royal we
sometimes i say something like, we should do that. and i really mean, you should that. the joke is that's the royal we, meaning you. i think the white house has a dictionary full of presidential meanings of common words. some examples from past presidents: i am not a crook. that would be the presidential definition of crook. there should be a shorthand notation for that. traditionally one puts such words in quotes. read my lips - no new "taxes". but when you read a word in quotes you change the emphasis. to indicate it has a non-standard definition. so that won't work. i did not have (presidential) sex with that woman. hmm... maybe something like the trademark and copyright notices. iraq is an imminent threat (P). not bad. i should write a book of quotes by presidents annotated this way. heh. i'm gonna be so rich (P).