Forbes Magazine credits Stephanie Miller with coining the nickname, "Caribou Barbie."

[Ian David]

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Tunku Varadarajan 10.13.08, 12:16 AM ET

Elias Canetti, in his Crowds and Power, examines the manner in which the crowd--or pack--passes judgment. "Let us start," he writes, "with something familiar to all of us: the pleasure of pronouncing an unfavorable verdict." It is "a cruel pleasure, and one which never allows itself to be cheated of its object. The verdict is only a verdict if pronounced with almost unnatural assurance. There is no mercy in it ..."

Here is a glossary of the judgment passed on Sarah Palin--mostly, though not exclusively, by liberal commentators. I have curated a collection from material available on the Internet, and have provided links to each reference. There is much pleasure--and, often, displeasure--to be had from clicking through to the original sources.

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C is for Caribou Barbie, a put-down now in wide circulation, but believed to have been coined by radio host Stephanie Miller. Copyright for Christian Stepford Wife, however, rests with Cintra Wilson.

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[LiberadorHugo]

1. Really?

I thought it was Mike Malloy.

[Matariki]

11. NO! It was someone here on DU - sorry, I can't remember who

There was a thread tossing out nicknames for here. I'll try and find the thread.

[juno jones]

13. sfexpat, IIRC n/t

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. She accredited on her show once to reading it on DU

But that's fine if she gets the credit with "Forbes' and besides
she's my mama, I enjoy her show ever morning.

[Lucky 13]

3. Caribou Barbie is pretty good but I also like "Churchy Spice"

Can't remember which DUer coined it the other day, but it's my favorite.

[central scrutinizer]

9. I am partial to "Fertilla the Huntress"

[Lucky 13]

10. LOL!!

"Evil Gidget" also makes me chuckle.

[RevCheesehead]

4. Botany will be thrilled.

:hi: Hi, Mama!!

[treestar]

5. No, DUer sfexpat coined it

Stephanie got it from here.

[Ian David]

7. Well, then someone might want to remind Stephanie. n/t

[Patsy Stone]

15. Yep

I think someone from here posted it on the live blog. That's where Steph said she saw it.

[Democat]

6. Cool!

The nickname is brutally funny.

[Ian David]

8. And Sarah Palin said it on Saturday Night Live. n/t

[progressivebydesign]

12. Actually 3 Duers came up with it within a day of each other, independently.

And I cannot remember the name of the person that was found to have written it first.. something like "ncbits".. there was a thread on this yesterday. Someone did the research and found that three of us came up with it close to the same time, but that one put it into a Haiku thread first.. If that's the case, I feel bad that they are getting left out of the credit on this. Sfexpat2000, the "ncbits" (?), and I, apparently achieved an internet mind meld that week. Though I'm not shocked that many people would come up with it.. it's kind of a no brainer.. with her penchant for killing caribout and her barbie-like qualities, and the most famous "Malibu Barbie"

But it definitely came from DU... shortly after Caribout Barbie was selected. And I couldn't be happier that it stuck!!

[Ian David]

14. Stephanie sometimes confuses my daughter with that talentless hack Audrey.

My daughter sings the "Lying sack of crap" song, and all Audrey does is say, "Charlie Rangel!"

My daughter could EAT AUDREY ALIVE!

Muhahaha!

[Berry Cool]

16. Ah, she did that just the other day!

I love your daughter!

[Ian David]

17. Thanks! n/t