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Yes, it's a real word!
U.K. Researchers Look To Revive Forgotten English Words
Researchers at University of York in the United Kingdom have uncovered 30 words they think need to be used more regularly in the English language, including nickum a cheating, dishonest person. Lead linguist Dominic Watt runs through the list.
http://www.npr.org/2017/09/26/553799173/u-k-researchers-look-to-revive-forgotten-english-words
SIEGEL: And then there's this old word.
WATT: Betrump.
SIEGEL: Betrump - it's a verb.
WATT: To swindle or to deceive, to cheat somebody.
CHANG: And while it sounds like something a critic of the president might have coined on Twitter, Dominic Watt says betrump actually dates back to the 16th century, found in a Scottish translation of Virgil's epic poem "The Aeneid."
WATT: Betrump.
SIEGEL: Betrump - it's a verb.
WATT: To swindle or to deceive, to cheat somebody.
CHANG: And while it sounds like something a critic of the president might have coined on Twitter, Dominic Watt says betrump actually dates back to the 16th century, found in a Scottish translation of Virgil's epic poem "The Aeneid."
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Betrump - To swindle or to deceive, to cheat somebody. (Original Post)
geardaddy
Sep 2017
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SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)1. Traumatic Trump Injury (TTI)
defines a Traumatic Trump Brain Injury (TTBI) as a disruption in the normal function of the brain that can be caused by voting for Trump, embracing his ideology, or being in denial of his lies. Everyone is at risk for a TTI, especially Right Wingers.
This disorder starts by suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome. A mental dysfunction causing those detractors with hateful thoughts and feelings about Donald Trump to go unhinged.
delisen
(6,042 posts)2. A marvelous fit and wonderful
word-rescuing.
geardaddy
(24,926 posts)3. Yes! I heard that on the radio yesterday
and thought, "Perfect!"