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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
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But if we’re verbing, I think you meant ‘Bill Clinton’d all on my gown?

Does "but if we’re verbing, I think you meant ‘Bill Clinton’d all on my gown,’ not ‘Monica Lewinsky’d.’” mean "but if we're writing (the lyric lines), I think you meant 'Bill Clinton would be all over on my gown', not 'Monica Lewinsky would be all over on Clinton's gown'"?

Context:

Correcting the Record

Lewinsky writes that she is still recognized every day, and her name shows up daily in press clips and pop-culture references. She admits that she used to refer to Maureen Dowd as “Moremean Dowdy,” but “today, I’d meet her for a drink.” And she requests one correction of Beyoncé, regarding the lyrics to her recent hit “Partition”: “Thanks, Beyoncé, but if we’re verbing, I think you meant ‘Bill Clinton’d all on my gown,’ not ‘Monica Lewinsky’d.’”

More:
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2014/05/monica-lewinsky-speaks
  

Top answer

'If we're verbing' means 'if we are inventing verbs'. The phrase 'Bill Clinton'd all on my gown' means that he ********** on her dress. Her point is that it is not right to say that she performed such an act,as a woman can't do it.

  • 'If we're verbing' means 'if we are inventing verbs'.
  • The phrase 'Bill Clinton'd all on my gown' means that he ********** on her dress.
  • Her point is that it is not right to say that she performed such an act,as a woman can't do it.
  • This is a somewhat risque discussion.
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'If we're verbing' means 'if we are inventing verbs'.

The phrase 'Bill Clinton'd all on my gown' means that he ********** on her dress.
Her point is that it is not right to say that she performed such an act,as a woman can't do it.

This is a somewhat risque discussion.

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