Introducing our new #PoliticalThesaurus

You know how people say one thing when they mean something else? My friends may call me "eccentric", but what they mean is they think I'm weird. Politicians and political pundits are the same way. Take Mitt Romney's pick of Paul Ryan for vice-president: many have called it "bold", yet that may just be another way of saying "foolhardy". I asked my Twitter followers for help in coming up with other examples of how a political action can be described in multiple ways. I got many responses from a range of people. I've tried to limit entries to be non-partisan in the sense that it's the performance or conduct we are describing. (The point here isn't to say "idiot" is a synonym for Republican or "moron" is a synonym for Democrat.) With those parameters, here are the initial entries of our new #PoliticalThesaurus. Feel free to disagree with certain descriptions. If you'd like to contribute, please comment below – or tweet me @ForecasterEnten . Adult ADULT CONVERSATION = LECTURE @ chucktodd @ forecasterenten # PoliticalThesaurus — Peter Hanink (@phanink) August 14, 2012 American people @ chucktodd @ forecasterenten American Peiople Syn. Our Caucus — Joseph Masi (@k8croy) August 14, 2012 Apologize @ chucktodd @ forecasterenten "apologize if anyone was offended" syn. "did not apologize" — The Local Paper (@thelocalpaper) August 14, 2012 Autobiography @ chucktodd @ forecasterenten "Autobiography - N, a fictional account of ones life and the people one didn't meet — Stuart(@Ringo6) August 14, 2012 Backroom @ forecasterenten Couple more. Great job with this, Harry... Politically courageous/suicidal; backroom dealer/corrupt — Mike Mitchell (@MikeMitchNH) August 14, 2012 Bipartisan @ buzzfeedben @ chucktodd @ forecasterenten BIPARTISAN, relating to post offices — TEM3 (@TEMthe3rd) August 14, 2012 Blunt @ forecasterenten Nice. Veep-related entries... THE BASE. Syn: NUTJOBS. Also, FRESH. Syn: UNPREPARED. Lastly, BLUNT. Syn: ERRATIC. — Mike Mitchell (@MikeMitchNH) August 14, 2012 Bomb-thrower @ chucktodd @ forecasterenten Bomb Thrower = A-hole # PoliticalThesaurus — Hollywood Politics (@Hwoodpolitix) August 14, 2012 Charismatic @ chucktodd @ forecasterenten CHARISMATICsyn. NOT DRUNK! — Chuckles von Stuben (@PopulistPete) August 14, 2012 Common sense @ forecasterenten "common sense solutions"=cutting entitlements? — ... (@Hoosier114) August 14, 2012 Courageous @ chucktodd @ forecasterenten here is one Courageous/Desperate — Bishop J LMills (@BishopJLMills) August 14, 2012 Double down @ chucktodd @ forecasterenten DOUBLE DOWN said today what he said yesterday — Farrell McManus (@McManusNYLJ) August 14, 2012 Drunk @ chucktodd @ forecasterenten GREGARIOUS syn. drunk/promiscuous — Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) August 14, 2012 Etch-a-Sketch @ chucktodd @ forecasterenten Etch-a-Sketch syn. Double-Down — Michelle Diggles (@twinkerdoodle) August 14, 2012 Firebrand @ chucktodd @ forecasterenten FIREBRAND, syn. BAT-CRAP CRAZY — Bryan MacKenzie (@Bry_Mac) August 14, 2012 Firm @ chucktodd @ forecasterenten I am FIRM. YOU are STUBBORN. He is DEAF TO REASON. or: I am FLEXIBLE. You are SLIPPERY. He is UNPRINCIPLED. — Jeff Greenfield (@greenfield64) August 14, 2012 Frank FRANK, syn. CONTENTIOUS RT @ forecasterenten : should start a political thesaurus... I'll start BOLD. Synonym RISKY. Anyone else got some? — Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) August 14, 2012 Game-changer, 1 @ forecasterenten GAME CHANGERsyn. Not a game changer — MR (@alaskaDJ) August 14, 2012 Game-changer, 2 @ chucktodd @ forecasterenten Game changer ... Someone seeming to change the conversation because of his /her polar dynamics. — FRANK ARREDONDO (@rxtxusa) August 14, 2012 Game-changing @ chucktodd @ forecasterenten Game changingHail Mary pass. — Harry Chapman (@bluescat1) August 14, 2012 Going rogue @ forecasterenten Going Rogue syn Promoting Yourself — Farrell McManus (@McManusNYLJ) August 14, 2012 Hypocrite @ willmcavoyacn @ chucktodd @ forecasterenten Here's one: HYPOCRITE syn. POLITICIAN — Shawn Peirce (@_silversmith) August 14, 2012 Maverick MAVERICK syn. FREE-WILLED @ chucktodd @ forecasterenten — Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) August 14, 2012 Must-win @ forecasterenten "must win state" -- any state a reporter is writing about — Nate Cohn (@electionate) August 14, 2012 My friend @ tavnrdad @ forecasterenten @ chucktodd "my friend" = "not my friend" — Domenico Montanaro (@DomenicoNBC) August 14, 2012 My opponent @ chucktodd @ forecasterenten "MY OPPONENT..." isa "I'M LYING" — Kris Younger (@kyounger) August 14, 2012 Of the People @ forecasterenten OF THE PEOPLE syn. CAN BOWL AND HOLD DOWN A BEER — Chuckles von Stuben (@PopulistPete) August 14, 2012 Outsider @ forecasterenten OUTSIDER syn sore loser — Farrell McManus (@McManusNYLJ) August 14, 2012 Party @ forecasterenten Party pros fret = distance themselves from perceived loss to insure future spot as cable pundit. — Mary Sue (@RubySlipperblog) August 14, 2012 Reform @ chucktodd @ forecasterenten # political thesaurus reform = eliminate — tavnrdad (@tavnrdad) August 14, 2012 Review @ chucktodd @ forecasterenten REVIEW syn INVESTIGATION — Tyler Woods (@agentlinden) August 14, 2012 Smart take @ forecasterenten "smart take" synonym for "I wish I wrote that" — asher klein (@kleinstar) August 14, 2012 Swiftboat @ chucktodd @ forecasterenten swiftboat=run deceiving ads, turkey=jerk, — chuck powell (@Twuck290) August 14, 2012 Truth @ chucktodd @ forecasterenten -- Truth = Lie # PoliticalThesaurus — The Mad Sonneteer (@TheMadSonneteer) August 14, 2012