Romnesia
Romnesia noun: a propensity to claim to have forgotten, or act like one has forgotten, one's past deeds and political positions.
Noun
Romnesia (uncountable)
- A propensity to claim to have forgotten, or act like one has forgotten, one's past deeds and political positions.
- When the Boston Globe asked Mitt about the incident in 1994, he provided a classic mind-numbing “Romnesia” evasion: “I don't have any memory of what she is referring to, although I certainly can't say it could not have been me.”2011 November 22, Ronald B. Scott, Mitt Romney: An Inside Look at the Man and His Politics, Lyons Press, →ISBN
- In a typical display of what Kossack AlyoshaKaramazov calls "Romnesia," the all-but-official presidential nominee conveniently couldn't remember the incident in which, aided by some of his pals, he attacked a gay student at his prep school and, while others held the boy to ground, whacked off his...2012 May 11, Timothy Lange, “The bully's bully: Mitt Romney's consigliere Eric Fehrnstrom”, in Daily Kos, archived from the original on 24 May 2013
Examples of Romnesia in a sentence
- If you say you’re for equal pay for equal work, but you keep refusing to say whether or not you’d sign a bill that protects equal pay for equal work — you might have Romnesia.2012 October 19, Barack Obama, “Remarks by the President at a Campaign Event — Fairfax, VA”, in The White House, archived from the original...
- This is more than Romnesia / Or any other Romney brainteaser. / This is cognitive dissonance.2013 September 5, Timothy J. Callahan, Poet Against Israel, Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 418:
Origin of Romnesia
Blend of Romney (“Mitt Romney”) + amnesia.
Questions about Romnesia
- What does Romnesia mean?
- Romnesia means a propensity to claim to have forgotten, or act like one has forgotten, one's past deeds and political positions.
- How do you use Romnesia in a sentence?
- If you say you’re for equal pay for equal work, but you keep refusing to say whether or not you’d sign a bill that protects equal pay for equal work — you might have Romnesia.
- What part of speech is Romnesia?
- Romnesia is a noun.
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