. Welcome to 2017, the year of broken dreams and Republican wet dreams. There is a silver lining.The brutal presidential campaign birthed a new word thanks to Donnie Trump, whose meaningless promises and whopping lies will hurt those he swore to love the most. Who can ever forget; “I love the uneducated!” See if you agree with Susie Sampson that Trump’s special word ought to be included in Merriam Webster’s dictionary, to make it official.
The word is ‘Trump’d!’ A word of caution, Trump’d is not to be confused with the existing word ‘trumped.’ While both words are verbs, their meaning is very different. For instance: It is possible to retain your humanity after you’ve trumped someone while playing the trump card in a friendly game of cards.
On the other hand, if you’ve ever patiently waited for a driver to pull out of a parking spot, only to have another vehicle zip past you and dive into the spot, while the driver signals you with one jaunty digit..you friend, have been Trump’d!
Others who have achieved a form of immortality in a similar way gave us McCarthyism and Ponzi schemes. Susie touches upon the background of the two delightful immortals. It looks entirely possible that Trump will surpass the witch-hunting of McCarthy and the crooked scams made famous by Ponzi. May their names live forever within the pages of Webster’s dictionary.