The number of electoral college votes to be cast by each state was last adjusted by state population totals from the 2010 decennial census conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Signifyin' , or signifyin(g) (vernacular), is a form of wordplay.It is a practice in African-American culture involving a verbal strategy of indirection that exploits the gap between the denotative and figurative meanings of words. A simple example would be insulting someone to show affection.hile Signifyin(g) is the term coined by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. to represent a black vernacular, the idea stems from the thoughts of Ferdinand De Saussure and the process of signifying--the association between words and the ideas they indicate..
(ËsÉªÉ¡nÉªtÊÉ) n. 1. the name of a person or a mark or sign representing his name, marked by himself or by an authorized deputy. 2. the act of signing one's name. 3. a. a distinctive mark, characteristic, etc, that identifies a person or thing. b. (as modifier): a signature fragrance.