english: Although there was a 19th-century newspaper editor who defined it rather better when he said, "A snollygoster is a fellow who seeks office regardless of party, platform or principle, and who, when he wins, gets there by the sheer force of monumental talknophical assumnancy."
non_english: Međutim, postojao je u 19. veku urednik novina koji ju je definisao još bolje, rekavši: "Snoligoster je osoba koja traži fotelju bez obzira na stranku, ideologiju ili principe, i koja, kada pobedi, zadržava mesto pukom snagom ogromnog ludog filozofiranja."