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This Ain't Your Granddaddy's Lipstick on a Pig

Contrary to Obama aide, phrase is new twist on prettying porky

By Dave Arnold, Newser User

Posted Sep 11, 2008 2:26 PM CDT

(Newser) – Whether Barack Obama was taking a rouge-colored swipe at Sarah Palin is debatable, but a staffer’s claim that "lipstick on a pig" is a phrase “older than my grandfather’s grandfather” should raise eyebrows, Ben Zimmer explains on Slate. The phrase has... Read full story »

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This Ain't Your Granddaddy's Lipstick on a Pig

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