Wisconsin native.
"The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him."--GKC
"Liberalism is the modern and morbid habit of always sacrificing the normal to the abnormal" --G K Chesterton
"The only objective of Liberty is Life" --G K Chesterton
"A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition." -- Rudyard Kipling
Friday, December 28, 2007
The Reason to Read Charlie Sykes
In a very enjoyable review of the year, Sykes manufactures an Excellent New Word:
Former Mayor Paul Soglin endured the wrath of the quicheoisie,
After about 3 weeks of practice, I may be able to pronounce it...
Sorry Charlie.
ReplyDeleteKEESH-wah-zee.
ReplyDeleteAnd there's this link from August, perhaps showing that Charlie (or Charlie's ghostwriter) reads the Isthmus and borrowed the word from there.
I was the one who posited that Charlie invented the term, so it's my error.
ReplyDeleteBut then, I don't read Isthmus.
I only read it when I travel to the big city. Instead, I found it via Google.
ReplyDelete"boorish crap weasel" is another excellent term to describe liberals.
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