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2016 Postmortem

Hissyspit

(45,788 posts) Tue Aug 2, 2016, 12:23 PM Aug 2016

Paul Krugman Coins Term for Trump Behavior When Beginning to Realize for Sure He Will Lose: [View all]

'Derp Spiral'

Paul Krugman ?@paulkrugman 3m3 minutes ago
Aha! I think I have the term for what happens to Trump if (when) he finds himself ever more likely to lose: he will go into a derp spiral.

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Paul Krugman Coins Term for Trump Behavior When Beginning to Realize for Sure He Will Lose: [View all] Hissyspit Aug 2016 OP

Love it True Dough Aug 2016 #1

Krugman??? Derp Spiral?? - now that is funny.. asiliveandbreathe Aug 2016 #2

He always seemed kind of shy and serious ailsagirl Aug 2016 #17

#ComradeTrump's epic DerpSpiral ! RapSoDee Aug 2016 #3

+1 PatSeg Aug 2016 #12

Great! Cracklin Charlie Aug 2016 #4

YESSS DERP SPIRAL NT retrowire Aug 2016 #5

LOL, love it. fleabiscuit Aug 2016 #6

DUzy BumRushDaShow Aug 2016 #7

Already there are tweets ailsagirl Aug 2016 #8

omg. cheeto sporkhands! mopinko Aug 2016 #15

bwahahahaha DemonGoddess Aug 2016 #16

Now that was an expression that just needed to be coined! Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2016 #9

Derp Spiral MynameisBlarney Aug 2016 #10

Ah finaly somone figured out how to get people who are bitter and confused Jemmons Aug 2016 #11

How about "downward derp spiral?" Nitram Aug 2016 #13

followed immediately by "derp spiral denial" They_Live Aug 2016 #14

OH the power to launch a meme with a single tweet SticksnStones Aug 2016 #18

Trumpster fire central scrutinizer Aug 2016 #19

Perfect! mcar Aug 2016 #20