/C-3oNU-uXPS
> "He Vanced it up"
>
> (Comment on image of John Kerry with caption "20 years ago in Philadelphia,
> John Kerry ordered a cheesesteak with Swiss cheese and tomatoes.")
>
> It's hard to search the term, because YouTube produced an ad-blocking
> application called Vanced (now deprecated).
>
>
> Nancy Friedman
> Chief Wordworker
> web: wordworking.com <http://www.wordworking.com>
> substack https://fritinancy.substack.com/
> Medium <https://medium.com/@wordworking>
>
> tel 510 652-4159
> cel 510 304-3953
> bluesky/mastodon/instagram  Fritinancy
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 4, 2024 at 6:17 PM James Landau <
> 00000c13e57d49b8-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:
>
> > (warning: this is a partisan post; feel free not to read it)
> >
> > dailykos.com/stories/2024/9/3/2267610/-New-audio-bad-numbers-and-more-Vance-is-a-terrible-running-mate?detail=emailrecap&pm_source=ICYMI&pm_campaign=ICYMI09042024&pm_medium=email?no_rewrite%3Dtrue
> >
> > <quote>
> >
> > Every day that Vance spends on the campaign trail is another day in which
> > failed 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee and former Alaska
> > Gov. Sarah Palin feels better about herself. He’s not just bad,
> > he’s epically bad. Bad enough that “Vance” might as well be a synonym for a
> > poorly considered, deeply unwise decision.
> >
> >
> > Trump really vanced his choice of running mate.
> > <end quote>
> > James Landau
> > jjjrlandau at netscape.com
> >
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