A new noun/verb
This sure didn't take long. Direct from Wikipedia (via TPM), here's the latest new noun/verb:
kaloogian
noun
* A term that describes a false or out-of-context photo used in order to advance an agenda. That photo shown on O'Reilly's show last night was a kaloogian!
transitive verb: kaloogianed
* To modify a photo such that it constitutes a kaloogian. This is the image after getting kaloogianed
see also "kaloogianist"
[ Named for Howard Kaloogian, a California state assemblyman. While running for Duke Cunningham's vacated congressional seat, Kaloogian used an image of a street corner in the Istanbul suburb of Bakirkoy in order to promote the notion that "downtown Baghdad" was "much more calm and stable than what many people believe it to be," blaming the incorrect perception on the media.
The day after the Kaloogian was uncovered, candidate Kaloogian attempted a mulligan by submitting another photo depicting a calm Bagdhad. Athough the newer photo appeared to be a picture of Bagdhad, it lacked the detail necessary to support his claim, in effect representing another Kaloogian.]
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