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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTwo definitions .... BOTH describe Trump
"LIE ABOUT" -1.- "hang around idly"
OR -
2.- "purposeful dishonesty"
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Two definitions .... BOTH describe Trump (Original Post)
some_of_us_are_sane
12 hrs ago
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RockRaven
(19,406 posts)1. Two definitions of Trump
1) A surname for a clan of Bavarian-Scottish-American criminals,
and
2) An escape of gas from the bowels.
some_of_us_are_sane
(3,211 posts)3. RIGHT ON!
Perfect!!!
Intractable
(2,115 posts)2. Definition of trumpery - it's spot on
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trumpery
trumpery noun trum·pery ˈtrəm-p(ə
rē
1 a: worthless nonsense
b: trivial or useless articles : junk
:
Trumpery derives from the Middle English trompery and ultimately from the Middle French tromper, meaning "to deceive." (You can see the meaning of this root reflected in the French phrase trompe-l'oeil-literally, "deceives the eye"-which in English refers to a style of painting with photographically realistic detail.) Trumpery first appeared in English in the mid-15th century with the meanings "deceit or fraud" (a sense that is now obsolete) and "worthless nonsense." Less than 100 years later, it was being applied to material objects of little or no value. The verb phrase trump up means "to concoct with the intent to deceive," but there is most likely no etymological connection between this phrase and trumpery.
trumpery noun trum·pery ˈtrəm-p(ə
1 a: worthless nonsense
b: trivial or useless articles : junk
:
Trumpery derives from the Middle English trompery and ultimately from the Middle French tromper, meaning "to deceive." (You can see the meaning of this root reflected in the French phrase trompe-l'oeil-literally, "deceives the eye"-which in English refers to a style of painting with photographically realistic detail.) Trumpery first appeared in English in the mid-15th century with the meanings "deceit or fraud" (a sense that is now obsolete) and "worthless nonsense." Less than 100 years later, it was being applied to material objects of little or no value. The verb phrase trump up means "to concoct with the intent to deceive," but there is most likely no etymological connection between this phrase and trumpery.
some_of_us_are_sane
(3,211 posts)4. His REAL
birthright![