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applegrove

(133,283 posts) Sun May 3, 2026, 11:56 PM May 3

"as evidenced by his ability to distinguish a bear from a giraffe, a lion, and a shark."

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"as evidenced by his ability to distinguish a bear from a giraffe, a lion, and a shark." (Original Post) applegrove May 3 OP

What in the fucking hell is "truthed"??? It is not a verb, there is no niyad May 4 #1

My guess is that "truth" is probably used as a verb on Trump's "truthsocial" platform Tanuki May 4 #3

I had never seen that before, and, with any luck, will never see it again. niyad May 4 #4

Let me tell you about that "cognitive exam" he claims to repeatedly ace. usonian May 4 #2

niyad

(134,292 posts)

1. What in the fucking hell is "truthed"??? It is not a verb, there is no

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon May 4, 2026, 12:37 AM

May 4

past tense!

Tanuki

(16,539 posts)

3. My guess is that "truth" is probably used as a verb on Trump's "truthsocial" platform

Reply to niyad (Reply #1)

Mon May 4, 2026, 12:50 AM

May 4

in the same way that one is said to "tweet" on Twitter. They don't care about rules of grammar any more than they care about rules of law or rules of common decency.

niyad

(134,292 posts)

4. I had never seen that before, and, with any luck, will never see it again.

Reply to Tanuki (Reply #3)

Mon May 4, 2026, 01:38 AM

May 4

As an editor, it offends my eye.

usonian

(26,704 posts)

2. Let me tell you about that "cognitive exam" he claims to repeatedly ace.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon May 4, 2026, 12:44 AM

May 4

This took him TWO HOURS to solve.

And he used a hammer.

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