tenderloin (TEN-duhr-loin) noun
The part of a city notorious for vice and corruption.
[After a district in New York City known for vice, crime, corruption,
extortion, graft, etc. It received its nickname from the choicest part
of the meat, alluding to the luxurious diet of corrupt police members
getting an easy income from bribes.]
Boy, can I think of LOTS of ways to use this in a sentence!
and more from today: TPM Cafe
By emily knight
Am I the only one who heard Bush read a speech at the White House that concluded with the words (which I copied verbatim), "We will not allow democracy to keep us from saving lives." It aired on CNN Sat., Sept. 3, around 5:oo PM EST.
What could he have possibly meant?
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