Wed Apr 5, 2017, 12:28 PM
Nitram (16,544 posts)
Trump says he has the best words. Merriam-Webster disagrees.
The Miriam-Webster Dictionary has been tweeting amusingly snarky jabs at Trump since his election.
When John Dean of Watergate fame predicted “calamity” for Donald Trump’s presidency, Merriam-Webster’s official account tweeted about the prognostication, adding its definition: “an event that causes great harm and suffering.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-says-he-has-the-best-words-merriam-webster-disagrees/2017/04/04/01eea7ac-1973-11e7-855e-4824bbb5d748_story.html?utm_term=.78361032f97d
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Response to Nitram (Original post)
Thu Apr 6, 2017, 12:07 AM
No Vested Interest (4,595 posts)
1. What bout 45's overuse of the word "very"?
Something is never just "very _____"; it is always "very, very ______".
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Response to No Vested Interest (Reply #1)
Thu Apr 6, 2017, 12:52 PM
Nitram (16,544 posts)
2. Yes. His meaningless repetition of any word or phrase because he thinks it might be more...
convincing if he says it more than once. The one that was like nails on the blackboard the other day was that Syria had "crossed a line. Many, many lines."
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