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Lawyer Edwin Lacierda sent us the euphemisms and terms he learned during the 2007 elections which he didn’t learn in law school: rybPT$ w_  
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1. Clerical error. Getting caught cheating and explaining it away,Louis Vuitton handbags; #4 /;j  
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2. Gossip. A teacher’s true but apprehensive testimony of clear and convincing evidence that massive election cheating took place in Maguindanao; rpC[_WbJ^  
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3. Command votes. Fabricated returns in Maguindanao and Bohol. u"mvN5 FHG  
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4. Political machinery. The pro-administration’s stalled cheating operations. }$>| 39Jax  
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5. Palace reward. Fake P500 and P1,000 bills proliferating in Bohol for 12-0 sweep by TU. K^U C/  
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6. Peaceful and orderly elections, When election precincts in Maguindanao open at 7 a.m. and close at 9 a.m. Y_[M6Z[  
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7. Shocked. The new look of Chairman Abalos when he learned about massive cheating. d)Q25hZ  
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8. Monitoring election. When retired generals Palparan and Lomibao decide to spend quality family vacation time in Lanao without their families. ;z9 m69h#  
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9. Sharia Law. Apart from getting more than one wife, minors can vote according to imam Lintik,Hermes kelly, este, Lintang Bedol,gucci handbags; Z52ed)  
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10. Lintangbedol’s. A newly discovered degenerative illness which is a cross between amnesia and Alzheimer’s. Election officers are mostly prone to this disease especially those assigned to Maguindanao. ?{c5gL7Qw  
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11. Racist. One who cannot be convinced why Chavit was No. 1 in Muslim Maguindanao’s peaceful and orderly elections; 1cw|n&[(  
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12. Tonyputsa! A new expletive for an unrepentant spinmeister surpassing Bunyeta in callousness. tS6l)cX=  
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13.Team Unity. A new term for bloc voting. Disallowed by the Omnibus Election Code but permitted by some election inspectors. E1":=*;  
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I’m sure you have also your own discoveries of new words and phrases from this year’s election. You may add to the list. Q" hd{D<:"  
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