TIL that in the 1860s one meaning of "Trump" was "A good fellow; an excellent person".
TIL that in the 1860s one meaning of "Trump" was "A good fellow; an excellent person".
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Maybe the "great" America that Donald wants to take us back to is the 1860s?
The one a little bit further down - "Trumpery" meaning "Deceit; fraud" - needs to make a comeback.
Or even better "Worthless or deceptive in character". (Which, basically, has already made a comeback.)
It's pretty interesting how Trump ("an excellent person") and Trumpery ("Worthless or deceptive in character") could both be in use at the same time, unless it was some kind of opposite-slang.
Hasn't it, though?
Isn't that what the common meaning is today?
This is the trump version I'm most familiar with.
Nimrod used to mean a might hunter.
Awful was a good thing, and awesome would make you shit your paints in fear.
Words don't just change slowly, sometimes the do a 180 overnight
Words don't just change slowly, sometimes the do a 180 overnight
Like when gate turn into a suffix meaning scandal due to the Watergategate
We live in the dumbest timeline because I could absolutely see this on the news:
Bill Gates crashes his car into someone's gate but doesn't leave a note. The chyron at the bottom of the screen reads "Gates's Gate-gate". We hear about it 24/7 for weeks.
Literally
However, another meaning is "fart".
What does "pulling a trump card" mean?
Probably something to do with a card game.