Talk:Jargon of The Rush Limbaugh Show

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This article was nominated for deletion on 11 August 2006. The result of the discussion was no consensus.

This article was nominated for deletion on 26 February 2006. The result of the discussion was keep.

The first few topics here were originally posted to Talk:The Rush Limbaugh Show before this jargon article was split off.

Contents 1 Jargon 2 The most dangerous man alive 3 Uber-man 4 Doubts 5 New page? 6 Rio Linda 7 Ma Richards 8 Ruth Ginsberg 9 Rush's books anyone? 10 Selective sources

[edit] Jargon

If anyone else knows any of the jargon previously used on Rush's show, please add it to the page - this appears to be the best comprehensive list that I've seen so far. EddieH 06:21, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

The section header infers the terms are all Rush's, but (for example) the "Breck Girl" was apparently not coined by Rush (see [1]). Should these just be explained when found, or should the section intro be changed to indicate they're terms commonly used on the show but not necessarily invented by Rush? -- RandallJones 17:30, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Randall Jones:

Two things. First, I've changed the section intro per your request. Second, "infers" should be "implies": "inferring" is the act of reading between the lines and can only be done by sentient beings, while "implying" is the act of suggesting something without explicitly stating it.

Cheers! — DLJessup (talk) 17:41, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The most dangerous man alive

I distinctively remember someone giving this title to Limbaugh, and I distinctly remember Limbaugh using it as a gimmick until passing it on to President Clinton. I think he passed it on to Clinton on his TV show. Anyone have an idea? — Phil Welch 8 July 2005 22:58 (UTC)

[edit] Uber-man

I don't have an online transcript to back me up on this, but Uber-man is in fact a self-imposed or staff-imposed nickname for Rush. This is quite evident by one of the bumper themes in which a parody of classic TV music is in the background to an announcer saying "The .. Adventures of Uber-man!" (followed by the typical "Rush Limbaugh" chorus). Therefore I'm reentering the nickname into the page based on my having heard it several times on the show. The knowledge of this may be limited since some radio stations clip the bumpers off, and it has only aired maybe 5 times I'm guessing, but Rush 24/7 subscribers (including me) hear all the bumpers in the audio stream. EddieH

I'm actually a 24/7 subscriber as well, but I use it to time-shift the programs, so I've always listened on either streaming audio or podcast, where you don't get the bumpers. I'll take your word on it, though; I presume that if I'm wrong, somebody who does listen to the live audio feed will correct this soon enough. Sorry to have reverted you, but we get a lot of vandals around here.

— DLJessup (talk) 01:21, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

Ironically, far from exemplifying Nietzsche's concept of the Ubermensch, Limbaugh instead is a perfect example of the ignorant, moronic, self-satisfied Last man described in Thus Spake Zarathustra.

Only an ignorant elitist would disregard that Rush has on several occasions attributed his talent and understanding to God - so obviously he's not *self-satisfied*, though obviously he is proud of what God has made him. And taking the opportunity to call him ignorant and moronic is a good attempt at insults, but I'm afraid that "ur mom" would be a more intelligent slight. EddieH

[edit] Doubts

I have a great doubt Addadictomy is legitimate. Does anyone recall the context? patsw 03:22, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

San Francisco covers sex change operations for city employees. If I recall correctly, there was a lawsuit against SF by a city worker who had been fired when they were partway through their sex change—it apparently requires multiple surgeries—and wanted the city to cover the remainder of the process.

— DLJessup (talk) 16:19, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, I found a cite on rushlimbaugh.com patsw 19:56, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Nowhere else in the country would the people of San Francisco be told that they have to pay for a new medical procedure. A sex-change operation called the addadictomy. You won't find this anywhere else.[2]

Come on. You can't be serious. Addadictomy-an operation that changes a female to male by adding an appendage. Chopadictomy-an operation that changes a male to female by removing aforementioned appendage. It's just one of the thousands of truly ingenious parodies that Rush presents on his show. mikelb 14:04, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

I am sure he used it on the show because at the time I identified it as an old joke. I thinnk if someone looked in the Playboy archives, they would find it in the late 60's.

[edit] New page?

It seems that jargon should be moved to a separate page, considering its vastness. The primary focus of the Rush Limbaugh show is not its own jargon, so I don't think that the primary focus of the article on his show should be his jargon. What do you say?Tix 22:07, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

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As the Nike ad says, I've just done it.

— DLJessup (talk) 19:31, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Rio Linda

The Rio Linda definition leaves out an important aspect... it should be mentioned that the references to Rio Linda began when the local radio station had taken Limbaugh off the air, stating that, in no uncertain terms, the city was too smart for such content. adembroski 9:35am Jan 07 2006

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— DLJessup (talk) 19:36, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

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Rio Linda doesn't even have a Radio Shack much less a radio station. Rush's making fun of Rio Linda began while driving around to learn the area when hired in Sacremento. He noticed the junk cars all over the the front yards and the legendary town of idiots was born. mikelb 14:12, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

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Unfortunately, and quite typically for the average Limbaugh listener, both adembroski and mikelb are incorrect. The only radio station Rio Linda can lay claim to is the station at the high school which didn't go on the air until long after Limbaugh had moved to New York. While Rio Linda is, without a doubt, much too smart for Limbaugh's drivel he has never been taken off of a radio station here.

While it is also correct that Rio Linda doesn't have a Radio Shack (You can keep your corporations out of my town, thank you) it also doesn't have a plethora of abandoned cars. That honor goes to Unfortunately, Rush didn't notice that while he was driving on Rio Linda Boulevard, he was not in the town of Rio Linda. Instead, he was in Del Paso Heights, a very depressed part of the City of Sacramento. Also, before you start accusing the town of Rio Linda of being overrun by idiots, you should learn to spell Sacramento.

Best regards from Wikipedia's resident Rio Lindan. --75.5.240.222 18:36, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ma Richards

Does anyone know if the nickname "Ma Richards" (Ann Richards, former governor of Texas) was developed by Rush? I still don't know whether or not it was developed with negative or positive connotation (obviously Rush would be using it satirically now if the latter were the case). EddieH 23:58, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm not certain of the origin of the nickname, but as Ann Richards was Texas' governor, it probably refers to the only previous female governor of Texas, Ma Ferguson. --paperhat 15:03, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ruth Ginsberg

There's a new internal link at "Buzzi", but the base entry at "Ruth" is gone, please restore. patsw 03:38, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rush's books anyone?

Rush devoted an entire chapter in each of his (first) two books to the "Limbaugh Lexicon" - shouldn't that be cited as a source here? The Way Things Ought to Be and See I Told You So --NERD42  EMAIL  TALK  H2G2  UNCYC  NEWS  02:04, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Selective sources

It appears that most of these definitions don't need a source. Nevertheless, a couple of POV sources and blogs were used, which cite the definition and then offer their own critique or thoughts on the use of the term. Unless it's a neutral source or a disputed definition, selective sources like this leading to POV sources should be excluded. Zz414 17:04, 11 November 2006 (UTC)