Fri Sep 4, 2020, 03:02 PM

thecrow (5,507 posts)

The dictionary gets it right!!!

something without use or value; rubbish; trash; worthless stuff. nonsense; twaddle: His usual conversation is pure trumpery. Archaic. worthless finery.
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Trumpery | Definition of Trumpery at Dictionary.com

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9 replies	Author	Time	Post
The dictionary gets it right!!! (Original post)	thecrow	Sep 2020	OP
"trumped up"	Rorey	Sep 2020	#1
Why has no one noticed this before? Seems so obvious. Good call. A bumper sticker....	EarnestPutz	Sep 2020	#2
Good idea.	thecrow	Sep 2020	#8
who knew?	stillcool	Sep 2020	#3
That is so spot on!	smirkymonkey	Sep 2020	#4
"Break wind audibly"- Oxford English Dictionary	muriel_volestrangler	Sep 2020	#5
Thank you for these wonderful examples. The Oxford Press seldom disappoints.	EarnestPutz	Sep 2020	#9
dictionary location: just after treason and before truthless	alterfurz	Sep 2020	#6
A secondary definition is: when walking across a pasture take care not to step in the trumpery...	abqtommy	Sep 2020	#7

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Fri Sep 4, 2020, 03:05 PM

Rorey (8,031 posts)

1. "trumped up"

trumped-up
/ˌtrəmptˈəp/
adjective
invented as an excuse or a false accusation.
"he was arrested on trumped-up charges"

Orangeass trumps up a lot of lies on a daily basis.

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Fri Sep 4, 2020, 03:08 PM

EarnestPutz (1,597 posts)

2. Why has no one noticed this before? Seems so obvious. Good call. A bumper sticker....

.....that just said “trumpery” would confuse a lot of MAGATS.

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Sat Sep 5, 2020, 10:28 AM

thecrow (5,507 posts)

8. Good idea.

We should sell them to MAGAts and donate the proceeds to Biden...!

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Fri Sep 4, 2020, 03:40 PM

stillcool (32,620 posts)

3. who knew?

worthless stuff is trumpery.

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Fri Sep 4, 2020, 03:41 PM

smirkymonkey (63,221 posts)

4. That is so spot on!

It's almost as if the definition of the word was created with that family in mind.

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Fri Sep 4, 2020, 03:57 PM

muriel_volestrangler (99,193 posts)

5. "Break wind audibly"- Oxford English Dictionary

VERB
[NO OBJECT]
informal
Break wind audibly.

More example sentences
‘Half asleep and looking up at him, I yawned a long, deep yawn and just as I closed my mouth and opened my eyes he relieved himself, not by burping or trumping however, but by throwing up into my face!’
‘If you were standing in a lift, and someone trumped loudly for half a minute continuously, would you say "yes, impressive!", or would you say "LET ME OUT OF HERE"?’
‘As morning broke in the windowless Bedsit, Emma peered wearily out of the bed they'd shared as Michelle trumped loudly and proudly into the already stale air.’

https://www.lexico.com/definition/trump

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Sun Sep 6, 2020, 04:09 PM

EarnestPutz (1,597 posts)