Supposedly to mean someone talking to an empty chair and
pretending someone is sitting there; is “Eastwooding” another new word born out
of the 2012 US Presidential Race?
By: Ringo Bones
Like always, we can always count on the US Republican Party
for over-the-top political statements hitherto unseen since the search for
nonexistent WMDs in Saddam’s Iraq back in March 2003. With the Ronald Reagan
3-D Holography a no show during the Republican National Convention in Tampa,
Florida a few months ago, it was up to famed Hollywood actor and conservative
stalwart Clint Eastwood to do a stunt supposedly to liven up a supposedly
matter-of-fact GOP rally.
Sadly, not all people are familiar with improvisational
acting or improv – a few that do only associate improv with Wayne Brady, who
gained notoriety as the “whitest” African-American actor in America. Clint
Eastwood supposedly castigating an empty chair as a stand in for the Democrat
President Obama has left most of us a quizzical look of puzzlement. After
parody postings of photos on various online social media sites supposedly
mimicking Clint Eastwood’s practice of interrogating an empty chair, it
probably took a few more weeks before the online community reached a consensus
to call what Clint Eastwood did to that empty chair supposedly to stand in for
President Obama during the GOP national convention in Tampa, Florida as
“Eastwooding”. At least Romnesia won’t be so lonely as the latest word in the
American English lexicon for 2012.
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