I think the word trump will never be the same again either. In the UK, trump is the word they use to mean a fart. It made me laugh when my English friend first told me. It's so perfectly appropriate!
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There's MUCH MORE! Fred chose a perfect name Worthless/deceptive in character; Fraud. Something serving to deceive by false show or pretense; falsehood; deceit; worthless but showy matter; hence, things worn out and of no value; rubbish/trash [1913 Webster] cide.en-academic.com/186157/Trump...
![trump'er-y, n.; pl. trump'er-ies, [Fr. tromp-erie, from tromper, to deceive, cheat.] 1. deceit; fraud. [Obs.] 2. anything calculated to deceive by false show; anything externally splendid but in-trinsically of little value; worthless finery. 3. things worn out and of no value; useless matter; trifles; rubbish; nonsense. This idolatrous trumpery and superstition.-South. trump'ery, a. trifling; showy but worthless; trashy; paltry.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uizus4yuttm3z3hpjvkvy6j6/bafkreiak44optc4nh6pefxrrt7iwodwin57ugpavyaod663d7g2fjmpk4y@jpeg)
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