And what snollygoster means is "" a dishonest politician. "" 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. "" (Laughter) Now, I have no idea what "" talknophical "" is.