Words people looked up during debate (I wish this was from the Onion)

[niyad]

(sorry, but one would think people watching the debate would know such basic words)

Words people looked up during debate


(L-R) Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton shake hands prior to the start of the Presidential Debate at Hofstra University on September 26, 2016 in Hempstead, New York. The first of four debates for the 2016 Election,
Donald Trump speaking at the 1st Presidential Debate at Hofstra University, New York on September 26, 2016


(CNN)As presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton traded barbs, viewers headed to the dictionary to look up headscratching words like "braggadocious."
Here are several key words that spiked in searches on Merriam-Webster's site during Monday night's debate


'She doesn't have the stamina'
Donald Trump campaign releases medical information, cites 'stamina'
Donald Trump campaign releases medical information, cites 'stamina'
Stamina means "great physical or mental strength that allows you to continue doing something for a long time," according to Merriam-Webster.
Trump repeated this word five times during the debate to reiterate his view that Clinton doesn't have what it takes to be president.
Trump said: "She doesn't have the look. She doesn't have the stamina. I said she doesn't have the stamina. And I don't believe she does have the stamina. To be president of this country, you need tremendous stamina."
Clinton replied: "Well, as soon as he travels to 112 countries and negotiates a peace deal, a cease-fire, a release of dissidents, an opening of new opportunities in nations around the world, or even spends 11 hours testifying in front of a congressional committee, he can talk to me about stamina."


Trump and Clinton battle over presidential temperament 01:15
Temperament means the usual attitude, mood, or behavior of a person.
Searches for this term increased 78 times over Merriam-Webster's hourly average. Trump repeated this word five times during the debate, saying, "I think my strongest asset by far is my temperament. I have a winning temperament."
Clinton countered that Trump did not have "the right temperament to be commander-in- chief."

'Not in a braggadocious way'
Braggadocio, a noun, means "the annoying or exaggerated talk of someone who is trying to sound very proud or brave." The plural form is braggadocios.
Trump said "braggadocious" -- ensuring that no one had this rare word on their bingo card.
"I have a great company," Trump said. "I have a tremendous income. And the reason I say that is not in a braggadocious way. It's because it's about time that this country had somebody running it that has an idea about money.
'Trumped-up trickle-down'
Clinton slams 'trumped up, trickle down' economics

Clinton slams 'trumped up, trickle down' economics 01:30
Trumped-up, an adjective, means deliberately done or created to make someone appear to be guilty of a crime, according to Merriam-Webster.
Clinton used this word twice during the debate, as an obvious pun on Trump's name, questioning his economics plan.
"I call it trumped-up trickle-down, because that's exactly what it would be. That is not how we grow the economy."
This term spiked during the debate, but did not stay trending.


Cavalier, means having or showing no concern for something that is important or serious. Both candidates used this adjective to characterize each others foreign policy chops.
"His cavalier attitude about nuclear weapons is so deeply troubling," Clinton said.
The word stayed as top 1% of look-ups on Merriam-Webster..
Trump struck back on Clinton's foreign policy record saying, "She's very cavalier in the way she talks about various countries.


http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/27/politics/presidential-debate-buzzwords/

[Journeyman]

1. Well, good for the viewers. I'd rather people look up definitions than flounder in ignorance . . .

And truly, better understanding of those words by the audience didn't help Trump's cause.

[niyad]

2. while I agree about knowing vs not knowing, the fact that so many people of, one would

assume, voting age, had to look up such basic words as stamina and temperament, is a bit disheartening. what ARE people learning in school these days?

[Nay]

3. It's not the schools -- if students don't spend any time reading, they don't learn words.

Period. I'm sure that most of those words were used in the schools at least a time or two, but to expect schools to teach every child every word they will need as adults is not sensible. Schools DO try very hard to interest children in reading, math, looking up unfamiliar words in the dictionary, etc., but it requires that a student be more than a warm body. Most people, unfortunately, are just warm bodies, parked in front of TV/computer/phone. We shouldn't be surprised that their children are doing the same thing.

[niyad]

4. I do not expect, nor did I say, that schools must teach each and every word. yet, surely

at some point these words have been heard, perhaps even in context, and more than once. it just bothers me, since these are pretty basic words.

[Avalux]

5. What about "bigly"? Did anyone look up that little nugget?

[MineralMan]

7. It is an actual word, but is archaic in use.

For example, one might say, "Donald Trump body is bigly, but not his brainpower." But, if you said it, you're pretty much using a word that died out of usage centuries ago.

[Avalux]

8. Eric Trump - he said "big league", not bigly.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/donald-trump-said-big-league-932802

[Maru Kitteh]

6. STAMINA is the thinly disguised code word for sustaining an erection

Used by herbal woo-peddling charlatans across the spectrum of late night info-woo television