Bidenism

== English == === Etymology === From Biden +‎ -ism. The plagiarism sense is a reference to the plagiarism scandal in September 1987 that ended Biden's first presidential campaign. === Noun === Bidenism (countable and uncountable, plural Bidenisms) (US politics, uncountable) The ideology and policies of Joe Biden (born 1942), American politician and the 46th president of the United States. (US politics) A quip, phrase or aphorism commonly said by Joe Biden (born 1942), American politician and the 46th president of the United States. (US politics, dated, colloquial) An instance of plagiarism, or the act of plagiarism. Summer 1988, Cristine Russell, Newsletter of the National Association of Science Writers, p. 14: This is an election year, so forgive me if I steal a line from a more innocent time to ask also for help from the rest of you (not to be accused of a Bidenism, it's from JFK's inaugural address) […] January 1989, Stanford Parris, Hearings before the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, page 94: That was Mr. Seidman's line. I don't want to do a Bidenism here. 1991, attorneys representing the City of Long Beach, California, brief submitted to the California Court of Appeal (2nd District), page 22: (We have not used quotation marks in this paragraph because that from which it is basically copied is in an unpublished decision of Division 7; we give credit only to avoid any claim of "Bidenism.") === See also === Bushism