Former U.S. Rep. Mr. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) served New York's 9th congressional district seven terms from January 1999 until June 2011. Weiner resigned from Congress in June 2011, due to a sexting scandal. In May 2013, Weiner announced via a YouTube video that he would run for mayor of New York City in 2013.
Formally, the word "weiner" means a kind of smoked beef or pork sausage, often used in hotdogs. Socially, people use "weiner" to indicate penis due to their close resemblance in shape.
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