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The Phrase “Ginned Up”
President Barack Obama used the term “ginned up” tonight when describing his reasons for supporting the economic stimulus package. posted In most cases, the phrase dates back to the 19th century and means straight up drunk. But then, in the 1970's, the phrase came to mean “getting things going,” or “to excite.” Regardless, this probably marks the first time a President has more or less mentioned being drunk in a televised press conference.
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What Does Ginned Up Mean on Yahoo Oracle
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Ginning Up the Politics
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The Meaning and Origin of the Phrase
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Meaning “To Move” or “Excite”
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- William Donahoe The Phrase "Ginned Up"
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Funny, that line stuck out to me too.
- Paul LaBarbera The Phrase "Ginned Up"
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Over the summer Bush said Wall Street “got drunk and now it's got a hangover” when he gave the reason for the economic crisis. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_FDRjluLJQ
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Ok Mister Merriam, and Alex Webster, I changed it. But for the record, M-W says, “The most frequently repeated remark about it is that “there is no such word.” There is such a word, however.” Source
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I second Alex Hong, and if you want to say “Irregardless” is in the dictionary, so is “enuf” as alternative spelling of “enough”. “Irregardless” is just unnecessarily as it usually cancels out the intent of the writer, which is to say “regardless”. Then again, this is BuzzFeed - not the New York Times. I come here for the lolwut and the pr0n. Definitely the pr0n.
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“Irregardless” is not a word.
