Things I Didn't Say First
The former governor [Mike Huckabee] said that “my use of the phrase ‘ick factor’ was as the established notion from within the Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual, Transgender (GLBT) community. It was not an indication of personal aversion, but rather a reference to an established phrase used mostly from same-sex marriage advocates and militants – not one I created.”
[Andy Barr, "Mike Huckabee: 'Ick factor' not my phrase", Politico, 23 June 2010.]
I hasten to point out, lest Mr. Huckabee take offense, that I was not the first to utter the phrase "dumb-fuck christian fundamentalist", nor was I the first to say "stupid as shit politician". Indeed, I don't think I was the first, either, to say "head-up-his-ass homophobe". And, rather than actually saying them right here, I hope you'll recognize that I'm merely referring to these common phrases.
In fact, there are a great many phrases that I was not the first to say, and most words in my vocabulary, oddly, were actually used before I first used them.