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==Recognition and usage ==
==Recognition and usage ==
At its annual meeting in January 2005, the [[American Dialect Society]] selected ''santorum'' as the ''Most Outrageous Word of the Year'' for 2004.<ref name="tausig" /><ref name="dialect2010">{{cite news|url=http://www.americandialect.org/American-Dialect-Society-2010-Word-of-the-Year-PRESS-RELEASE.pdf|publisher=www.americandialect.org|title='App' 2010 Word of the Year, as voted by American Dialect Society|page=5; 2004 Word of the Year|work=American Dialect Society: Words of the Year|date=January 7, 2011}}</ref> Lexicographer [[Jesse Sheidlower]] later wrote in ''[[Slate magazine|Slate]]'', "This year the strongest contender was ''santorum''.... We dismissed one potential problem &mdash; that newspapers wouldn't print the term if it won &mdash; on the grounds that we shouldn't censor ourselves. And indeed... ''santorum'' did win, but many newspapers simply skipped this category in their coverage. So much for academic freedom."<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.slate.com/id/2112150/ | title=Linguists Gone Wild! Why "wardrobe malfunction" wasn't the word of the year. |first=Jesse|last=Sheidlower|authorlink=Jesse Sheidlower|work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|publisher=Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive Co. LLC; www.slate.com; Section: Dispatches | date=January 11, 2005 | accessdate=December 19, 2006|quote= Not surprisingly, posting comments on the Wall Street Journal would require intentionally misspelling the Senator's name (eg. Santorrum) since santorum "does not comply with community standards."}}</ref> Rachel Kranz and Tim Cusick's 2005 book ''Library in a Book: Gay Rights'' provides a glossary of terms relevant to the [[gay rights]] movement, and in the entry on "Rick Santorum" notes: "His remarks particularly angered gay columnist Dan Savage, who began a campaign to associate Santorum's name with an unpleasant byproduct of anal sex."<ref>{{cite book|title=Library in a Book: Gay Rights|last=Kranz|first=Rachel|coauthors=Tim Cusick|year=2005|page=200|publisher=Facts on File|isbn=9780816058105}}</ref> The 2006 edition of ''The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English'' cited ''santorum'' as an example of "deliberate coining".<ref name="newpartridge">{{cite book|first=Eric |last=Partridge|coauthors= Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor |title=The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English|year=2006|pages=x, xi|isbn=0415259371}}</ref> ''Neologism in the Lexical System of Modern English'' included it among examples of "neologisms" whilst noting, "The social sphere has given names to the new phenomena that have appeared recently in the end of the 20th - beginning of the 21st centuries."<ref name="neologisminthelexical">{{cite book|page=23|title=Neologism in the Lexical System of Modern English: On the Mass Media Material|first=Yaroslav |last=Levchenko|year=2010|publisher=GRIN Verlag}}</ref> "Santorum" has received utilization in [[fiction]] works, including the 2005 novel ''Hard'' by Jack R. Dunn,<ref name="jackrdunn">{{cite book|first=Jack R.|last=Dunn|year=2005|title=Hard|page=134|quote=She wads up the t-shirt, uses it to wipe a trickle of santorum from her ass, and throws it under the cot.}}</ref> the 2006 work ''The Stepdaughters'' by Rod Waleman,<ref name="rodwaleman">{{cite book|first=Rod|last=Waleman|year=2006|title=The Stepdaughters|page=146|quote=Mark fucked his wife with slow, sure strokes that seemed to the panting Valerie to penetrate her more deeply than ever before. At each descent of the pouncing big prick into her sanctum santorum, Valerie thrust upward with all her strength until the velvety surfaces of her rotund naked buttocks swung clear of the bed|isbn=1-59654-370-1}}</ref> and the 2008 book ''Men on the Edge: Dangerous Erotica'' edited by Christopher Pierce.<ref name="christopherpierce">{{cite book|first=Christopher|last=Pierce|year=2008|title=Men on the Edge: Dangerous Erotica|page=38|quote=Then, one of them broke ranks and rammed his blood-lubed fist straight up my ass and twisted hard, pulled it out and licked the santorum clean.|publisher=STARbooks Press|isbn=978-1934187289}}</ref>
At its annual meeting in January 2005, the [[American Dialect Society]] selected ''santorum'' as the ''Most Outrageous Word of the Year'' for 2004.<ref name="tausig" /><ref name="dialect2010">{{cite news|url=http://www.americandialect.org/American-Dialect-Society-2010-Word-of-the-Year-PRESS-RELEASE.pdf|publisher=www.americandialect.org|title='App' 2010 Word of the Year, as voted by American Dialect Society|page=5; 2004 Word of the Year|work=American Dialect Society: Words of the Year|date=January 7, 2011}}</ref> Lexicographer [[Jesse Sheidlower]] later wrote in ''[[Slate magazine|Slate]]'', "This year the strongest contender was ''santorum''.... We dismissed one potential problem &mdash; that newspapers wouldn't print the term if it won &mdash; on the grounds that we shouldn't censor ourselves. And indeed... ''santorum'' did win, but many newspapers simply skipped this category in their coverage. So much for academic freedom."<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.slate.com/id/2112150/ | title=Linguists Gone Wild! Why "wardrobe malfunction" wasn't the word of the year. |first=Jesse|last=Sheidlower|authorlink=Jesse Sheidlower|work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|publisher=Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive Co. LLC; www.slate.com; Section: Dispatches | date=January 11, 2005 | accessdate=December 19, 2006|quote= Not surprisingly, posting comments on the Wall Street Journal would require intentionally misspelling the Senator's name (eg. Santorrum) since santorum "does not comply with community standards."}}</ref> Rachel Kranz and Tim Cusick's 2005 book ''Library in a Book: Gay Rights'' provides a glossary of terms relevant to the [[gay rights]] movement, and in the entry on "Rick Santorum" notes: "His remarks particularly angered gay columnist Dan Savage, who began a campaign to associate Santorum's name with an unpleasant byproduct of anal sex."<ref>{{cite book|title=Library in a Book: Gay Rights|last=Kranz|first=Rachel|coauthors=Tim Cusick|year=2005|page=200|publisher=Facts on File|isbn=9780816058105}}</ref> The 2006 edition of ''The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English'' cited ''santorum'' as an example of "deliberate coining".<ref name="newpartridge">{{cite book|first=Eric |last=Partridge|coauthors= Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor |title=The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English|year=2006|pages=x, xi|isbn=0415259371}}</ref> ''Neologism in the Lexical System of Modern English'' included it among examples of "neologisms" whilst noting, "The social sphere has given names to the new phenomena that have appeared recently in the end of the 20th - beginning of the 21st centuries."<ref name="neologisminthelexical">{{cite book|page=23|title=Neologism in the Lexical System of Modern English: On the Mass Media Material|first=Yaroslav |last=Levchenko|year=2010|publisher=GRIN Verlag}}</ref> "Santorum" has received utilization in [[fiction]] works, including the 2005 novel ''Hard'' by Jack R. Dunn,<ref name="jackrdunn">{{cite book|first=Jack R.|last=Dunn|year=2005|title=Hard|page=134|quote=She wads up the t-shirt, uses it to wipe a trickle of santorum from her ass, and throws it under the cot.}}</ref> the 2006 work ''The Stepdaughters'' by Rod Waleman,<ref name="rodwaleman">{{cite book|first=Rod|last=Waleman|year=2006|title=The Stepdaughters|page=146|quote=Mark fucked his wife with slow, sure strokes that seemed to the panting Valerie to penetrate her more deeply than ever before. At each descent of the pouncing big prick into her sanctum santorum, Valerie thrust upward with all her strength until the velvety surfaces of her rotund naked buttocks swung clear of the bed|isbn=1-59654-370-1}}</ref> and the 2008 books ''Men on the Edge: Dangerous Erotica'' edited by Christopher Pierce,<ref name="christopherpierce">{{cite book|first=Christopher|last=Pierce|year=2008|title=Men on the Edge: Dangerous Erotica|page=38|quote=Then, one of them broke ranks and rammed his blood-lubed fist straight up my ass and twisted hard, pulled it out and licked the santorum clean.|publisher=STARbooks Press|isbn=978-1934187289}}</ref> and ''Hate Starve Curse'' by Austen James.<ref>{{cite book|title=Hate Starve Curse|year=2008|publisher=Broken Science Press|page=30|first=Austen|last=James|isbn=978148235028|quote=Any residents not burned alive in the fires or drowned in the flood will be made to drink a mixture of bodily fluids typically deposited in on the streets during Mardi Gras until death. The mixture should consist of (but is not limited to) sweat, snot, urine, saliva, tears, vomit, sexual fluids, and feces and santourm.}}</ref>


In his 2007 [[crossword]] book ''Gonzo Crosswords'', author Ben Tausig explained his usage of the word, "Savage was persistent, and his efforts met with success &mdash; among other honors, the American Dialect Society named it their Most Outrageous Word of the Year. Since 2004, I'd wanted to use SANTORUM as soon as possible, and was happy to have the opportunity here. I think crosswords should embrace interesting neologisms, warts and all."<ref name="tausig">{{cite book|first=Ben|last=Tausig|title=Gonzo Crosswords|year=2007|page=89|publisher=Sterling|isbn=1402742789}}</ref> The term is utilized in the 2007 book ''Squirms, Screams and Squirts: Going from Great Sex to Extraordinary Sex'' by Robert J. Rubel, in a discussion of safe sex practices, "Be particularly cautious where this santorum goes. As previously noted, you don't want to get any fecal matter in the vaginal area. Bad safety risk."<ref>{{cite book|last=Rubel|first=Robert J.|title= Squirms, Screams and Squirts: Going from Great Sex to Extraordinary Sex|pages=64-65|year=2007|publisher=Nazca Plains Corp|isbn=1887895647}}</ref> Author Joselin Linder included the term in the 2009 book ''The Purity Test'', as part of a self-assessment tool in the subsection titled, "The Gay Purity Test".<ref>{{cite book|first=Joselin|last=Linder|year=2009|title=The Purity Test|page=193, 200|publisher=St. Martin's Griffin|isbn=0312387857}}</ref> In the 2010 book ''The Simpsons in the Classroom: Embiggening the Learning Experience with the Wisdom of Springfield'', authors Karma Waltonen, Denise Du Vernay cite the santorum phenomenon in addition to "[[truthiness]]" as part of an exercise for students where they are encouraged to invent their own words and then experiment with them.<ref>{{cite book|title='The Simpsons in the Classroom: Embiggening the Learning Experience with the Wisdom of Springfield|first=Karma|last=Waltonen|coauthors=Denise Du Vernay|year=2010|page=178, 328|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786444908}}</ref> Dan Savage advised his readers on how to remove santorum from [[bed sheets]] after sexual activity, "An ounce of prevention—or the careful placement of a towel—is worth a pound of Spray ’n Wash Stain Stick. If putting down a towel, or taking time to douche, is too much for you, fuck on the floor or get brown sheets."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/news-and-opinion/savage-love/Savage-Love111010.html|accessdate=May 11, 2011|title=Savage Love by Dan Savage|work=[[Philadelphia Weekly]]|publisher=www.philadelphiaweekly.com|date=November 9, 2010|first=Dan|last=Savage|authorlink=Dan Savage}}</ref>
In his 2007 [[crossword]] book ''Gonzo Crosswords'', author Ben Tausig explained his usage of the word, "Savage was persistent, and his efforts met with success &mdash; among other honors, the American Dialect Society named it their Most Outrageous Word of the Year. Since 2004, I'd wanted to use SANTORUM as soon as possible, and was happy to have the opportunity here. I think crosswords should embrace interesting neologisms, warts and all."<ref name="tausig">{{cite book|first=Ben|last=Tausig|title=Gonzo Crosswords|year=2007|page=89|publisher=Sterling|isbn=1402742789}}</ref> The term is utilized in the 2007 book ''Squirms, Screams and Squirts: Going from Great Sex to Extraordinary Sex'' by Robert J. Rubel, in a discussion of safe sex practices, "Be particularly cautious where this santorum goes. As previously noted, you don't want to get any fecal matter in the vaginal area. Bad safety risk."<ref>{{cite book|last=Rubel|first=Robert J.|title= Squirms, Screams and Squirts: Going from Great Sex to Extraordinary Sex|pages=64-65|year=2007|publisher=Nazca Plains Corp|isbn=1887895647}}</ref> Author Joselin Linder included the term in the 2009 book ''The Purity Test'', as part of a self-assessment tool in the subsection titled, "The Gay Purity Test".<ref>{{cite book|first=Joselin|last=Linder|year=2009|title=The Purity Test|page=193, 200|publisher=St. Martin's Griffin|isbn=0312387857}}</ref> In the 2010 book ''The Simpsons in the Classroom: Embiggening the Learning Experience with the Wisdom of Springfield'', authors Karma Waltonen, Denise Du Vernay cite the santorum phenomenon in addition to "[[truthiness]]" as part of an exercise for students where they are encouraged to invent their own words and then experiment with them.<ref>{{cite book|title='The Simpsons in the Classroom: Embiggening the Learning Experience with the Wisdom of Springfield|first=Karma|last=Waltonen|coauthors=Denise Du Vernay|year=2010|page=178, 328|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786444908}}</ref> Dan Savage advised his readers on how to remove santorum from [[bed sheets]] after sexual activity, "An ounce of prevention—or the careful placement of a towel—is worth a pound of Spray ’n Wash Stain Stick. If putting down a towel, or taking time to douche, is too much for you, fuck on the floor or get brown sheets."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/news-and-opinion/savage-love/Savage-Love111010.html|accessdate=May 11, 2011|title=Savage Love by Dan Savage|work=[[Philadelphia Weekly]]|publisher=www.philadelphiaweekly.com|date=November 9, 2010|first=Dan|last=Savage|authorlink=Dan Savage}}</ref>

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The word santorum /sænˈtɔərəm/ is a sexual neologism for a "frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex," and was proposed by readers of American humorist and sex-advice columnist Dan Savage in 2003 to "memorialize" then-Republican U.S. Senator Rick Santorum from Pennsylvania, prompted by controversy over his statements on homosexuality.[1] Savage asked his readers to submit new definitions for the term.[1] The word became a successful Google bomb when Savage created a website for it, which unseated the Senator's official website as the top search result for his surname on the Google web search engine.[2][3]

Rick Santorum has publicly addressed the phenomenon in multiple interviews.[3][4][5] In a February 16, 2011 interview, Santorum stated to Roll Call, "It’s one guy. You know who it is. The Internet allows for this type of vulgarity to circulate. It’s unfortunate that we have someone who obviously has some issues. But he has an opportunity to speak."[3] He stated to The Daily Caller in an April 28, 2011 interview, "I don’t see it as a problem at all."[4] The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette queried the former Senator about the issue in a May 12, 2011 interview, and Santorum responded, "It's a free country and people can do and say what they want to say."[5]

The American Dialect Society selected santorum as the Most Outrageous Word of the Year for 2004.[6][7] The 2006 edition of The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English cited santorum as an example of "deliberate coining".[8] Pittsburgh Tribune-Review columnist Dimitri Vassilaros wrote critically about the term's formation, and characterized it as "hate content" and "too vile to print in most newspapers".[9] Philadelphia Daily News journalist Dan Gross described the usage of the term as, "Possibly the longest-lasting pop-culture reference to Santorum".[10] Catey Sullivan of The Antioch Review likened the phenomenon surrounding the term to that of "subversive political activism" of advice columnist Ann Landers.[11]

Background

Further information: Santorum controversy regarding homosexuality

In an April 7, 2003 interview with the Associated Press, Santorum stated, "If the Supreme Court says that you have the right to consensual [gay] sex within your home, then you have the right to bigamy, you have the right to polygamy, you have the right to incest, you have the right to adultery. You have the right to anything. Does that undermine the fabric of our society? I would argue yes, it does."[12][13][14][15] Santorum further stated that he believed consenting adults do not have a constitutional right to privacy with respect to sexual acts.[16] He stated regarding the concept of marriage within the law, "In every society, the definition of marriage has not ever to my knowledge included homosexuality. That's not to pick on homosexuality. It's not, you know, man on child, man on dog, or whatever the case may be. It is one thing."[17] A representative for Santorum asserted that his comments were relevant specifically to the then-pending case before the Supreme Court of the United States, Lawrence v. Texas.[18] The Associated Press reported offered Santorum an opportunity to explain his comments prior to the publishing of the interview but he refused to do so and replied, "I can't deny that I said it, and I can't deny that's how I feel."[19] In a follow-up statement released after the Associated Press interview was published, Santorum said some of his remarks were "taken out of context", and defended his comments in the interview asserting "It is simply a reflection of the law."[20] In an interview with FOX News, Santorum said he was not going to apologize for his remarks, "I do not need to give an apology based on what I said and what I'm saying now -- I think this is a legitimate public policy discussion. These are not, you know, ridiculous, you know, comments. These are very much a very important point."[21]

Democratic politicians responding to Santorum's remarks included Former Governor of Vermont Howard Dean, who stated: "Gay-bashing is not a legitimate public policy discussion; it is immoral. Rick Santorum's failure to recognize that attacking people because of who they are is morally wrong makes him unfit for a leadership position in the United States Senate. Today, I call on Rick Santorum to resign from his post as Republican Conference chairman."[20] Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle remarked that Santorum's comments were "out of step with our country's respect for tolerance".[15] The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee demanded that Santorum resign as chairman of the Republican Senate Caucus.[22] Brad Woodhouse of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee said, "Senator Santorum's remarks are divisive, hurtful and reckless and are completely out of bounds for someone who is supposed to be a leader in the United States Senate."[15]

Republican Senator Olympia Snowe stated, "Discrimination and bigotry have no place in our society, and I believe Senator Santorum's remarks undermine Republican principles of inclusion and opportunity."[21][23] Snowe's Republican colleague in the U.S. Senate, Susan Collins, was critical of Santorum's comments, "I am opposed to discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender, religion or race. In regard to Senator Santorum's comments, I thought the analogy he chose was regrettable. I think also that his legal analysis was wrong."[24] Lincoln Chafee, a Republican Senator from Rhode Island, commented, "I thought his choice of comparisons was unfortunate and the premise that the right of privacy does not exist -- just plain wrong. Senator Santorum's views are not held by this Republican and many others in our party."[21][25] Republican Senator Gordon Smith of Oregon said, "While Rick Santorum intended to reiterate the language of an old Supreme Court decision, he did so in a way that was hurtful to the gay and lesbian community."[21] Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona stated, "I think that he may have been inartful in the way that he described it."[21][26] Senator McCain said that Santorum should apologize, "I believe that -- coming from a person who has made several serious gaffs in my career -- that the best thing to do is to apologize if you've offended anyone. Because I'm sure that Rick did not intend to offend anyone. Apologize if you did and move on."[21][26]

Critics of the statement included the Log Cabin Republicans, whose representatives argued that comparing gay sex to the other acts mentioned was outside the mainstream.[27] The Republican Unity Coalition whose members included then-Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney's daughter Mary Cheney and former President Gerald R. Ford, released a statement critical of Santorum and requesting he apologize: "These are false and harmful comparisons. Senator Santorum owes an apology to gay men and women who support, build and have loving families all across America."[28] David Smith of the Human Rights Campaign stated, "We're urging the Republican leadership to condemn the remarks. They were stunning in their insensitivity, and they're the same types of remarks that sparked outrage toward Sen. Lott. We would ask that the leadership reconsider his standing within the conference leadership."[18] LGBT rights groups which condemned the comments by Santorum included the Pennsylvania Gender Rights Coalition, OutFront, and the Center for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights.[18] The conservative Christian group, Concerned Women for America agreed with Santorum's comments in a written statement.[15] The group said Santorum was "exactly right" and attributed criticism of Santorum to the "gay thought police".[15] Vice President for Communications at the conservative Family Research Council Genevieve Wood supported Santorum's remarks, and commented, "I think the Republican party would do well to follow Senator Santorum if they want to see pro-family voters show up on Election Day."[15] Conservative publications released articles supporting Santorum's comments, including World Net Daily in an article by Joseph Farah,[29] and National Review with a piece by Robert P. George.[30]

Contest

Dan Savage, who is openly gay and has had a history of political activism supporting gay rights and sexual rights, addressed Santorum's comments in an op-ed published in The New York Times on April 25, 2003.[31] He linked Santorum's comments to the broader agenda of the party, saying "Mr. Santorum, who holds the No. 3 position in the Senate leadership, was only repeating what many Republicans have already said."[31] Savage next handled the matter in his sex-advice column, Savage Love, on May 8, saying: "Striking down an insulting, discriminatory, unconstitutional law will not, as Santorum fears, open the doors to incest, adultery, bigamy, and bestiality. Straight people blew those doors off their hinges long, long ago."[32]

Letters on the Santorum controversy began to arrive, "assuming correctly that the incident was right up Savage’s sex-politics alley," according to Liz Spikol of the Philadelphia Weekly.[33] As Rick Santorum's anti-gay comments were forgotten about by the media, a writer under the pseudonym "Sex and Rick Santorum" urged Savage to organize a reader contest to determine a definition for the word "santorum."[34] The reader reasoned that since Santorum had invited himself into the bedrooms of homosexuals, they should be "inclusive" and name a gay sex act for him.[34] Savage agreed, after pointing out that there are no "gay" sex acts, saying: "There's no better way to memorialize the Santorum scandal than by attaching his name to a sex act that would make his big, white teeth fall out of his big, empty head."[34]

Savage noted that the column had previously succeeded in creating a sexual slang word, "pegging," by getting the definition to begin appearing in dictionaries of sexual slang.[34] "I threw it out there to my readers," Savage later said.[33] Savage published several definitions suggested by readers in subsequent columns.[35] The winning definition was submitted by "Wipe Up That Santorum, Anal Pokers" in the May 29 column.[35] Votes were collected by e-mail, and the winning definition was announced June 12; Savage concluded by asking for questions about santorum, and urged his readers to get the word out.[1] Savage said that the winner was a "perfect fit," as there was no prior name for it.[33] Santorum, he explained, is "unwelcome. If you’re doing [anal sex] right, it’s not gonna happen, and if it happens, it’s a bit of a killjoy, which is what it would be if the actual senator strolled into the room."[33]

Spreading Santorum

Savage set up a website, santorum.com, where the term "santorum" is defined as "the frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex."[36] The site, titled Spreading Santorum, gives the definition of the term "santorum," under which a brown, splattered stain appears on the otherwise-white page. After this splash page, the site features letters to Savage tracking the dissemination of the term. The site includes a video of a person asking Santorum about the term at a town meeting–style forum and a letter that Santorum sent to a man in California outlining his objections to the "obscenity" of the website. Savage considered he had met his goal of "rubbing it in [Santorum's] nose."[33] In an analysis of the website, the book Crazy Dot Hit by Akintomide Akinola posited that the website was a form of search engine optimization relating to the term.[37] The Philadelphia Inquirer reported in 2006 that the website was "the No. 1 hit on a Google search of the senator's name".[2] CBS News reported the same search results in May 2011.[38]

Political impact

United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 2006

The Economist noted in January 2006 that "gay activists use [Santorum's] name to denote something indescribable in a family newspaper."[39][40] In April 2006, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that the "disgusting" definition was "spreading like kudzu on the internet."[41] The Inquirer described the Savage coinage and other references to Santorum in The Sopranos and Veronica Mars as illustrating his name's evolution into "cultural shorthand ... for social conservatism."[41] The regional gay newspaper Bay Windows said in August 2006 that Savage had "succeeded in turning [Santorum's name] into an oft-Googled slang term."[42] According to the Philadelphia Weekly, writing in October 2006, the term "gained real traction" and "found its way into salacious dictionaries — and books published on actual paper," with Savage admitting that he "worked pretty hard" to get it out there.[33]

The Human Rights Campaign included the full definition in a reprint of an item from Gay City News.[43] Savage donated $2,100 to the campaign of Santorum's challenger in the 2006 election, Bob Casey, but Casey had not accepted the donation.[44][45][43] According to the Scranton Times-Tribune, Casey returned the money after hearing of Savage's promulgated definition of santorum, saying that Savage had gone "over the line" demarking political civility.[46] The Washington Post reported that Savage informed the newspaper Casey's campaign had initially accepted the political donation, but subsequently returned it.[47] Savage gave the money instead to an anti-Santorum political action committee.[47][46] Dan Savage noted, "The Casey campaign was grateful for my support. The day my check arrived ... I was personally invited to come meet Casey and get my picture taken with the candidate."[48] According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, the Casey campaign's finance director Jake Perry informed Savage that the funds would be returned to him, and suggested other groups critical of Santorum that would be assisted by the financing.[48] "That way Casey could benefit from my money without having to, you know, associate himself with the likes of me," explained Savage.[48] Ray Murphy who headed the organization Philadelphians Against Santorum told the Philadelphia Daily News his group had accepted the check from Dan Savage, and stated, "We're proud to accept Dan Savage's contribution".[49] In October 2006, Savage appeared at a fundraiser for the organization, and encouraged young people to vote in the election.[50] In an interview explaining his motivation for campaigning against Santorum in the election, Savage commented, "Bob Casey is not entirely about Bob Casey, [because] if the Democrats control the Senate in part because Casey is there, it's going to empower a lot of Democratic politicians who I agree with, more than I agree with Casey on issues like choice and gay marriage and other social values issues."[51] Savage stated in an interview at a political fundraiser prior to the election, "from his perch in the Senate ( Santorum has) waged a war against gays and lesbians, and we have returned the fire."[52]

Casey defeated Santorum in the 2006 election for a U.S. Senate seat from the state of Pennsylvania.[53] Although a California weekly suggested that the campaign's "ripples were felt strongly by the outgoing senator himself in the recent midterm elections",[54] and Mark Morford of the San Francisco Chronicle declared that "Dan Savage helped kill Rick Santorum",[55] Savage himself says "you can't really measure impact."[40] In a celebratory column, Savage wrote: "While Santorum would have been defeated even without a filthy, lowercase definition of his last name floating around out there, having a name that can barely be mentioned in polite company anymore didn't help.... We helped to make Rick Santorum into a national laughingstock — with an invaluable assist from Rick Santorum, of course."[56] Savage pointed to Kathryn Jean Lopez, conservative columnist and editor of the National Review Online, as an example of his success.[56][57] In her election day column, Lopez described Santorum as "the politician most successfully victimized by nasty Internet political tactics" and predicted that "some angry people will get the chance to celebrate ... I don’t mean people who disagree with him on a federal marriage amendment. I mean people who think it’s pretty funny that when you Google the senator’s name, you get a repulsive lower-case version of his last name."[58] In 2010, Dan Savage offered to remove his website if Rick Santorum would agree to donate US$5 million to a gay rights group.[59]

United States presidential election, 2012

Whilst Santorum was contemplating a campaign for the Republican nomination for President in 2012, the high Google ranking of Savage's site in searches for his name was seen as a potential roadblock.[60] CEO of ReputationDefender Michael Fertik who specializes in helping individuals with such issues commented, "It's devastating. This is one of the more creative and salient Google issues I've ever seen."[60] New York Magazine noted in September 2010, "Santorum's ... campaign site only has 5,000 inbound links, compared to the 13,000 that SpreadingSantorum has."[61] In February 2011, the political newspaper Roll Call wrote an article on his "Longtime Google Problem"[3] and Maureen O'Connor of media blog Gawker commented, "The question is whether you can actually get over something like that. You know, it's one thing to try to bury a negative article about you, but it's something different to bury your name when you're getting Googled."[62]

In February 2011, Politico reported Dan Savage had declared his intention to renew efforts regarding the "santorum" phenomenon, due to the former Senator stating to Roll Call that Savage is "someone who obviously has some issues".[63] Savage commented, "I do have issues — I have lots of issues — but I take particular issue with politicians who compare loving, stable same-sex relationships to ‘man on dog’ sex, as Santorum has done, or who would ban same-sex marriage and adoptions by same-sex couples, as Santorum has promised to do if he gets elected president."[63] He informed his readers: "We will be relaunching the site in the next few weeks."[63][64] In a May 2011 interview with The Huffington Post Savage responded to the statement that the phenomenon was "actually wreaking havoc with [Santorum's] potential run for the presidency" by stating, "Well, thank you. That was the plan. And did you see, he [is] now turning it into a feather in his cap. 'Oh, the gays are after me and have hurt my feelings.' He is definitely running for president though. Not that he'll win, or even that he thinks he'll win. Obama's going to wipe the floor with this Republican field. Santorum's campaign, just like the rest of them, is for four more years of Fox News commentator."[65]

Response by Rick Santorum

Rick Santorum discussed the "santorum" phenomenon in a February 2011 interview with the publication Roll Call.[3] The former Senator explained to Roll Call, "It’s one guy. You know who it is. The Internet allows for this type of vulgarity to circulate. It’s unfortunate that we have someone who obviously has some issues. But he has an opportunity to speak."[3] He pointed out to Roll Call what he viewed as a double standard regarding the response to the phenomenon, "It’s just a sad commentary. You want to talk about incivility. I don’t know of anybody on the left who came to my defense for the incivility with respect to those things."[3]

On April 28, 2011, Rick Santorum said to The Daily Caller about the issue, "I don’t see it as a problem at all."[4] The Daily Caller reported that Santorum's political action committee had paid money for a Google advertisement to appear when individuals input a search term of "Rick Santorum".[4] Former Senator Santorum commented, "That’ll take care of itself over time and if this campaign takes off and we decide to do this my guess is we’ll have lots of other things that will transplant things like that. And if it maintains, it will just show a rather disgusting side of politics, unfortunately. What will change, that is if we decide to move forward, I’m sure [the media] will be writing a lot of things and there’ll be lots of links to other things that will far supersede some nasty people that are trying to be crude."[4]

In a May 12, 2011 interview with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, journalist Brian O'Neill observed that the phenomenon is referred to as "Santorum's Google problem".[5] He described it as a situation, "in which web searches of his name turn up a foul term that doesn't pass this newspaper's breakfast test, is the most striking example.[5] Rick Santorum commented to O'Neill, "It's a free country and people can do and say what they want to say."[5] He went on to assert that this type of strategy is something acceptable among proponents of Left-wing politics, but would not be tolerated by supporters of Right-wing politics.[5]

Recognition and usage

At its annual meeting in January 2005, the American Dialect Society selected santorum as the Most Outrageous Word of the Year for 2004.[6][7] Lexicographer Jesse Sheidlower later wrote in Slate, "This year the strongest contender was santorum.... We dismissed one potential problem — that newspapers wouldn't print the term if it won — on the grounds that we shouldn't censor ourselves. And indeed... santorum did win, but many newspapers simply skipped this category in their coverage. So much for academic freedom."[66] Rachel Kranz and Tim Cusick's 2005 book Library in a Book: Gay Rights provides a glossary of terms relevant to the gay rights movement, and in the entry on "Rick Santorum" notes: "His remarks particularly angered gay columnist Dan Savage, who began a campaign to associate Santorum's name with an unpleasant byproduct of anal sex."[67] The 2006 edition of The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English cited santorum as an example of "deliberate coining".[8] Neologism in the Lexical System of Modern English included it among examples of "neologisms" whilst noting, "The social sphere has given names to the new phenomena that have appeared recently in the end of the 20th - beginning of the 21st centuries."[68] "Santorum" has received utilization in fiction works, including the 2005 novel Hard by Jack R. Dunn,[69] the 2006 work The Stepdaughters by Rod Waleman,[70] and the 2008 books Men on the Edge: Dangerous Erotica edited by Christopher Pierce,[71] and Hate Starve Curse by Austen James.[72]

In his 2007 crossword book Gonzo Crosswords, author Ben Tausig explained his usage of the word, "Savage was persistent, and his efforts met with success — among other honors, the American Dialect Society named it their Most Outrageous Word of the Year. Since 2004, I'd wanted to use SANTORUM as soon as possible, and was happy to have the opportunity here. I think crosswords should embrace interesting neologisms, warts and all."[6] The term is utilized in the 2007 book Squirms, Screams and Squirts: Going from Great Sex to Extraordinary Sex by Robert J. Rubel, in a discussion of safe sex practices, "Be particularly cautious where this santorum goes. As previously noted, you don't want to get any fecal matter in the vaginal area. Bad safety risk."[73] Author Joselin Linder included the term in the 2009 book The Purity Test, as part of a self-assessment tool in the subsection titled, "The Gay Purity Test".[74] In the 2010 book The Simpsons in the Classroom: Embiggening the Learning Experience with the Wisdom of Springfield, authors Karma Waltonen, Denise Du Vernay cite the santorum phenomenon in addition to "truthiness" as part of an exercise for students where they are encouraged to invent their own words and then experiment with them.[75] Dan Savage advised his readers on how to remove santorum from bed sheets after sexual activity, "An ounce of prevention—or the careful placement of a towel—is worth a pound of Spray ’n Wash Stain Stick. If putting down a towel, or taking time to douche, is too much for you, fuck on the floor or get brown sheets."[76]

Media analysis

The print journal Gay and Lesbian Humanist noted the contest in its Summer 2003 issue, but before a definition had been selected.[77] The word appeared as a humorous aside in college newspapers of Harvard University,[78] the University of Calgary,[79] and the University of Michigan,[80] and in a music review.[81] The term's popularity as a political epithet has extended to bumper stickers and t-shirts.[33] Pittsburgh Tribune-Review columnist Dimitri Vassilaros wrote critically about the term's formation in a March 2006 article, and characterized it as "hate content" and "too vile to print in most newspapers".[9] Tucson Weekly movie reviewer Jim Nintzel wrote in April 2006 that he introduced the word to Rob Corddry of The Daily Show, noting that "Despite his high-ranking position as a member of the media elite, Corddry wasn't aware of this important linguistic development."[82] Philadelphia Daily News journalist Dan Gross observed in April 2006, "Possibly the longest-lasting pop-culture reference to Santorum is that of sex columnist Dan Savage (carried here in Philadelphia Weekly), who started what's become a popular campaign to use the senator's surname to describe a byproduct of anal sex."[10] The Daily Show referenced the term in its July 12, 2006,[83] December 11, 2006,[84] and May 9, 2011 episodes.[85] Google Current covered the Google bombing of the term on July 15, 2006.[33][86] In a June 2008 piece for the The Antioch Review, contributor Catey Sullivan likened Dan Savage's activism regarding the "santorum" phenomenon to that of advice columnist Ann Landers: "Long before Savage successfully campaigned to turn anti-gay Senator Rick Santorum's last name into a hilariously insulting noun, Landers laid the groundwork for such subversive political activism."[11]

In a February 2011 piece analyzing Santorum's political chances in a presidential election, the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer commented, "Like Savage's methods or not, they were successful and arguably had an impact on Santorum's ultimate defeat. ... If Santorum actually thinks he has a shot at president, his opponents will surely dredge this bit of dirty silliness from his past and use it to make him appear like a joke candidate."[87] On February 21, 2011 Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report called attention to the term in response to Senator Santorum's public dismay that when his name is searched by Google, the above definition is still the first search result.[88][89] Juli Weiner characterized the former Senator as "Google bomb victim Rick Santorum", in a March 2011 article for Vanity Fair.[90] Tracy Clark-Flory wrote of Savage in March 2011, "Rest assured, he is still the same delightfully droll and impudent man who brought us the term 'santorum.'"[91] Stephen Colbert referred to the "frothy mixture" on his April 25, 2011, show in a sketch about having a beer with various Republican candidates, and called on people to once again "Google it."[92] On May 9, 2011, Jon Stewart of The Daily Show mentioned the term without defining it and then told the puzzled portion of his audience/viewers to google it.[93] When guest Keira Knightley appeared for her interview, she admitted she had googled it backstage and now felt "like [her] innocence has been taken away."[94][95] Knightley commented, "It was the use of the word frothy that I think was really quite ..."[85] Jon Stewart's mention of "santorum" on his May 9, 2011 program caused the word to be one of the most queried search terms on Google the following day.[96][97][98] Brian Montopoli of CBS News noted in a May 2011 piece, "Santorum also has a Google problem. His position on gay rights prompted liberal gay rights activist and columnist Dan Savage to redefine 'santorum' as an explicit aspect of gay sex, and if you Google his last name the result is the first to show up."[38]

See also

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