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No Malarkey Joe Biden and his Iowa Bus

No Malarkey

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About

No Malarkey is a campaign slogan coined by 2020 US Presidential candidate Joe Biden during his Iowa bus tour. The phrase has been mocked in media and used ironically online for its use of an obscure and old-fashioned colloquialism.

Origin

Malarkey is a term described by Merriam-Webster as "insincere or foolish talk".[1]

On December 1st, 2019 The Biden campaign launched its 8 day "No Malarkey Bus tour", traveling across the state ahead of the primary.[2]

Precursor

Prior to the "No Malarkey" bus tour, Biden had been known to use the term "malarkey" at various political events and in speeches (example below).



Spread

The phrase was soon mocked by pundits and news outlets, though some praised it for its earnestness.[3][4]

The meme would eventually see spread as an ironic meme and is often used in a similar fashion to the word "cringe" (example below, left). For example, on January 10th, 2020, an anonymous Redditor [5] shared a "Malarkey Meter" image (shown below, left). The post received more than 680 points (shown below, right).


WHEN YOU REALIZE, YOU WERE TALKING MALARKEY ON YOUR NO MALARKEY BUS TOUR imgflip.com JOE BIDEN'S MALARKEY! Meter NO Polential Moalarkey- THAT'S A BUNCH OF MALARKEY! Extreme levels of Malarkey Malarkey No Malarkey Quarantine GET OUTTA HERE, JACK! Here JOE 2020 This meme is brought to you by the Diamond Joe Gang

On February 12th, 2020, Twitter [6] user @ElSangito tweeted, "imagine joe biden supporters swarming all your political tweets replying with 'bro u just posted malarkey.'" The tweet received 3,600 likes and 420 retweets in less than two months (shown below).


Isolate Wildly @EISangito imagine joe biden supporters swarming all your political tweets replying with "bro u just posted malarkey" 1:25 PM · Feb 12, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

Various Examples


MALÁRKEY DETECTED *CLICK YEP. THIS ONE'S GOING IN MY MALARKEY COMPILATION. YOU JUST POSTED MALARKEY YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE DELEGATE
F--- Joe Biden F--- Joe Biden Authoritarian Authoritarian Left Right Economic- Economic- No Malarkey at Left Right my BBQ Libertarian Libertarian Right Left F--- Joe Biden F--- Joe Biden i have this much stuff.malarKey. THAT SABUNCHA MALARKEY" HATSABUNG


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External References

[1] Twitter – Tweet announcing the start of the tour

[2] Merriam-Webster – Definition of Malarkey

[3] Politico – No malarkey? Biden's old-school slogan gets mocked and praised in Iowa

[4] Vox – “No Malarkey,” Joe Biden’s unabashedly lame new slogan, explained

[5] Reddit – /r/neoliberal

[6] Twitter – @ElSangito's Tweet

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