New Term: To "Pull A Pete"

[DistressedAmerican]

Pull a Pete

verb.
1. To publicly humiliate oneself by being immensely gullible.


Related term:
A Pete

Noun.
1. A person so deluded by their own worldview that they publicly humiliate themself as a result.



(for anyone that may have missed this event and does not know what I'm referring to:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1616165&mesg_id=1616165)

[originalpckelly]

1. I concurr...

what an idiot Pete must be. :rofl:

[alcibiades_mystery]

3. By spelling concur incorrectly, you pulled a Pete

;-)

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. I have seen this guy's writings and rantings elsewhere

I also believe he posts on a small, obscure and inane group that calls themselves "annoyed" something.

To pull a Pete. That really hits it on the head.

[Crankie Avalon]

4. Yes! And how about a "compounded pete"...

..."to exascerbate one's humiliation by insisting the gullibility was a put on after the fact, e.g. "I was making a joke on you liberals.'"

[DistressedAmerican]

5. Ouch! The Hated Compound Pete Is Ugly To See! But, Hysterical To Watch!

:rofl:

[TahitiNut]

10. It's the ol' fool falling schtick.

Fool falls on his ass.
Fool is embarassed someone saw him.
Fool claims he meant to fall.
Fool 'proves' it by falling again.

Almost nothing is more predictable than damned fools proving they're fools and repeatedly falling for it.

[Ghost in the Machine]

6. it's better than pulling a tie...

[Ian David]

7. Pete is still in mourning over the loss of John "Special Ops Cody" Adam

See:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/01/iraq.hostage/index.html

[DistressedAmerican]

9. OK! YOU Are TOO Funny!

:applause:

8. similar to Rosanna Rosannadana

who I am guilty of being like at times, just trying to keep up.

[KyndCulture]

11. ROFL

I love it!!!!

[Arkansas Granny]

12. Now, now. In all fairness, the Onion probably didn't put their

:sarcasm: tag on the article, so how was poor Pete supposed to know?

:evilgrin:

[Clark2008]

13. NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I love Pete Townshend, so I wouldn't want to lend his name to anything demeaning! Or what about Peter Gabriel or Peter Frampton or, heck, Peter Rabbit!

I don't care if that idiot blogger's name is Pete. There are too many fine people named "Pete" that shouldn't be lumped in with that Onion-believing weirdo.

[DistressedAmerican]

14. Admittedly that is a problem.

The rest should always use "Peter". Leave "Pete" to the losers.

Peter Frampton, Gabriel, and Rabbit (I'll add Tosh) are fine. We'll have to write Peter Townsend a letter and let him know!