While outgoing US President George W Bush's famous quotes, better known as 'Bushisms', kept political humorists busy through his two terms, President-elect Barack Obama too has opened an account in the humour dictionary with his gaffes being compiled as 'Obamaisms'.
'Obomedy' jokes on Obama's life are being updated on a daily basis and derivatives of words suffixed to the President-elect's name are fast becoming a part of the vocabulary. 'Obamania', 'Obamadrama', 'Obamaffair', 'Obamafication', 'Obamafied', 'Obamafy', 'Obamagance', 'Obamaganda'' and scores of others have already found a place in the Urban Dictionary.
US-based magazine
Slate has launched
Barack: The Encyclopaedia Baracktannica to keep Obama fans and detractors updated on 'Obamaisms'. "It's hard to imagine that Barack Obama would be as big of a phenomenon if his name were, say, Tom Smith. As numerous fans, detractors, reporters, and bloggers have demonstrated, it's a name that lends itself to neologisms everything from 'Barackstar' to 'Obamania' to 'Omentum' We present the unabridged Encyclopaedia Baracktannica, a list of words that have been 'Obamafied' by
Slate," reads a statement on
Slate's website.
Apart from many Obama derivatives, there are syndromes devoted to the President-elect. 'Post-Baratic stress disorder' has been described as a sporadic recurrence of giddiness typically displayed by those who have recently returned from an Obama rally and a 'Baractogenarian' is an Obama supporter over the age of 20.
Though Obamaisms are increasingly gaining coinage, President Bush is still going strong with his famous quotes. Bush's comment on the liquidity in the markets "This thaw--took
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