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I request the Merriam-Webster dictionary add the following words to the dictionary, given the phenomenal rise of the reference to the word “Obama” in many popular situations:

1. Obamaly (adverb). This word is used in a situation to describe the merit of working hard and not giving up. The origin of this word comes from the part of President Elect Obama’s life when he tried to run for office the first time and failed miserably. Then the next time he ran, luck struck and his opponent dropped out due to some sexual scandal. An example of a mundane situation where the word applied: Having failed her driver license examination again after 3 tries, Mary told her mother that she is going to quit. Mary’s mother then said, “You got to look at this obamaly – he didn’t give up when he failed his first run for office in Illinois, then the next time he tried he succeeded due to luck!”

2. Oba-Man (slang). Proper pronounciation requires a strong emphasis on the “ba”. This slang can be used as an outburst (similar to when one says, “Oh Man!”) to express camaraderie to our “brothers” and “sisters”. (by “brothers” and “sisters”, I mean black dudes and chicks.) This word should be used in similar spirit and tone as “Way to go GIRL!”. Here is an example of a fitting situation for the use of this slang: Your car was impounded by the police and you found yourself be serviced by a grumpy black lady at the car pound window, who wants to charge you an outrageous amount of fines. So you say, “Oba-Man! I should have paid for my parking tickets long ago. But President Obama didn’t pay his either so I thought I didn’t need to.” Hopefully the use of this word will lead to a special treatment of you by the black lady.

Another situation where this slang could be used is when you found yourself walking in a shady black neighborhood at night, and a couple black dudes were walking shadily toward you. As they tried to rob you, you say, “Hey, Oba-Man!” Hopefully the use of this word will lead to a shared sense of camaraderie with your to-be muggers.

3. baracke (verb). Conjugation of this words are: baracking, baracked. This word describes the action where one suddenly experience an overnight meteoric rise to fame. An example of the use of this verb is: That high school student used to be a loser in his high school, until he baracked after giving an amazing speech at the student council election.

4. obamy (adj). This word describes the feeling that you can do ANY thing in the world as long as you work hard. It originates from after the historical election of Barack Obama, when all across the United States, mothers begin to tell their children (especially mothers in South Chicago) that, “Look, if Obama can become the US president, then you can be anything you want to.” A situation where this adjective applies is: I was feeling obamy about my 2nd year research paper yesterday night, but now I am feeling Paliny. endnote: Paliny is also a new adjective introduced by the 2008 US election. It describes a situation when people have low expectations on you.

Here is another word suggested by a friend:

Palin (noun).   A seemingly right and good choice but turning out poor and devastating result.  Peter gave me a Palin when he suggested me to buy the Yugo at a big discount.