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kpete

(71,991 posts) Tue Jul 3, 2018, 10:36 PM Jul 2018

omfg the dictionary is trolling Trump.

'pore over' 🔍"to read or study very carefully"

'pour over' ☕️"to make expensive coffee"

'comb over' 💇?♂️"to comb hair from the side of the head to cover the bald spot"

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omfg the dictionary is trolling Trump. (Original Post) kpete Jul 2018 OP

As James Kirk said to Khan Noonian Singh tparrett62 Jul 2018 #1

Hilarious! Doodley Jul 2018 #2

Funny... but I'm going to give him a pass on 'pour over' v 'pore over'... hlthe2b Jul 2018 #3

Erk. Really? Argh. nt Susan Calvin Jul 2018 #8

No. Tipperary Jul 2018 #12

I love when they do this.😚Merriam-Webster❤❤ dewsgirl Jul 2018 #4

Love it!!! calimary Jul 2018 #5

@Dictionarycom does it too, every day More_Cowbell Jul 2018 #6

I hate to tell you... Honeycombe8 Jul 2018 #7

Yes. I agree. Silver Gaia Jul 2018 #9

We know.. it just fits. Cha Jul 2018 #11

Fucking Feckless Fraud gets NO pass. He LIED. Cha Jul 2018 #10

tparrett62

(268 posts)

1. As James Kirk said to Khan Noonian Singh

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Jul 3, 2018, 10:39 PM

Jul 2018

"I'm laughing at the superior intellect."

What a fuckwit.

Doodley

(9,091 posts)

2. Hilarious!

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Jul 3, 2018, 10:42 PM

Jul 2018

hlthe2b

(102,276 posts)

3. Funny... but I'm going to give him a pass on 'pour over' v 'pore over'...

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Jul 3, 2018, 10:44 PM

Jul 2018

that is a mistake that I've seen even highly educated (and self-aware) people make.

Susan Calvin

(1,646 posts)

8. Erk. Really? Argh. nt

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 4, 2018, 12:48 AM

Jul 2018

Tipperary

(6,930 posts)

12. No.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 4, 2018, 04:50 AM

Jul 2018

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)

4. I love when they do this.😚Merriam-Webster❤❤

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Wed Jul 4, 2018, 12:06 AM

Jul 2018

calimary

(81,265 posts)

5. Love it!!!

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Wed Jul 4, 2018, 12:43 AM

Jul 2018

More_Cowbell

(2,191 posts)

6. @Dictionarycom does it too, every day

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Wed Jul 4, 2018, 12:44 AM

Jul 2018

https://twitter.com/Dictionarycom?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)

7. I hate to tell you...

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Wed Jul 4, 2018, 12:46 AM

Jul 2018

"comb over" has always meant that, that I recall. It wasn't originated w/Trump.

Silver Gaia

(4,544 posts)

9. Yes. I agree.

Reply to Honeycombe8 (Reply #7)

Wed Jul 4, 2018, 03:46 AM

Jul 2018

You are correct. The "combover" as a "hairstyle" used by balding men has been with us for as far back as I can remember, and that's pretty far back. That's what it has always been called.