Slate's Dave Weigel saw a famous quote take on new context
You can see why they get bitter and cling to their guns and their #hickylook
daveweigel
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CNN's Peter Hamby struggled to make the hipster/hicky distinction
Judging by flannel/jeans/work books look, NRSC could have just gone to Brooklyn to round up "hicky" West Virginians http://politi.co/aDrLPn
Peter Hamby
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Daily Kos blogger David Waldman shared his version of 'hicky'
Well, pink marble driveways are maybe a little more Uday/Qusay looking than hickey looking. It's an aspirational thing.
David Waldman
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Liberal blogger Markos Moulitsas saw an opening for Democrats
Why is Manchin being a weenie and demanding an "apology" from GOP? Don't demand apologies. Wrap "hicky" around the GOP's neck.
Markos Moulitsas
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TPM's Brian Beutler pointed out the obvious homophone...
I think the correct term is "hickish." Hickeys are a different thing, largely unknown to people inside the beltway.
Brian Beutler
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...then this happened
@benpolitico what about hicky folks?
Jake Tapper
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@jaketapper Makeup will cover any hickys.
Ben Smith
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@benpolitico @jaketapper 1st rule of dating: Desperation not an aphrodisiac. 2nd rule: leave no hickys where people can see them. ;-)
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