Monday, November 25, 2019

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

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