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> [When words come out of politician's mouth that are linguistically incorrect, people see it reflecting their intelligence. Sarah Palin was called out for "refudiate," which seemed to combine refute and repudiate. One favourite Bushism was "misunderestimate."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-zimmer/when-words-come-out-of-politician-s-mouth-that-are-linguistically/)

[Ben Zimmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-zimmer/)

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## More by Ben Zimmer

> [When words come out of politician's mouth that are linguistically incorrect, people see it reflecting their intelligence. Sarah Palin was called out for "refudiate,"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-zimmer/when-words-come-out-of-politician-s-mouth-that-are-linguistically/)

[Ben Zimmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-zimmer/)

> [Sometimes people are primed to hear in a certain way. When a word like braggadocious suddenly appears, it's like, 'What, is he just making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-zimmer/sometimes-people-are-primed-to-hear-in-a-certain-way-when-a-word-like/)

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> [Donald Trump himself has an idiosyncratic speaking style that relies on simple words and phrases, which worked for him in the primaries but may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-zimmer/donald-trump-himself-has-an-idiosyncratic-speaking-style-that-relies/)

[Ben Zimmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-zimmer/)

> [ Even if you close your eyes, you'll still hear Donald Trump sniffing. Linguists might call \[these visuals\] paralinguistics, every form of information including facial… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-zimmer/even-if-you-close-your-eyes-you-ll-still-hear-donald-trump-sniffing/)

[Ben Zimmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-zimmer/)

> [Donald Trump speaks extemporaneously, often through stream of consciousness, where it doesn't seem to follow a trajectory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-zimmer/donald-trump-speaks-extemporaneously-often-through-stream-of/)

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> [Hillary Clinton has been portrayed as robotic, someone who is trying to approximate real human emotion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-zimmer/hillary-clinton-has-been-portrayed-as-robotic-someone-who-is-trying/)

[Ben Zimmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-zimmer/)

> [Even though a definite article is supposed to bring something into focus, Donald Trump uses it in a very general way. It's seen by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-zimmer/even-though-a-definite-article-is-supposed-to-bring-something-into/)

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> [Weaponization of a candidate's words against him or her is something we're seeing a lot. The term Obamacare was used against Obama in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-zimmer/weaponization-of-a-candidate-s-words-against-him-or-her-is-something/)

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