Palinesque

Palinesque

See also: Palin-esque

English

Alternative forms

• Palin-esque

Etymology

Palin +‎ -esque

Adjective

Palinesque (comparative more Palinesque, superlative most Palinesque)

1. Resembling or characteristic of U.S. politician Sarah Palin.
   • 2009, Scott Conroy & Shushannah Walshe, Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar, PublicAffairs (2009), →ISBN, page 131:

     Sure enough, as the plane began its descent into Denver, cast member Amy Poehler appeared on screen with Fey, who was dressed in a Palinesque red outfit with her hair pulled up in that familiar way.

   • 2011, Catherine Herridge, The Next Wave: On the Hunt for Al Qaeda's American Recruits, Crown Forum (2011), →ISBN, page 95:

     I got out my Palinesque reading glasses, and we combed through the small print.

   • 2013, Linda Beail & Rhonda Kinney Longworth, Framing Sarah Palin: Pit Bulls, Puritans, and Politics, Routledge (2013), →ISBN, page 117:

     Many women disagreed with this Palinesque brand of post-feminist equality.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:Palinesque.