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sinkingfeeling

(51,457 posts)
Sat Sep 24, 2016, 10:48 PM Sep 2016

Trump has caused me to dig up an old epithet: male chauvinist.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chauvinism

Simple Definition of chauvinism
: an attitude that the members of your own sex are always better than those of the opposite sex
: the belief that your country, race, etc., is better than any other
Source: Merriam-Webster

I think.it fits him to a tee.
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Trump has caused me to dig up an old epithet: male chauvinist. (Original Post) sinkingfeeling Sep 2016 OP
Epithet. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2016 #1
You might want to look up "epitaph" and "epithet" jberryhill Sep 2016 #2
I love my cellphone. It changes my spelling constantly. sinkingfeeling Sep 2016 #3
Whenever I try to spell xvihbvf, it comes out as "xvihbvf" jberryhill Sep 2016 #4
He's proud of it too. JRLeft Sep 2016 #5

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,693 posts)
1. Epithet.
Sat Sep 24, 2016, 10:51 PM
Sep 2016

An epitaph is an inscription on a gravestone.

My recollection of the complete phrase is "male chauvinist pig."

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