You keep saying that word. I don't think in means what you think it does (Reply #3)

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Wed Oct 2, 2019, 01:11 PM

captain queeg (9,471 posts)

3. You keep saying that word. I don't think in means what you think it does

-Indyo Montoya from Princess Bride

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36 replies	Author	Time	Post
Trump's Use Of The Word "Perfect"...... [View all]	global1	Oct 2019	OP
It's like it's a dismissive "fine" but with his typical grandiose exaggeration	NightWatcher	Oct 2019	#1
It means something important to him, obviously. I think it goes all the way back to his childhood.	hedda_foil	Oct 2019	#2
Good Theory.....	global1	Oct 2019	#6
You keep saying that word. I don't think in means what you think it does	captain queeg	Oct 2019	#3
In my professional opinion he is so crazed he can't think of words.	nolabear	Oct 2019	#4
His family are the lifelong victims of Trump's narcissism	lunatica	Oct 2019	#16
I still say that those three kids have Stockholm Syndrome	dhol82	Jan 2020	#29
Your description is perfect!	lunatica	Jan 2020	#31
Doesn't bother me....who cares?	virgogal	Oct 2019	#5
It's a lie.	Kingofalldems	Oct 2019	#18
Every	Faux pas	Oct 2019	#7
What does "Perfect" even mean? Nt	USALiberal	Oct 2019	#8
his use of words	dweller	Oct 2019	#9
Yes. There is something his use of perfect is pointing to.	lunatica	Oct 2019	#10
I agree. There was something that seemed strange about his use of that word right off the bat.	smirkymonkey	Oct 2019	#24
"Perfect" allows everyone to project their own meaning	Merlot	Jan 2020	#28
It's a projection of his grandiose hubris	Blue Owl	Oct 2019	#11
it's consistent with his pathological need to exaggerate.	unblock	Oct 2019	#12
"It was the most beautiful chocolate cake YOU have ever seen"	A HERETIC I AM	Oct 2019	#21
It has hit me like nails down a blackboard from the first time he uttered it.	Pacifist Patriot	Oct 2019	#13
I think in his mind, it means....	lastlib	Oct 2019	#14
Bothers the shit of me	Iwasthere	Oct 2019	#15
He got a "perfect" performance review from Vlad	flibbitygiblets	Oct 2019	#17
All his bizarre word choices are disturbing	lapislzi	Oct 2019	#19
He seemed to downgrade "perfect" and "beautiful" to	dewsgirl	Oct 2019	#20
When he says "Perfect"...	kentuck	Oct 2019	#22
Yes, I commented about it a few days ago on DU. I also pointed out that it's an example of	tblue37	Oct 2019	#23
the dangerous case of Donald Trump	Pat Loyer	Jan 2020	#25
in a righteous world, dr lee would give the sotu response.	mopinko	Jan 2020	#34
Dr. Jerrold Post's new book "Dangerous Charisma" has an interesting way of looking at this.	Mike 03	Jan 2020	#35
It's stable genious	Faux pas	Jan 2020	#26
I hate when he says, a beautiful phone call.	dewsgirl	Jan 2020	#27
A perfect meal, a perfect date, a perfect...	3catwoman3	Jan 2020	#30
It's like	Ohiogal	Jan 2020	#32
he likes to embellish his lies...	stillcool	Jan 2020	#33
His vocabulary is so impoverished.	Mike 03	Jan 2020	#36

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