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Catchword for “stinkin’ thinkin’”
Catchword: stinkin’ thinkin’
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Part of Speech: n.
Quotation: You also must accept that the enemies of private property, the radical environmental left, pretty much control Democrat policy. As the party of big, intrusive, regulatory government, Democrats regard businesses as the problem, not the solution, to almost anything. Businesses exist, seemingly, for tax revenue and social engineering. I can only hope for an intervention by those close to him, to correct what I call “stinkin’ thinkin’“.
Article or Document Title:
“Women in the Republican campaign” (URL)
Author:
Don Polson
Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Red Bluff Daily News
Publishing Location:
California
Date of Publication:
Oct. 6, 2008
(This date is uncertain. It is either not given, unclear, or unreliable in the original source.)
This catchword has yet to be researched.
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This is an altered definition for “Stinkin’ Thinkin’”. The phrase originated in Alcoholics Anonymous as a way to describe lines of thought that were likely to lead a person back to drinking. This supposedly ‘new’ defintion makes no sense.
by Will Doohan 10 Oct 08, 0555 GMT
I hesrd this phrase in a Narcotics Anonymous meeting 20 years ago, used to describe self-destructive thought processes and self-doubt…
by JR 11 Oct 08, 0945 GMT

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