IS Bill Maher a phrase lifter? Jonah Goldberg, a contributor to The Post’s Op-Ed pages, tells us he’s used the line, “spending money like a pimp with a week to live,” in reference to George W. Bush and the GOP Congress, for years – long before the HBO comic started saying it. “I’m fairly certain I made it up,” Goldberg says. “Nexis-Lexis says my first – and the first – usage was in 2001. Every other usage, until Maher, is attributed to me as well. I’m not hugely proud of the phrase and I don’t really care much that he’s using it – but pointing out Maher’s unoriginality is modestly enjoyable.” Maher’s rep told us he was traveling and not reachable.

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