Fabulous!

[nq:1]I'm listening to a press conference by George Bush, and I think that he just described Condoleezza Rice as "fabulous." Does that sound as bizarre and out-of-character to other people as it does to me?[/nq]
In Bush's circles, "fabulous" doesn't mean "the stuff of fable" if that's what you're getting at.
It just means "terrific," and it has probably been downgraded to something like "p

[nq:1]I'm listening to a press conference by George Bush, and I think that he just described Condoleezza Rice as "fabulous." Does that sound as bizarre and out-of-character to other people as it does to me? (Maybe I misheard, but I hope I didn't.)[/nq]
"Fabulous" is so seldom used these days because of the (****)sexual connotations.
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[nq:1]I'm listening to a press conference by George Bush, and I think that he just described Condoleezza Rice as "fabulous." Does that sound as bizarre and out-of-character to other people as it does to me?[/nq]
Well, it is a term borrowed from Hollywood-type
publicity: thus out of character for a "world
statesman" but perhaps not for someone
with GWB's personal history.

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[nq:1]I'm listening to a press conference by George Bush, and I think that he just described Condoleezza Rice as "fabulous." Does that sound as bizarre and out-of-character to other people as it does to me? (Maybe I misheard, but I hope I didn't.)[/nq]
From almost anybody else, it could have been a clever way of saying "I've been hearing stories about you, Connie!"...from the Commander

[nq:1]I'm listening to a press conference by George Bush, and I think that he just described Condoleezza Rice as "fabulous." Does that sound as bizarre and out-of-character to other people as it does to me?[/nq]
Maybe he meant to say "a fabulist". You never know with Dubya ...

[nq:1]I'm listening to a press conference by George Bush, and I think that he just described Condoleezza Rice as "fabulous." Does that sound as bizarre and out-of-character to other people as it does to me? (Maybe I misheard, but I hope I didn't.)[/nq]
It doesn't seem particularly out-of-character for Bush (I think it's a word I've heard him use before, but maybe I'm imagining that). I don't t

[nq:1]I'm listening to a press conference by George Bush, and I think that he just described Condoleezza Rice as "fabulous." Does that sound as bizarre and out-of-character to other people as it does to me?[/nq]
Considering all the WMD fables being told to W by Condie, is seems a spot-on descrition.
[nq:1](Maybe I misheard, but I hope I didn't.)[/nq]
Speaking of mishearing, is remnant-

"John Dawkins" wonders:
[nq:1]Speaking of mishearing, is remnant-as-a-three-syllable-word a Texas thing or a W thing?[/nq]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

remnant
SYLLABICATION: rem·nant
PRONUNCIATION: rmnnt
NOUN: 1. Something left over; a remainder. 2. A piece of fabric remaining after the rest has been used or sold. 3.

[nq:2]I'm listening to a press conference by George Bush, and ... to me? (Maybe I misheard, but I hope I didn't.)[/nq]
[nq:1]"Fabulous" is so seldom used these days because of the (****)sexual connotations.[/nq]
That's what I thought I'd expect to hear it from a beauty editor or a gay male on "*** in the City."

SML

[nq:2]"Fabulous" is so seldom used these days because of the (****)sexual connotations.[/nq]
[nq:1]That's what I thought I'd expect to hear it from a beauty editor or a gay male on "*** in the City."[/nq]
Sometimes I feel so out of the fashionable loop. I don't know when I have used "fabulous" because it's not a word that I think about using or not using, but I wouldn't attach any signific