BAN the word “trump”:
Can we vote on the “most nauseating word” in the English language (or any language for that matter)? The word “trump” gets my vote.
I don’t know about you, but I am sick of hearing the name, or word, “trump” everywhere, anywhere. It’s just plain disgusting.
I mean even using the word “trump” in a sentence that has nothing to do with DJT makes me feel the puke arisin’.
Even today, post-inauguration, hearing that hopefully we will “reach the place once again where ‘science trumps political rhetoric’” was enough to start the gut-juice gurgle. I recall (or is it just me?) that before the narcissist namesake took a position of power, the now-repulsive word was hardly ever used in polite conversation.
Even as the new president failed to mention the name in his inaugural address, some reporters followed the lead, refusing to mention 45’s name when reviewing the inaugural. That spared at least a little nausea.
It’s a phonetic fatigue. The conceited-one brought the vomit-evocation on himself, by his relentless attacks on American institutions, aimed at destroying everything from desperately-needed environmental protections to hard-won global treaties, social security and overall human rights. Those actions grabbed endless, perpetual references to him and his outrageous corruption schemes at every turn, every waking moment of the past four years. How will the media cope with a calm, presumably crime-free governance?
I don’t care as long as they leave that nausea-mongering word out.
I mean, there are actually other words that are appropriate to the sentiment of anything “taking precedence” over something else that don’t recall the foulitude of a disgraced quasi-human who has been hell-bent on the destruction of an actual functioning democracy.
How about “outdo”? Or even “tops” or “preside”? The sentiment might take effort: “trump” is just one word, one syllable, and we all know how much we love brevity and speed… Replace one syllable with two? That might be forgiven, even three syllables or four: “overshadow”, or god forbid, two words: “takes precedence”! What’s wrong with “science takes precedence over political rhetoric” or even “science presides” over….
I’ve always been amazed that certain rulers in the past were “erased” (or almost) from history, removed from carvings, statues and books. In ancient Egypt, Thutmose III (1400’s BC) removed almost all reference to his predecessor, his aunt and stepmother, Hatshepsut, whose images adorned monuments and even temples she had built. History’s explanation is that Thutmose III tried to eradicate her memory because she was a strong and powerful female pharaoh, possibly to sustain the deception of an absolute male lineage of the dynasty’s rulers. Surely there’s more to it than that, since she was co-regent with Thutmose III, and we all know about stepmothers and their spouses’ children: battles, power-struggles... Too bad we’ll probably never know.
Then there was “Mad Emperor” Caligula (1st c. AD) who invited his senators to banquets, then after having sex with their wives, went on to rate their “performances” at the party! After he was assassinated and buried in an unmarked grave, images of Caligula were destroyed or removed from sculpture and portraits. His name was erased from political calendars and historical accounts while coins bearing his visage were defaced and melted down. But there were so many raunchy stories surrounding Caligula that his memory was impossible to erase, which certainly could be the case with 45.
Many say that if you “hide historical fact” you are condemned to repeat it. But just to reduce gastritis maybe we can officially change the name “Trump” to “45”, “the orange one” or “the most corrupt”. That could work. After all, word is, knowledge of the level of WH corruption of the last 4 years is only going to increase, now that the sycophants may feel more free to speak. But no doubt we’ll have to endure repulsive nomenclature as all those self-serving crimes are exposed.
All this doesn’t change the reality: word-fatigue merits some action. If there ever was a word that deserved to be deleted from the English language, it’s definitely “trump”, however it is used. I just don’t want to hear it any more, ever.
So while we’ve dumped the 45 who was — or claimed to be — “president”, let’s also dump “trump” the word.