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Donald Trump

"Forget digression, imbecilio, chiasmus, isocolon, paradox, diacope, anaphora, metonymy, litotes - just take offence."

Trappist Monk Discord

"Teleconferencing makes it just like they're in the room with us - things are unclear and difficult to understand."

The bluebird of passive-aggressiveness

"Presidential approval ratings. US stock market confidence indices. U.S. dollar index. So much winning."

"This is ridiculous! I say we get back on speaking terms!!"

Vladimir Putin 101: Saying the Opposite of What You Mean

'He can toot his own horn but when he starts tooting the government's we need to step in.'

Moral Outrage.

"The depth of your wrongness is so deep that it is unknowable."

'Safe!'

The psychiatrist.

The movie was over. But not for Bob.

'Well, if I'm being honest, I think he's a raging narcissist.'

'You're trying to find yourself? -- No offense, but if I were you, I'd look for somebody ELSE.'

'Do you get the feeling there isn't much substance in most conversations?'

"I just wish I hadn't spent most of my life reading the comments below online news articles"

The Three Passive/Aggressive, Co-Enabling, Chemically-Dependent Billy Goats Gruff

NBS NEWS DIVISION, 'You've written a nice editorial on Sarah Palin here, but change 'said' to 'spewed,' and 'speech' to 'vitriol.''

'You know, sometimes I think we don't even speak the same body language.'

"You know what I bet it is? I bet we're breaking up but we just don't realize it yet."

"May I air-quote you?"

"My platform can be summarized in a single word: Leadership!"

'Nice talking to you, but would you please excuse me? I need to get some air...'

Concrete action v local solution

"Dial M for MacGuffin."

'Not guilty, Your Honor, by reason of watching of watching too much political opponent-bashing.'

'I blame the internet.'

'What's the point of looking at your side of the argument when it's wrong?'

'Anyway, enough about you. Let's talk about me.'

"I'm not sure you see my point of view..." "From down here I'd say that's probably true!"

"I would like to reaffirm that my problem is with the imperialists...not with their dollars."

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