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sarcasmo

(23,968 posts)
Sat Dec 31, 2016, 10:24 PM Dec 2016

The loud, empty word that defines President-elect Trump.



Snip< As a speaker and Tweeter of the English language, Donald Trump makes George W. Bush, our last least literate president, seem like William Jennings Bryan.



Snip< The tide so low it is inevitable the shoals would show. And from the toxic, batshit-racist, bullshit pool of his, there is one that keeps bobbing to the surface: the word “very.”




http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/01/01/very-the-loud-empty-word-that-defines-president-elect-trump.html
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The loud, empty word that defines President-elect Trump. (Original Post) sarcasmo Dec 2016 OP
Very much... Rollo Dec 2016 #1
Bigly NightWatcher Dec 2016 #2
From the title, my money was on "asshat" flvegan Dec 2016 #3
Are you a man or are you an amoeba??? loyalsister Dec 2016 #4
Very soulless democratisphere Dec 2016 #5
Reminds me of that scene from Dead Poets Society where Robin Williams AgadorSparticus Dec 2016 #6
Idiot. Kath2 Dec 2016 #7
Also "sad," and "loser." The articvle is about words he uses, not words we could czsll him. But tblue37 Jan 2017 #8

AgadorSparticus

(7,963 posts)
6. Reminds me of that scene from Dead Poets Society where Robin Williams
Sat Dec 31, 2016, 11:15 PM
Dec 2016

tells the students that the word, Very, is just sheer laziness. It fits.

tblue37

(65,334 posts)
8. Also "sad," and "loser." The articvle is about words he uses, not words we could czsll him. But
Sun Jan 1, 2017, 12:02 AM
Jan 2017

those two words serve both functions.

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