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raccoon

(32,468 posts)
Wed Jan 13, 2021, 06:55 AM Jan 2021

One thing Trump had done in the past four years is

He has added words and phrases to the language.

Such as:

Shithole country
Dotard (this one was resuscitated by Kim Jong Un)

Your move!

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One thing Trump had done in the past four years is (Original Post) raccoon Jan 2021 OP
covfefe eShirl Jan 2021 #1
That's the correct spelling. Nt raccoon Jan 2021 #2
Bigly Freddie Jan 2021 #3
maskhole lapfog_1 Jan 2021 #4
That NK's Kim Jong Un could bring back 'Dotard' (sending us all to Websters to check)... hlthe2b Jan 2021 #5
I hate the existing words he has moonscape Jan 2021 #6
Big changes in our culture across the board. safeinOhio Jan 2021 #7
Smocking. CentralMass Jan 2021 #8
Did he mean "smoking?" Nt raccoon Jan 2021 #9
Yes. CentralMass Jan 2021 #10

hlthe2b

(114,692 posts)
5. That NK's Kim Jong Un could bring back 'Dotard' (sending us all to Websters to check)...
Wed Jan 13, 2021, 07:04 AM
Jan 2021

actually is one of the more (few) amusing aspects of this horrible time period.

moonscape

(5,796 posts)
6. I hate the existing words he has
Wed Jan 13, 2021, 07:14 AM
Jan 2021

destroyed. The other day I was talking to a friend and in talking about a piece of art referred to it as a fake. She groaned, I winced, and we resolved even in legitimate context we had to use other words. Back to ‘not an original.’

He also ruined the thumbs-up sign which I used to do but never again. Sorry Siskel and Ebert.

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