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Urban Dictionary: ‘Norm Coleman’ is a hopeless pursuit, ‘Al Franken’ is a frog

By Chris Steller | 04.22.09 | 5:33 pm

urban-dictionary-logeLast seen as the media’s go-to Web site for the “tea-bagging” definition that’s not about protesting taxes, the Urban Dictionary has now found new meaning in the phrase “Norm Coleman”: “The dogged pursuit of a hopeless…

On tax day, teabaggers unite!

By Paul Schmelzer | 04.09.09 | 10:53 am

A definitely-not-safe-for-work video from “Teabag Central” acknowledges that April 15 teabag parties — named after tax protesters who dumped tea into Boston harbor in 1773 — could’ve been better named. The term “teabagging” refers to “putting…