Bidenisms

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Bidenisms are comments from U.S. President Joe Biden unique to his speaking style. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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In 2014 Jonathan Topaz of Politico noted that Biden's "off-the-cuff style has made him perhaps the most eminently quotable person in Washington". In his piece Topaz listed 15 top Bidenisms [1] from The New Yorker profile of Biden. [5] Evan Osnos of The New Yorker commented that Biden disliked teleprompters, which resulted in gaffes called "Joe Bombs" by Barack Obama's team during their competitive campaign for presidency. An example: "Folks, I can tell you I've known eight Presidents, three of them intimately". In his childhood, Biden stuttered, and reading aloud was still more difficult for him compared to an improvised talk. [5]

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Foreign Affairs

Matt Viser of The Washington Post notes that Biden frequently inserts quotes of his relatives, most often of his father, a car salesman. "My dad had an expression, 'Joey, don't compare me to the Almighty, compare me to the alternative.'" Viser said it is hard to say whether all these quotes do come from Biden's clan: "…his father seemed to have enough sayings to fit almost every circumstance — even geopolitical lessons". [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Jonathan Topaz, "New Yorker profile: 15 Bidenisms", Politico , July 21, 2014
  2. 1 2 Matt Viser, "Joe Biden unspools an endless supply of 'Bidenisms' on the campaign trail", The Washington Post , January 24, 2020
  3. James A. Nollet, The Ultimate BIG Book of Bidenisms: with 400 Bidenisms in COLOR, 2020, ISBN   979-8582463245
  4. "Biden and His 'Bidenisms.' You Might Hear Them in the Debate Tonight.", The New York Times , July 31, 2019
  5. 1 2 3 Evan Osnos, "The Biden Agenda", The New Yorker , July 20, 2014
  6. Evan Osnos, Joe Biden. The Life, the Run, and What Matters Now, 2020, ISBN   1982174099
  7. Stahl, Jeremy (2009-09-18). "Introducing Bidenisms". Slate. ISSN   1091-2339 . Retrieved 2023-03-24.
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  9. Smith, Ben. "An awkward moment in Columbia". Politico. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
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