Left for dead in 2005, Rudy Giuliani reinvents himself as slimeball

From the October 16, 2005, Buffalo News.

Subpoena indicates federal investigators interested in Giuliani's business.  (CNN, 11/25/2019)

Federal prosecutors investigating associates of Rudy Giuliani have launched a broad investigation that could include criminal charges ranging from conspiracy, obstruction of justice, campaign finance violations and money laundering, according to a subpoena sent to at least one witness and seen by CNN.

According to Merriam-Webster, the first known use of "slimeball" --  as defined as a morally repulsive or odious person -- occurred in 1972.

Other coinages from the same year include:

1. brain-dead
2. gut-wrenching
3. kick back
4. media event
5. outie
6. sleazo
7. tomatoey