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trof

(54,256 posts) Tue Apr 11, 2017, 05:59 PM Apr 2017

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Euphemism of the Year: Re-accommodate

Hands down.
No contest.
Best EVAH!
Amma right?

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Euphemism of the Year: Re-accommodate (Original Post) trof Apr 2017 OP

"Holocaust Centers" is a pretty close second.... nt pkdu Apr 2017 #1

It was until Spicer topped it with Holocaust Centers grantcart Apr 2017 #2

Don't you mean ... NanceGreggs Apr 2017 #3

Trump knows that word? With his 3rd grade vocabulary? Thor_MN Apr 2017 #4

I forget what he was referring to at the time ... NanceGreggs Apr 2017 #5

Must have been part of a speech someone wrote for him... Thor_MN Apr 2017 #6

Most likely. n/t NanceGreggs Apr 2017 #7

pkdu

(3,977 posts)

1. "Holocaust Centers" is a pretty close second.... nt

Reply to trof (Original post)

Tue Apr 11, 2017, 06:04 PM

Apr 2017

grantcart

(53,061 posts)

2. It was until Spicer topped it with Holocaust Centers

Reply to trof (Original post)

Tue Apr 11, 2017, 06:06 PM

Apr 2017

NanceGreggs

(27,813 posts)

3. Don't you mean ...

Reply to trof (Original post)

Tue Apr 11, 2017, 06:59 PM

Apr 2017

... "euphenism"?

That's the way Trumpy pronounces it.

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)

4. Trump knows that word? With his 3rd grade vocabulary?

Reply to NanceGreggs (Reply #3)

Tue Apr 11, 2017, 07:06 PM

Apr 2017

I'd like to see someone ask him to use it in a sentence, without giving him any context. Hell, Ivanka doesn't know what "complicit" means.

NanceGreggs

(27,813 posts)

5. I forget what he was referring to at the time ...

Reply to Thor_MN (Reply #4)

Tue Apr 11, 2017, 07:11 PM

Apr 2017

... but he dismissed something he said (a lie, of course) as being a "euphenism".

I'm only familiar with it because the clip is part of a trailer for Full Frontal. Needless to say, Samantha Bee had a lot of fun with that one!

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)

6. Must have been part of a speech someone wrote for him...

Reply to NanceGreggs (Reply #5)

Tue Apr 11, 2017, 07:14 PM

Apr 2017

NanceGreggs

(27,813 posts)

7. Most likely. n/t

Reply to Thor_MN (Reply #6)

Tue Apr 11, 2017, 07:15 PM

Apr 2017

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