The putdown is a familiar one for the Kennedy family. From Wordnik.com. [The American Spectator] Reference
The Hebrew word behama, meaning water oxen, is a slang putdown meaning dolt. From Wordnik.com. ['Compassion' On Campus] Reference
The pat-down is becoming a Constitutional putdown!. From Wordnik.com. [DON'T TOUCH MY JUNK: Best of the TSA body search cartoons [*Updated]] Reference
How humiliated he must feel by this public putdown!. From Wordnik.com. [Preparing for Rwanda] Reference
This is not a putdown of the civil rights leadership. From Wordnik.com. [Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Jeremiah Wright Threw Himself Under the Bus] Reference
And that is just a putdown that you just can't accept. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 11, 2008] Reference
A fellow comedian once gave me a great heckle putdown. From Wordnik.com. [Portrait of the artist: Ronni Ancona, comedian] Reference
` I think it goes back to when "Scotch" was a putdown. '. From Wordnik.com. [Fleshmarket Close]
Another master of the heckler putdown was Ronald Reagan. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 20, 2006] Reference
It may be a funny putdown, but the woman was still right. From Wordnik.com. [The Best Comeback Line Ever] Reference
To paraphrase the best putdown I ever got in high school. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Lieberman Criticizes Administration For Publicly Clashing With Israel: ‘Sometimes Silence Is Really Golden’] Reference
"It may be a funny putdown, but the woman was still right.". From Wordnik.com. [The Best Comeback Line Ever] Reference
Your next move: Instead of acknowledging the putdown, reverse it. From Wordnik.com. [Jonathan Littman: Tips to Survive the Cubemate from Hell] Reference
Her putdown of Chris Matthews was great, not that many people saw it. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Spokesman: She Won Because New Hampshire Voters "Liked What They Saw"] Reference
"I think anyone over the age of 80 would like you" is Simon's putdown. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-02-01] Reference
Garry, normally so quick with a clever line and a putdown, was at a loss. From Wordnik.com. [Dead Famous]
Such a public royal putdown, they hope, will erode his credibility abroad. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 12, 2007] Reference
I didn't see anything in that statement that was a putdown to Nancy Pelosi. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 15, 2009] Reference
Bill Maher's anti-heckling technique reminds us another pro of the putdown. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 22, 2007] Reference
He was debating Vice President Dan Quayle when he delivered this famous putdown. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 23, 2006] Reference
But then I read Bill Maher's brief putdown of the Winter Olympics the other day. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Lampley: Bill Maher Can't Lay a Glove on the Olympics] Reference
It's supposed to be a putdown that Politico appeals to our "tabloid sensibility.". From Wordnik.com. [Stodgy old TNR whines about how cool Politco is.] Reference
Remember his serene putdown of her rabid insistence that he "denounce and reject"?. From Wordnik.com. [Debate Alert! Hillary And Obama Campaigns Accept Invite To ABC Debate In Philly] Reference
(Soundbite of laughter) FEINSTEIN: And that's no putdown of Columbia or Dartmouth. From Wordnik.com. [Gridiron Fans Preoccupied With College Bowl Games] Reference
Maybe Mrs. Obama just expresses affection in the somewhat unusual idiom of the putdown. From Wordnik.com. ['You're Not Going to Get Pregnant'] Reference
Now, to me, that sounds more of a calculated putdown than either tone-deaf or clueless. From Wordnik.com. [Is That "Feed a Fever..."?] Reference
Man, now there's a putdown worthy of after dinner badinage at the Algonquin Round Table. From Wordnik.com. ["There's always that doubt in the back of the minds of people of color... that you believe that somehow someone is better than you..."] Reference
I think more than just making her feel old, it sort of felt like she saw it as a putdown. From Wordnik.com. [Please Don't Call Me 'Ma'am'] Reference
They're using the "e" word, experience, to try to one-up the competition or as a putdown. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 7, 2007] Reference
"Man, now there's a putdown worthy of after dinner badinage at the Algonquin Round Table.". From Wordnik.com. ["There's always that doubt in the back of the minds of people of color... that you believe that somehow someone is better than you..."] Reference
That said, why should anyone be troubled by a condescending putdown during a presidential debate?. From Wordnik.com. [Damsel in Distress] Reference
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