13 October 2018

Trumpish

In the latest jaw-dropping edict to emerge from The White House, President Trump has instructed that henceforth the language name "English" will be replaced by "Trumpish".

Trump said, "We need a great language that is businesslike and speaks clearly to people... like the word 'sidewalk' for example. It's what you walk upon by the side of the road. Hence - sidewalk". Trump went on to outlaw the words "pavement" and "footpath" calling such terms "British bullshit".

Often using "sidewalk" as a guiding principle, the revered president has begun his Trumpish war on English by outlawing several commonly used words. From January 1st 2019, these changes will be required by law.

ENGLISH         TRUMPISH
roof                     housetop
window               lookiethrough
ladder                 upwalk
staircase             downwalk
tightrope             cablewalk
kettle                  waterboiler
Democrat            Redmouth
lucidity               covfefe
tax evasion         initiative
important            trumpant
illusion                wall
intelligence         trumpence
trump                  fart
librarian              book stamper
crab                     sidewalker

His Regal Majesty Emperor Trump is seeking further additions to his new Trumpish  lexicon and welcomes suggestions. Make Language Great Again!

23 comments:

  1. This is the funniest thing I have read all day. I LOVE the Trump-speak for "window". In fact, I'm pretty sure that's exactly what he calls it.

    I have one: The Trumpish word for "critic" is "jealous of my beautiful hair." (Yeah, it's more than one word, but Trumpers can't count.)

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    1. I wish I had a golden mane like the 45th President. Small children would whisper, "Here comes The Lion Man!" as opposed to The Elephant Man.

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  2. Pretty brilliant, Mr. P.
    And pretty spot-on.

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  3. I believe this is what Sarah Huckabee Sanders calls "Fake News". I am just bright enough to know that it is satire. Others may not have my superior intellect and will believe your lies.

    I dare not speculate too long on why small children would refer to you as The Elephant Man.

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    1. You are like one of those cunning American TV detectives - able to sniff falsehood from several blocks away. I see you as Canton's answer to Lieutenant Frank Columbo... and yes Frank was Columbo's first name!

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  4. Lucidity - covfefe is my favorite but tax evasion - initiative is a close second!

    May I also suggest:

    menopause - ex wife

    scandal - thunderstormi


    immigrants - shitholians












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    1. Well-considered suggestions revealing a spookily accurate understanding of the way The Orange Emperor's mind works.

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  5. Oh, Lord. I just don't even know where to begin. You have outdone yourself, YP, almost enough for me to want to stop using the word sidewalk. (Almost.)

    Please don't allow Trump to define America or American. God forbid.

    Americans DO say pavement, I feel compelled to add, but in America it just means the hard surface of a road or anything paved. And what's with the British saying "whilst"? Is this 1830?

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    1. Only "almost"? Drat! I was already aware that Americans reserve the term "pavement" for road surfaces and whilst on my various visits to the USA I have sought to employ local parlance - including "sidewalk" and "faucet" but on this side of the Atlantic I use the correct terminology.

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    2. Actually, my family used the word pavement when I was a kid in the suburbs of Philadelphia...and we also used the word "cupboard", and when I used the word in school no-one had any idea what I meant. I should add that my great grandparents were still living when I was six and one of them came from Edinburgh.

      When I worked in London I learned not to use the word "call" when I meant "telephone", or else some poor Brit would be horrified that I would actually come around and ring the doorbell later.

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    3. Actually, I really have started to use some British terms. My family makes fun of me when I go back to the states for saying things like "posh" and "rubbish." They're always mystified that I haven't developed an accent, but while vocabulary changes, I think speech patterns stay pretty constant. Once you learn to speak as a small child, that's rooted in your brain pretty deeply. At the school where I work, the kids who began life in British schools still retain their British accents, even now that they're surrounded by Yanks (or people with Yank accents). It's really very interesting.

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  6. I wish you could outlaw his mangled ideas! Try that one! Funny! You had a good time.

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    1. You talk like a Redmouth mister!

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    2. Now you'll have to define Red mouth? I hope it's not bad!!!

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  7. kindness = weakness
    diplomacy = ??? He hasn't even got a word for it, let alone know what it is or how to do it.

    These are funny, and unfortunately more truth than satire.

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    1. kindness = weakness in Trumpish - I agree Jenny but it is eerily unfunny.

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  8. It's a pity you don't have Hillary to pillory.

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  9. This post got me believing 'Wot next'! for a split second..you are probably second guessing his next move YP

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    1. If you believed all of the Trump hype you would insist that he can walk on water!

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