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After Nixon's 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and for Spiro Agnew; he is known for having created Agnew's famous alliterative term, "nattering nabobs of negativism". Wikisource has original text related to this article:
Nabob is an Anglo-Indian term that came to English from Urdu, possibly from Hindustani nawāb/navāb, [2] borrowed into English during British colonial rule in India. [3] It is possible this was via the intermediate Portuguese nababo, the Portuguese having preceded the British in India.
Spiro Theodore Agnew (/ ˈ s p ɪər oʊ ˈ æ ɡ n juː /; November 9, 1918 – September 17, 1996) was the 39th vice president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1973.
Whether Biden has a comeback of his own will be the biggest question in coming weeks as the “nattering nabobs of negativism” keep asking if he’s unfit for office and voters get polled on ...
If Olympic awards were to be given to an unsurpassed example of a nattering nabob of negativism, then Donald J. Trump would surely merit the gold medal. Edward A. Wasserman lives in Iowa City.
With the 24/7 news cycle occupying our minds and stealing our sanity, we need to fight back.
"Nabob" can also be used metaphorically for people who have a grandiose sense of their own importance, as in the famous alliterative dismissal of the news media as "nattering nabobs of negativism" in a speech that was delivered by Nixon's vice president Spiro Agnew and written by William Safire. [6]
Now that the CFP has expanded to 12 teams (and eventually 14 or 16 in 2026), those same nattering nabobs of negativism are complaining about the “loss of the regular season.” ...