This Week's BidenismsCollecting the vice president's gaffes and head-slappers.

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The vice president produced two fresh Bidenisms this week. Please continue to send your nominations (with a link, please) to . For more, and our stab at a definition, see "The Complete Bidenisms."

"I came rushing in, knowing I was late, and all I could hear you say was 'Joe Biden,' and I realized I wasn't supposed to step out. I felt like the Wizard of Oz back there."—Explaining his premature entrance after hurrying through a curtain and accidentally interrupting an introduction by Secretary of Commerce Garry Locke during an awards ceremony, Washington, D.C., Dec. 2, 2009

Click here to see video of Biden playfully hiding behind a curtain.

"The purpose is to make it clear to [Afghan President Hamid] Karzai and his government, who up until now has been unwilling to step up to the ball. … 'Fellas, you've got to step up to the ball.' "—Using a made-up idiom to deliver a tough message to Karzai's government in an interview with CBS's Early Show, Dec. 2, 2009

Click here to see video of Biden's comments. The Bidenism is at 1:32.

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