Sarah Palin

Rogue

I just noticed this so pardon me if this has already made the rounds. The definition of "rogue."

Main Entry: rogue
Pronunciation: ˈrōg
Function: noun
Etymology: origin unknown
Date: 1561
1 : vagrant, tramp
2 : a dishonest or worthless person : scoundrel
3 : a mischievous person : scamp
4 : a horse inclined to shirk or misbehave
5 : an individual exhibiting a chance and usually inferior biological variation

The adjective:

Main Entry: rogue
Function: adjective
Date: 1872
1 : resembling or suggesting a rogue elephant especially in being isolated, aberrant, dangerous, or uncontrollable
2 : corrupt, dishonest (rogue cops)
3 : of or being a nation whose leaders defy international law or norms of international behavior

Clearly she didn't look it up before she so cleverly decided to borrow the McCain campaign's pejorative phrase for the title of her book. But maybe that's her thing. Describing her endeavors with very negative terms. If she decides to open her own chain of theme restaurants, for example, she could call them T.G.E. Coli. Or her inevitable line of Walmart signature clothes might be called The "Wedges Up Your Ass Crack" Collection.