American journalist and presidential speechwriter (1929–2009)
William Safire
Safire receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2006
Born
William Lewis Safir (1929-12-17)December 17, 1929 New York City, U.S.
Died
September 27, 2009(2009-09-27) (aged 79) Rockville, Maryland, U.S.
Occupation
Author
columnist
lexicographer
journalist
political speechwriter
Genre
Non-fiction
Subject
Politics
Spouse
Helene Belmar Julius
Children
2
William Lewis Safire (/ˈsæfaɪər/; néSafir; December 17, 1929 – September 27, 2009[1][2]) was an American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He was a long-time syndicated political columnist for The New York Times and wrote the "On Language" column in The New York Times Magazine about popular etymology, new or unusual usages, and other language-related topics.
^McFadden, Robert D. (September 27, 2009). "William Safire, Nixon Speechwriter and Times Columnist, Is Dead at 79". The New York Times. Retrieved September 27, 2009.
^Safire, William (1986). Take My Word for It: More on Language. Times Books. ISBN 978-0-8129-1323-1. p. 185.
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phrase's etymology can be attributed to New York Times language columnist WilliamSafire, who wrote extensively on this question. The Oxford English Dictionary...
[better source needed] while some claim an earlier origin. In April 2007, WilliamSafire promoted a search to unearth its origins.[clarification needed] The...
capturing the most beautiful women during battle to bring home as wives. WilliamSafire claimed that the term "trophy wife" was coined by Julie Connelly, a...
[bi + kini] was purposeful. The "-kini family" (as dubbed by author WilliamSafire), including the "-ini sisters" (as dubbed by designer Anne Cole) has...
limited authority while taking impressive titles. The American writer WilliamSafire wrote that "everyone assumes [the name] Pooh-Bah merely comes from [W...
American conservatives, with the conservative New York Times columnist WilliamSafire calling it the "Chicken Kiev speech", named after a dish of stuffed...
term was coined by the administration of US President Richard Nixon. WilliamSafire credited its coinage to Bruce Whelihan, an aide to Nixon Press Secretary...
a different sense, according to The New York Times' language expert WilliamSafire, it describes "the bureaucratic technique of averting future accusations...
original on February 6, 2012. Retrieved December 7, 2010. Safire, William. "WilliamSafire, Political Columnist and Oracle of Language". Market and Politics...
with a strong overlay of Southern segregationist sentiment". Writer WilliamSafire observed that it is often used to attack white Southern conservatives...
phrase. In a 1987 article for The New York Times, American journalist WilliamSafire reported about his search for the origin of the term. He wrote that...
agencies were sometimes referred to as alphabet soup. Libertarian author WilliamSafire notes that the phrase "gave color to the charge of excessive bureaucracy...
as U.S. President, WilliamSafire reported on the phrase "in the bubble" as used in reference to living in the White House. Safire traced that usage in...
prepared to end hostilities. WilliamSafire defines it as "a diplomatic probe, real or imagined, to end hostilities." Safire's Political Dictionary, p. 528...
look into a second scandal known as Iraqgate, New York Times writer WilliamSafire began to refer to Barr as "Coverup-General Barr", accusing Barr of concealing...
methodology of advertising. "Madison Avenue techniques" refers, according to WilliamSafire, to the "gimmicky, slick use of the communications media to play on...
Errors in English Usage. William James & Company. ISBN 1-887902-89-9. "factoid" The Website of Prof. Paul Brians. Safire, William (December 5, 1993). "On...
The Soviets purchased the dome at the end of the Moscow exhibition. WilliamSafire was the exhibitor's press agent, and he recounted that the Kitchen Debate...
original on 29 July 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018. Safire, William (7 October 2007). "WilliamSafire - On Language". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331...
"epicenter" is used to mean "center". Garner also refers to a WilliamSafire article in which Safire quotes a geophysicist as attributing the use of the term...
the term to its revised online edition in March 2011. According to WilliamSafire, writing in The New York Times Magazine, "Muffin-top fills a lexical...
the Apollo 11 lunar plaque. WilliamSafire and Pat Buchanan also worked on drafting the plaque. In 1989, WilliamSafire in his capacity as a "word maven"...
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