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Definitions
Etymologies
- pink + wash (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Just as they have gotten savvier at seeing behind the curtain of product marketing, so are they looking deeper than the pinkwash during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.”
Andrea Learned: The Pinking of October: Are Consumers Buying It?
“[Thanks to the pinkwash campaign, Yoplait no longer contains rBGH!”
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TheLaughorist's list
Solipsistic Stew
sphalm, solipsism, philopolemic, fulgor, dorbel, elozable, amnion, woiwode, illiquid, pinkwash, clawback, folderol and 9 more...
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Politrix
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
vexillology, blowback, impunity, extraterritoriality, plenipotentiary, filibuster, pundit, jingoistic, gerrymander, swiftboat, espionage, ipsedixitism and 151 more...
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swordnik "...is defined by the U.S,-based group, Breast Cancer Action, as "a term used critically of corporate campaigns and practices in which the sponsoring companies position themselves as leaders in the struggle to eradicate breast cancer while engaging in practices that may be contributing to rising rates of the disease."
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Pinkwashing Jan 30, 2011
bilby "While campaigning on Saturday in Sioux City, Iowa, Mr McCain's vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin said her criticism of Obama had not been negative.
'Don't be made to feel guilty. I'm not feeling guilty,' she said as calls of 'he's a socialist' were heard from the crowd."
- 'Obama criticises 'ugly' tactics', BBC News, 25 October 2008. Oct 26, 2008
thelaughorist pinkwash -- v. To smear one with false allegations of "socialism" (at a time when a so-called conservative president is presiding over the largest government intervention since FDR's efforts during the Great Depression, when Republicans even opposed the idea of Social Security as a "socialist" move). Oct 26, 2008