C is for Covfefe: The ABCs of Donald Trump as he coins a new nickname

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Donald Trump is well-known for a lot of issues: his divisiveness, his profession in actual property, The Apprentice, his lawsuits, for being the one president to be impeached twice. But maybe nothing has infiltrated society greater than Mr Trump’s distinctive linguistic type.

Whether he’s posting on Truth Social, talking at a marketing campaign rally, or testifying in courtroom, Mr Trump by no means appears to be at a loss for phrases — and typically, he even makes up new ones.

From uttering gaffes to tweeting typos (like “covfefe”) to misreading phrases (like “Nambia”) to dismissing his opponent with a harsh nickname, his terminology shortly turns iconic.

Here, The Independent gives a dictionary information to the Mr Trump’s most memorable phrases:

Barack Obama

Barack Obama was the forty fourth president of the United States.

However, in Trump lingo, his identify may be a stand-in for Joe Biden, the present US president and Mr Obama’s former vice chairman. During a rally in Iowa on 1 October, Mr Trump referred to Mr Obama as an alternative of Mr Biden; he additionally confused the 2 names twice in a 11 October radio interview. Forbes calculated he has made that mistake seven instances in latest months.

Although he has claimed that the mixups have been intentional, critics say the gaffes might be a signal of growing old or diminishing cognitive capacity.

Used in a sentence: “What would you advise President Obama? The whole world seems to be exploding.”

Bigly

The phrase first appeared in Trump dialect throughout the 2016 presidential debates. The time period sparked a post-debate debate; some argued that Mr Trump was saying “big league,” however others argued that a shut pay attention renders “bigly.”

The time period is outlined within the Merriam-Webster dictionary as an adverb type of “big.”

The 2024 GOP frontrunner resurrected the time period in February whereas bashing his Republican rival Nikki Haley’s performance in the primary elections.

Used in a sentence: “She’s losing it bigly.”

Birdbrain

The time period means a silly individual. Mr Trump has used it to discuss with his 2024 Republican rival Nikki Haley, whom he tapped to serve in his Cabinet as ambassador to the United Nations.

Used in a sentence: “MAGA, or I, will never go for Birdbrain Nikki Haley.”

Covfefe

Covfefe was born simply after midnight on 31 May 2017, in a tweet by Mr Trump. Then-press secretary Sean Spicer insisted on the time that “the president and a small group of people know exactly what he meant” – however by no means elaborated.

Used in a sentence: “Despite the constant negative press covfefe.”

Crooked

An epithet given to a few of Mr Trump’s perceived rivals, together with — however not restricted to — Hillary Clinton, President Joe Biden, fraud trial Judge Arthur Engoron.

Used in a sentence: “Crooked Joe Biden is so bad — he’s the worst president in the history of our country.”

Department of Injustice

This is a time period used to mirror the previous president’s discontent with the Department of Justice. A particular counsel for the DOJ, Jack Smith, handed down two federal lawsuits towards Mr Trump: one associated to his alleged mishandling of labeled paperwork and the opposite associated to reported 2020 election interference.

Used in a sentence: “The ridiculous and baseless indictment of me by the Biden administration’s weaponized ‘department of injustice’ will go down as among the most horrific abuses of power in the history of our country.”

Desanctimonious

This time period is used to explain his 2024 Republican rival, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. It combines the final identify DeSantis with “sanctimonious,” which suggests hypocritically pious or religious, based on Merriam-Webster.

The time period derives from Mr DeSantis performing “disloyal” by operating towards him for president after he helped get the Florida Republican elected as governor, the previous president informed Fox News.

Tragically, Mr Trump introduced he was retiring the nickname after Mr DeSantis dropped out of the 2024 race and threw his endorsement behind the former president.

Used in a sentence: “Ron DeSanctimonious has become an Absentee Governor of Florida, never there, not working.”

ELECTION INTERFERENCE

Perhaps unable to flee the pull of autocorrect after typing it out so many instances, this time period is nearly completely utilized by Mr Trump in all-caps. He has claimed that the Justice Department’s investigations into him and the next indictments are examples of “ELECTION INTERFERENCE.”

Used in a sentence: “The whole World is watching as the USA turns into a Banana Republic. Biden should repudiate and stop this plan before it is too late. ELECTION INTERFERENCE!”

Fake News

Mr Trump tends to dismiss unsavoury reviews about him or media organisations which will produce such reviews as “fake news.” He has used the phrase within the context of disparaging the lawsuits towards him, the influence of Covid-19, and even a CNN reporter.

Used in a sentence: “You’re fake news,” Mr Trump informed CNN correspondent Jim Acosta.

Horseface

In a tweet, Mr Trump used this time period to explain Stormy Daniels, a porn star with whom he allegedly had an affair. Mr Trump is in courtroom for the hush cash funds he is accused of giving her forward of the 2016 election.

After he known as Ms Daniels this identify, she replied, calling out his “shortcomings” and stated: “Game on, Tiny.”

Used in a sentence: “Great, now I can go after Horseface and her 3rd rate lawyer in the Great State of Texas.”

MAGA

The abbreviation stands for “Make America Great Again,” Mr Trump’s marketing campaign slogan, which is typically discovered emblazoned on purple baseball caps. It may also be used as a descriptor for supporters of Mr Trump.

Used in a sentence: “Join me in Durham, New Hampshire for a MAGA Rally on Saturday, December 16, 2023 at the Whittemore Center Arena!”

Lamestream Media

Mr Trump utilises this as a derogatory different time period for “mainstream” media shops that always don’t agree with him. He typically finds these shops responsible of so-called “fake news” (see: “fake news”).

Used in a sentence: “The Lamestream Media is doing everything within their power to foment hatred and anarchy. As long as everybody understands what they are doing, that they are FAKE NEWS and truly bad people with a sick agenda, we can easily work through them to GREATNESS!”

Mental midget

The time period is used to explain somebody who is not sensible. In the language of Mr Trump, it’s used to explain one actor specifically.

Used in a sentence: “Robert De Niro is a ‘mental midget’ whose mind is shot, and whose life is a total train wreck.”

Nambia

Then-president Trump talked about the nonexistent nation of “Nambia” — twice — when addressing African leaders in 2017. He appeared to be referring to the very actual nation of Namibia.

Used in a sentence: “Nambia’s health system is increasingly self-sufficient.”

Newscum

This catchy nickname combines the phrase “scum” with the final identify of the California Gov Gavin Newsom. The first recognized use of the time period might be traced again to February 2024, when Mr Trump visited the southern border and gave a speech mentioning California, a border state, and its governor.

Used in a sentence: “You look at what this Governor Newscum from California…Isn’t that his name? Newscum? What he’s done to California is unbelievable.”

Peekaboo

Mr Trump makes use of this time period to discuss with New York Attorney General Letitia James; the rationale behind such a weird nickname is unclear, however some have pointed to the time period sounding like a racist phrase.

Mr Trump’s former fixer, Michael Cohen, disagreed with that concept. He informed Business Insider that he was chalking up the nickname to the previous president’s “dementia.”

Used in a sentence: “We have totally proven our Case against the Corrupt, Racist, New York Attorney General, Letitia “Peekaboo” James.”

Perfect telephone name

Mr Trump used this phrase defensively to explain two notorious telephone calls. First, he used this time period when referring to his telephone name with Volodymyr Zelensky — the contents of which ultimately led to his first impeachment. He used the time period once more to explain the decision he made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in an effort to assist him “find” extra votes.

Used in a sentence: “I’m the only one to get impeached on a perfect phone call, like a perfect phone call.”

Person, girl, man, digital camera, TV

Mr Trump’s supposed proof that he is a genius (see: “very stable genius”). The former president was requested to finish a cognitive analysis. He later recalled the reminiscence take a look at in an interview and bragged about his capacity to repeat the phrase: “person, woman, man, camera, TV.”

He underscored simply how troublesome the take a look at usually was for others — however not for him: “If you get it in order you get extra points. [The doctor] said nobody gets it in order, it’s actually not that easy, but for me, it was easy.”

Used in a sentence: “It’s like you’ll go ‘person, woman, man, camera, TV’. So they’ll say, ‘Could you repeat that?’ So I said, ‘yeah’. So it’s: ‘person, woman, man, camera, TV.’ Okay, that’s very good …”

Rigged

Perhaps one of the previous president’s most repeated phrases, “rigged” in Trump dialect means one thing that is unfair to him — most notably the 2020 election.

Used in a sentence: “It was a rigged election, and it was a stolen, disgusting election.”

RINO

The abbreviation stands for “Republican In Name Only.” Mr Trump typically casts his GOP political rivals as “RINOs,” like Mitch McConnell….

Used in a sentence: “Happy Easter to all, including those that dream endlessly of destroying our country because they are incapable of dreaming about anything else…& to all of those weak & pathetic RINOs…!”

Sad!

A Donald Trump favorite. He likes to tack on the time period sarcastically to the top of tweets, Truth Social posts, and the like, to name one thing “sad,” which he often doesn’t really feel unhealthy for in any respect. The exclamation level is important to emphasize the disappointment.

Used in a sentence: “Whoopi Goldberg is terrible. Very sad!”

Sarcasm

Mr Trump likes to depend on “sarcasm” as an excuse for a gaffe or to get out of the limelight after making a controversial assertion. The Independent tabulated that the previous president has cited the time period no less than seven times — together with when he lately tried to explain why he interchanged Mr Obama’s identify for Mr Biden (see: “Barack Obama”).

Used in a sentence: “Ratings challenged @CNN reports so seriously that I call President Obama (and Clinton) ‘the founder’ of ISIS, & MVP. THEY DON’T GET SARCASM?”

Trump Derangement Syndrome

If you might have expressed discontent with the previous president, you could be inclined to getting recognized with Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS). Mr Trump has used the time period — er, illness — to explain those that have brazenly and repeatedly, if not obsessively, disagreed with him and/or his insurance policies.

Used in a sentence: “Crazy Liz Cheney, who may be responsible for destroying the evidence from the J6 Unselect Committee, making all cases, past and present, highly questionable, AT BEST, is suffering from a massive case of TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME.”

Very steady genius

Mr Trump known as himself a “very stable genius” in a Twitter tirade in January 2018 seemingly in an try and defend his cognitive capacity amid the discharge of Michael Wolff’s e-book Fire and Fury, which mentioned his psychological well being.

Mr Wolff wrote, “It used to be inside of 30 minutes he’d repeat, word-for-word and expression-for-expression, the same three stories – now it was within 10 minutes.” The White House known as the e-book’s claims “complete fantasy.”

Used in a sentence: “I went from VERY successful businessman, to top T.V. Star……to President of the United States (on my first try). I think that would qualify as not smart, but genius….and a very stable genius at that!”

Witch hunt/Hoax

Mr Trump makes use of these phrases to explain lawsuits towards and inquiries into him. He has labelled the Mueller investigation, the FBI raid of Mar-a-Lago, numerous legalbattles, both impeachments, amongst other scandals, a “witch hunt” and/or a “hoax.”

Used in a sentence: “On the impeachment, it’s really a continuation of the greatest witch hunt in the history of politics.”