For your delight & delectation: The Urban Dictionary defines "Palin"

[cali]

1. Palin 674 up, 39 down
1. An applicant lacking even basic job skills
2. Someone supremely un-self-aware or lacking any relative sense of what he/she does or doesn't know.
HR sent me another Palin for the marketing manager job.


awareness politics job hiring business
by drstone Oct 29, 2008 share this 1 comment
2. palin 276 up, 111 down
(v) to abandon one's principles for short term gain
Tom, a devout vegan, palined when he consumed a happy meal solely to obtain the collectible toy it contained.
weak flip-flop spineless mettle character
by halfmiler Oct 22, 2008 share this add comment
3. Palin 362 up, 41 down
n.

1. Pejorative term that refers to an incompetent, impractical, irrelevant or incapable person who has been appointed to a position of great importance.

2. A person who holds authority disproportionate to his or her requisite ethics and qualifications. Derived from John McCain's controversial 2008 Vice Presidential pick, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.
John was recently made principal, but everybody thinks he's a Palin who can't do the job.

My new boss is such a Palin - he took my deserved place because the CEO is his personal friend.


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[LeftishBrit]

1. Bwahahahahaha

I've come across a few 'Palins' in my time!

[jimshoes]

2. I shall use that at every opportunity.

Hope it sticks because it's so true. Especially this part; "2. Someone supremely un-self-aware or lacking any relative sense of what he/she does or doesn't know".

[OneBlueSky]

3. I loved it when O'Reilly said that Palin not knowing things like . . .

Africa is a continent are easily solved with a quick briefing, and therefore no big deal . . . never occurred to him, I guess, that some positions (e.g. president, vice president) require a certain minimal level of cultural literacy that includes things like, well, knowing the continents . . . and that South Africa IS a country, and not just a region of the country Africa . . .

wonder if she could name five countries in Africa . . . probably not . . . she doesn't even seem to know the countries in North America . . .

disclaimer: I do NOT watch O'Reilly . . . just saw the clip of him defending Palin somewhere online . . .