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PUMA (minicast) - 8 Dec. 2008

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🗓️ 8 December 2008

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The year 2008 produced a new acronym: PUMA. Grant explains how PUMAs began prowling the political landscape. Hear hundreds of free episodes and learn more on the A Way with Words website: https://waywordradio.org. Be a part of the show: call or text 1 (877) 929-9673 toll-free in the United States and Canada; elsewhere in the world, call or text +1 619 800 4443. Send voice notes or messages via WhatsApp 16198004443. Email words@waywordradio.org. Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome to another mini-cast from Away with Words. I'm Grant Barrett. We're continuing our look at some of the words of the year of 2008.

0:53.6

Last week we talked about Ground Game.

0:56.3

Another political term we crossed paths with was Puma.

1:00.4

Puma is an acronym for Party Unity, My Ass, which began as a Facebook group.

1:06.0

Members of that group were Democrats who were disaffected after Hillary Clinton failed to secure a sufficient number of delegates to win the Democratic nomination.

1:15.2

Some of these disaffected Democrats formed groups and committees in order to try to bring the

1:19.5

matter to a head-to-head smackdown vote at the National Convention. Other Pumas, as they called

1:24.7

themselves, switched allegiances completely and came out in favor of Republican candidate

1:29.6

John McCain. The Puma umbrella name was widely embraced. As the Puma movement grew, its true

1:36.4

size is not really known, the acronym was revisited and it began to be said that it stood

1:41.2

for the much more polite party unity means action.

1:45.8

The Puma Organization became increasingly irrelevant when Hillary Clinton acknowledged

1:49.3

Barack Obama would be the party's nominee.

1:52.2

We may have to wait another four years to see if the term is revived.

1:55.0

That's all about Puma. Next week we'll talk about Hockey Mom. For Away With Words, I'm Grant Barrett. You can always keep up with the latest in language at our website at wayward

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