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In reply to the discussion: Giuliani: I Didn't Forget 9/11, I Was Using ‘Abbreviated Language’ [View all]SunSeeker
(57,467 posts)22. Yeah, he "abbreviated" the truth right out of the language.
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It's a cousin to "I was just being sarcastic." Or "I was only being a little sarcastic."
MADem
Aug 2016
#15
conservative brain rot is truly setting in-- they gotten away with too much shit for too long
Fast Walker 52
Aug 2016
#53
"Abbreviated Language"? From the same guy who couldn't stop chastising Hillary for saying...
timlot
Aug 2016
#19
Notice how many of them started using "short circuit" last week only hours after Clinton said it?
George II
Aug 2016
#26
My wife asked - "what the heck is abbreviated language", I answered "you can lie and get...
George II
Aug 2016
#25
"All human beings speak in abbreviated language at times." Even if they don't know what it means?
George II
Aug 2016
#27
Abbreviating language is done in such a way as to maintain accuracy of statement.
LanternWaste
Aug 2016
#34
When Hillary used abbreviated language to answer reporter about FBI and emails she was labeled
blm
Aug 2016
#37
Rudy didn't abbreviate himself enough. The man needs to shut up and sit down.
ancianita
Aug 2016
#47
"I didn't forget 9/11. I hardly would. I almost died in it," he said.
left-of-center2012
Aug 2016
#55