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Sun Oct 8, 2017, 06:42 PM

WhiteTara (28,776 posts)

Donald Trump takes credit for inventing the word 'fake'

https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-takes-credit-inventing-164820297.html

Donald Trump has apparently taken credit for creating the word “fake”, during a television interview.

The President of the United States suggested he had coined the term as he lashed out at the media for its coverage of his response to the Puerto Rican hurricane victims.

During an interview aired on Christian channel Trinity Broadcasting, Mr Trump also defended his decision to hurl “beautiful, soft towels” to those affected by Hurricane Maria in the style of a basketball player taking shots.

“I think one of the greatest of all terms I’ve come up with is ‘fake'," he said.

“I guess other people have used it, perhaps, over the years, but I’ve never noticed it."

Mr Trump was being interviewed by Governor Mike Huckabee, the father of his press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and vocal supporter of the Trump administration.

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Donald Trump takes credit for inventing the word 'fake' (Original post)	WhiteTara	Oct 2017	OP
Such a wordsmith!	ProudLib72	Oct 2017	#1
...	WhiteTara	Oct 2017	#7
What an idiot	shenmue	Oct 2017	#2
he said that perhaps other people had used the word	WhiteTara	Oct 2017	#3
WTF	shenmue	Oct 2017	#12
Truly a moron.	WhiteTara	Oct 2017	#19
Let it be his legacy.	Turbineguy	Oct 2017	#4
This is a simplification of a real problem.	PoorMonger	Oct 2017	#5
+1	trof	Oct 2017	#10
EXACTLY!!!! n/t	FormerOstrich	Oct 2017	#20
To his credit, he also came up with the term "yuge".	trof	Oct 2017	#6
Don't forget Bigly!	WhiteTara	Oct 2017	#9
He didn't invent the word; he just redefined the concept.	longship	Oct 2017	#8
"Faux News?" for a couple decades now?	yallerdawg	Oct 2017	#11
Funny, that's the same word I used to describe him the first time I saw him.	world wide wally	Oct 2017	#13
Maybe he came up with this "unique" word from looking at himself in the mirror each morning and	politicaljunkie41910	Oct 2017	#14
He never heard, "Fake University" before? Next he'll pretend he didn't hear the word, "FRAUD!"	TheBlackAdder	Oct 2017	#15
Hey, John Milton (the neologist who leads with 630 words still in the Oxford	NCjack	Oct 2017	#16
So he 'invented' a word to describe himself?	crazycatlady	Oct 2017	#17
He's given new depth and dimension to the term 'asshole'.	milestogo	Oct 2017	#18
Coming next week, Trump will attempt inventing a five letter word.	L. Coyote	Oct 2017	#21
he thought he coined the term "Priming the pump" too. What an idiot.	TeamPooka	Oct 2017	#22

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Sun Oct 8, 2017, 06:45 PM

ProudLib72 (17,984 posts)

1. Such a wordsmith!

Reminds me of Shakespeare.

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Sun Oct 8, 2017, 06:51 PM

WhiteTara (28,776 posts)

7. ...

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Sun Oct 8, 2017, 06:46 PM

shenmue (38,440 posts)

2. What an idiot

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Sun Oct 8, 2017, 06:48 PM

WhiteTara (28,776 posts)

3. he said that perhaps other people had used the word

but he had never heard it!

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Sun Oct 8, 2017, 06:56 PM

shenmue (38,440 posts)

12. WTF

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Sun Oct 8, 2017, 11:02 PM

WhiteTara (28,776 posts)

19. Truly a moron.

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Sun Oct 8, 2017, 06:49 PM

Turbineguy (36,380 posts)

4. Let it be his legacy.

Every president has to have one.

Let Fake be his legacy.

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Sun Oct 8, 2017, 06:51 PM

PoorMonger (844 posts)

5. This is a simplification of a real problem.

He sounds real dumb I'll grant the article that much - but he did effectively take over the term fake news and now feeds his supporters with it. There was actual fake news being taken as reality and this asshole neutered the concept and now brands anything he deems negative to him as fake -- and as dumb as it sounds it works on people. I see what he means, but the stupidest part is that he is out here bragging about it. Another example of him saying the insidious part of his strategy plainly.

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Sun Oct 8, 2017, 06:52 PM

trof (54,190 posts)

10. +1

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Mon Oct 9, 2017, 12:35 AM

FormerOstrich (2,674 posts)

20. EXACTLY!!!! n/t

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Sun Oct 8, 2017, 06:51 PM

trof (54,190 posts)

6. To his credit, he also came up with the term "yuge".

And the phrase "Believe me".

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Sun Oct 8, 2017, 06:52 PM

WhiteTara (28,776 posts)

9. Don't forget Bigly!

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Sun Oct 8, 2017, 06:52 PM

longship (40,416 posts)

8. He didn't invent the word; he just redefined the concept.

As in, moved the goal posts all the way out to center field.

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Sun Oct 8, 2017, 06:55 PM

yallerdawg (16,104 posts)

11. "Faux News?" for a couple decades now?

If you have the vocabulary of a dotard and a moron, probably unaware of the word faux.

Although every REAL New Yorker who doesn't live in a golden tower should be familiar.

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Sun Oct 8, 2017, 07:01 PM

world wide wally (21,591 posts)

13. Funny, that's the same word I used to describe him the first time I saw him.

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Sun Oct 8, 2017, 07:04 PM

politicaljunkie41910 (3,335 posts)

14. Maybe he came up with this "unique" word from looking at himself in the mirror each morning and

seeing his 'fake' hairline, his 'fake' suntan, his fake net worth, his fake intelligence, his fake university, his fake products he introduced during the GOP campaign, his fake doctor with his fake medical reports, his fake crowd size at the inauguration, his fake fund raising, and his fake Trump companies that he diverted those campaign contributions to, his fake contributions to his fake charities, his fake poll numbers, etc.

Did I leave anything out? Feel free to add anything I might have missed.

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Sun Oct 8, 2017, 07:38 PM

TheBlackAdder (27,381 posts)

15. He never heard, "Fake University" before? Next he'll pretend he didn't hear the word, "FRAUD!"

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Sun Oct 8, 2017, 10:04 PM

NCjack (10,247 posts)

16. Hey, John Milton (the neologist who leads with 630 words still in the Oxford

Dictionary), Donald trump is gaining on you.

Trump has such gems as: fake-news and jump-start.

My prediction: "Faktoid" will be invented by Trump as the name for the underpinning fact of a story labelled fake-news by Trump.

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Sun Oct 8, 2017, 10:05 PM

crazycatlady (4,492 posts)

17. So he 'invented' a word to describe himself?

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Sun Oct 8, 2017, 10:11 PM

milestogo (16,161 posts)

18. He's given new depth and dimension to the term 'asshole'.

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Mon Oct 9, 2017, 12:47 AM

L. Coyote (51,129 posts)

21. Coming next week, Trump will attempt inventing a five letter word.

He has his eye on the word "pussy"

even though he's used it himself before, perhaps, over the years, but no one has noticed.

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Mon Oct 9, 2017, 12:52 AM

TeamPooka (23,409 posts)

22. he thought he coined the term "Priming the pump" too. What an idiot.

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