So, given the ever growing list of J6ers that are real estate agents...has anyone looked into whether they attended whatever grift it was that 45 had going about training folks to be real estate agents?
(Tonight's random thought)

2022 September 5, Chirparrooo, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-09-06:

(US politics, slang) Donald Trump, as the forty-fifth president of the United States.


TDS

“The mid-level stages of TDS have a profound effect on the victim’s vocabulary: Sufferers speak a distinctive language consisting solely of hyperbole.”

2018 July 20, Chris Cillizza, quoting Justin Raimondo, “What is ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ – and do you have it?”, in CNN:

Trump derangement syndrome
Trump derangement syndrome#English

(US politics, uncountable) Initialism of Trump derangement syndrome.


deplorable

/dɪˈplɔːɹəbl̩/

PIE word
 *de
The adjective is borrowed from French déplorable (“lamentable, regrettable”), or from its etymon Late Latin dēplōrābilis + English -able (suffix meaning ‘relevant to, suitable to’). Dēplōrābilis is derived from Latin dēplōrō (“to bemoan, complain about; to bewail, lament, deplore”) + -ābilis (suffix meaning ‘able or worthy to be’); while dēplōrō is from dē- (intensifying prefix) + plōrō (“to cry out; to complain; to lament, deplore”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₃(w)- (“to flow; to swim”)). By surface analysis, deplore + -able.
The noun is derived from the adjective. Sense 2 refers to a campaign speech by the American politician and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton (born 1947) during the 2016 United States presidential election calling half of the supporters of her Republican opponent Donald Trump (born 1946) a “basket of deplorables”.

der

He [Donald Trump] did not say who “the guys” were—but [John Maguire] Dowd knew he meant the Trump base, the crowds at his rallies, the Fox News watchers, the deplorables.

2018, Bob Woodward, Fear: Trump in the White House, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 355:

Trump's fate, [Steve] Bannon declared, rested with the deplorables, who had to be brought to the kind of fearful emotional pitch that would get them to the polls.

2019 June 4, Michael Wolff, “McCain, Woodward, Anonymous”, in Siege: Trump Under Fire, New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN:

The self-image of the deplorables is that of the honest, hardworkin' people of the Christian American heartland and South who have been screwed by Washington, D.C., and the coastal elites since the dawn of time.

2020, Rick Wilson, Running against the Devil: A Plot to Save America from Trump—And Democrats from Themselves, New York, N.Y.: Crown Forum, Crown Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 265:

(specifically, US politics, derogatory, neologism) A supporter of Donald Trump.


Q

In this fantasy world, all of the far right’s wildest dreams come true: Q promises that Clinton, Obama, Podesta, Abedin, and even McCain are all either arrested and wearing secret police-issued ankle monitors, or just about to be indicted; that the Steele dossier is a total fabrication personally paid for by Clinton and Obama; and that the Las Vegas massacre was most definitely an inside job connected to the Saudi-Clinton cabal.

2017 December 19, Paris Martineau, “The Storm Is the New Pizzagate — Only Worse”, in New York, archived from the original on 2018-12-26:

In a thread called “Calm Before the Storm”, and in subsequent posts, Q established his legend as a government insider with top security clearance who knew the truth about a secret struggle for power involving Donald Trump, the “deep state”, Robert Mueller, the Clintons, pedophile rings, and other stuff.

2018 July 31, Julia Carrie Wong, “What is QAnon? Explaining the bizarre rightwing conspiracy theory”, in The Guardian:

At the end of her report, Coaston concluded, “Most people have never heard of QAnon, or Q — and that includes most of Donald Trump’s supporters.” That’s still the case, but the fact that this book is at the top of some of Amazon’s most prominent recommendation lists means that a far larger share of the population will — at a minimum — stumble across these ideas.

2019 March 6, Kaitlyn Tiffany, “How a conspiracy theory about Democrats drinking children’s blood topped Amazon’s best-sellers list”, in Vox, archived from the original on 2019-03-07:

(US politics) Abbreviation of QAnon (“anonymous poster on anonymous online message boards who originated a pro-Trump conspiracy theory”).


Wall

Wall (disambiguation)#Places
Wall (surname)

en-proper noun

Wall (countable and uncountable, plural Walls)

Of various origins, principally from Old English wælisc etc. ("non-Germanic speaker, stranger") from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner, stranger”), the source of numerous other surnames such as Walsh and Wales and from Middle English wall, from Old English weall (“wall, dike, rampart”), from Proto-Germanic *wallaz or *wallą (“wall, rampart”), from Latin vallum (“wall, rampart, palisade”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn, wind, roll”). Also from transcribed foreign surnames such as German Wahl and Swedish Wahlberg.

der

A township in Monmouth County, New Jersey.

Allegheny County
Allegheny County#English

A borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

Pennington County
Pennington County#English

A town in Pennington County, South Dakota.

Tom Green County
Tom Green County#English

An unincorporated community in Tom Green County, Texas.


NPC

en-noun

NPC (countable and uncountable, plural NPCs)

Several months ago, users on 4chan and Reddit, the online message forums, started using the term NPC to refer to liberals. These people, they said, join the anti-Trump crowd not because they are led by independent thought or conscience to oppose President Trump’s policies, but because they’re brainwashed sheep who have been conditioned to parrot left-wing orthodoxy, in the manner of a scripted character.

[2018 October 16, Kevin Roose, “What Is NPC, the Pro-Trump Internet’s New Favorite Insult?”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 2022-12-30:

While watching the VOD later, xQc insinuated that Fortnite pro Bucke was an "NPC" who was only there to defend Tate and not give Piker a fair shot – and what resulted afterward has caused quite a stir in its own right.

2022 July 22, Alec Mullins, “NRG Bucke kicks off after xQc calls him an “NPC” for siding with Andrew Tate”, in Dexerto, archived from the original on 2022-09-25:

non-player character
non-player character#English

(roleplaying games, video games) Initialism of non-player character.

(Internet slang, figuratively) A person with no ability to think for themselves; a sheeple (originally referring to opponents of former US President Donald Trump).


NPC

Nationalist People's Coalition
w:Nationalist People's Coalition

(Philippine politics) Initialism of Nationalist People's Coalition.

National People's Congress
w:National People's Congress

(China) Initialism of National People's Congress.

Northern People's Congress
w:Northern People's Congress

(Nigeria) Initialism of Northern People's Congress.


bigly

en-adj

bigly (comparative more bigly, superlative most bigly)

more bigly (comparative)
most bigly (superlative)
biglie (alternative)
bygly (alternative)

From Middle English bygly, biglie, byggly (“comfortable, stately, perfect”), borrowed from Old Norse byggiligr, byggviligr (“habitable”); equivalent to big (“to build, construct, live in, reside, dwell”) + -ly. Cognate with Icelandic byggilegur (“inhabitable, liveable”).

cog

"And steek it weel, thy biglie bower, / And by the rood thee sain; / And tell thy bedes in haly guise, / Till this ae night is gane!"

1806, Robert Jamieson, “Donul and Evir”, in Robert Jamieson, editor, Popular Ballads and Songs, from Tradition, Manuscripts, and Scarce Editions; with Translations of Similar Pieces from the Ancient Danish Language, and a Few Originals by the Editor, volume I, Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. Edinburgh; Cadell and Davies, and John Murray, London, →OCLC, page 235:

When I was in my bigly bower, / I wore but what I would; / This night I'm lighter 'mang Willie's horse feet, / I fear I'll die for cold.

1828, Peter Buchan, “Burd Helen”, in Ancient Ballads and Songs of the North of Scotland, hitherto Unpublished. With Explanatory Notes, by Peter Buchan, Corresponding Member of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, volume II, Edinburgh: Printed for W[illiam] & D[avid] Laing, and J. Stevenson [et al.], →OCLC, page 35:

(Scotland, now obsolete elsewhere) Habitable, liveable; hence delightful, pleasant, pleasing.


Trumpian

(somewhat uncommon) A political supporter of Donald Trump.


Trump

en-proper noun

Trump (countable and uncountable, plural Trumps)

⇒ Translingual: donaldtrumpi

LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-trump.wav

The surname has two sources.
* English (Devon): an occupational name for a trumpeter, from Middle English trumpe (“trumpet”).
* German (Bavaria): from German Trump, possibly an occupational name for a drummer, from Middle High German trumbe (“drum”), although the alternative forms Trumpf, Drumpf cannot be derived from this (except by postulating them to be hypercorrections)
* The place in Baltimore county was named after settler Simeon Van Trump.

During their interview, Shahidi asked Clinton about the uncomfortable second presidential debate, during which Trump stalked her around the stage.

2017 December 3, Kayleigh Roberts, “Yara Shahidi Just Asked Hillary Clinton About That Very Uncomfortable Trump Debate”, in Harper's BAZAAR:

Donald Trump (b. 1946), a businessman, television personality, and current president of the United States of America (2017-2021, 2025-present).

A ghost town in Park County, Colorado, United States.

Baltimore County
Baltimore County#English

An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States.


Trumpism

What is Trumpism? Or, to put it more tartly, is there a coherent political philosophy underlying his candidacy?...There can be Reaganism without Reagan. There can be no Trumpism without Trump...Trumpism is not so much a theory of government as a celebration of one individual's claimed capacity to govern.

2015 August 25, Ruth Marcus, “A look inside Trump's political philosophy”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, retrieved 2022-10-02:

Given Latin America's right-wing turn’s affinities with Trumpism, it is tempting to see it as part of the global wave of right-wing populism making its way through the United States and Western Europe.

2018 April 16, Omar G. Encarnación, “The Trumpification of the Latin American Right”, in Foreign Policy:

In fact, when you review the history of Republican climate denial, it looks a lot like Trumpism.

2018 December 3, Paul Krugman, “Climate Denial Was the Crucible for Trumpism”, in New York Times:

A mixture of isolationism, cronyism, nativist rhetoric, somewhat performative authoritarianism, corporate tax cuts and personality cult, Trumpism is what the president says it is.

2020 November 5, “Trump and Trumpism”, in The Economist, →ISSN, retrieved 2022-10-02:

Few are predicting an end to global Trumpism, the nation-first, people-dividing style of governance with a hint of authoritarianism that began to gain traction in Europe and Asia well before Trump's 2016 election.

2020 November 8, “The world's populists are losing their White House ally, but global Trumpism is far from over”, in The Washington Post:

Why Trumpism will endure...Trumpism was a long time coming, and it will be a long time going...The durability of Trump and Trumpism is bringing into harsh relief many of the deeper flaws in the U.S. political system...Emerging class differences had just as much to do with today’s political polarization as race did, and this also helps to explain the continuing populist appeal of Trumpism.

2022 September 4, Michael Hirsh, “Why Trumpism Will Endure”, in Foreign Policy, retrieved 2022-10-02:

The philosophy and politics espoused by Donald Trump.

تِرَمْبِيَّةٌ

the philosophy and politics espoused by Donald Trump


Trumpish

en-adj

Trumpish (comparative more Trumpish, superlative most Trumpish)

more Trumpish (comparative)
most Trumpish (superlative)
Donald Trumpish (alternative)

Similar to Donald Trump in action, speech, or style.


Trumpesque

Trumpesque (comparative more Trumpesque, superlative most Trumpesque)

more Trumpesque (comparative)
most Trumpesque (superlative)
Donald Trumpesque (alternative)
Trump-esque (alternative)

The day before Trump was presented as an egg on legs in the New York Post, the paper celebrated the re-election of Ron DeSantis, the Trump-esque Florida governor rumored to be planning a presidential run, with a front page which declared him “DeFuture”.

2022 November 10, Adam Gabbatt, “Has ‘Trumpty Dumpty’ taken a great fall from Rupert Murdoch’s grace?”, in The Guardian:


Donald Trumpesque

Donald Trumpesque (comparative more Donald Trumpesque, superlative most Donald Trumpesque)

more Donald Trumpesque (comparative)
most Donald Trumpesque (superlative)


Donald Trumpish

Donald Trumpish (comparative more Donald Trumpish, superlative most Donald Trumpish)

more Donald Trumpish (comparative)
most Donald Trumpish (superlative)


Donald Trumpian

Donald Trumpian (comparative more Donald Trumpian, superlative most Donald Trumpian)

more Donald Trumpian (comparative)
most Donald Trumpian (superlative)

Unfortunately, frequent heartburn is a common occurrence during many pregnancies, not just for moms who give birth to babies with Donald Trumpian locks.

2006, Carley Roney, The Nest Newlywed Handbook: An Owner's Manual for Modern Married Life, Clarkson Potter, →ISBN, page 212:

A middle-aged man with a Donald Trumpian comb-over sat at the curb in an expensive Lexus.

2008, Scott Sherman, First You Fall: A Kevin Connor Mystery, Alyson Books, →ISBN, page 106:


Trumpist

The centrão secured the firing of the Trumpist foreign minister, Ernesto Araújo, for his failure to buy vaccines;

2021 April 10, “Brazil’s army is trying to distance itself from Jair Bolsonaro”, in The Economist:

[...] people dressed in Trumpist apparel, waving Trump flags, and chanting Trumpist slogans stormed the Capitol building.

2023 May 23, Nathan L. King, Keith D. Wyma, “Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, and Intellectual Character”, in Michael W. Austin, Gregory L. Bock, editors, QAnon, Chaos, and the Cross: Christianity and Conspiracy Theories, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, →ISBN, unnumbered page:

Not every right-wing judge is as blatantly ideological in their decision making as Kacsmaryk, nor is every Republican appointee a Trumpist zealot.

2024 [2023 December 5], Adam Serwer, “A MAGA Judiciary”, in The Atlantic, volume 333, number 1, →ISSN, page 41:

(politics) Pertaining to or resembling characteristics of Trumpism. Synonym of Trumpian.


Trumpist

(US politics) An admirer or fan of Donald Trump.

2016 November 18, “Neil Woodford: right-wing Trumpists could topple euro”, in CityWire (UK):

He [Scott Morrison] remains afraid of the far-right extremist fringe dwellers who make up the bedrock of his personal support and who he cultivates through the avatars of Trumpists and conspiracy theorists like Craig Kelly and George Christensen.

2021 April 10, “'PM afraid of the far-right extremists, Trumpists and conspiracy theorists': Albanese”, in Sky News Australia:

(politics) A person exhibiting characteristics of Trumpism.


Trumponomics

The managerial precepts popularized by Donald Trump in the mid-2000s (decade) in his books and reality TV shows

Sure, the guy is by far the biggest employer and financial force in Atlantic City and southern New Jersey and Trumponomics is a major concern to the city and the region.

1990 April 9, Martin DeAngelis, “Don't Worry About Donald Trump's Money; Worry About Your Own”, in The Press of Atlantic City:

2005, November 14, Mary Umberger, "Trumponomics 101", Houston Chronicle

While Trump has not provided specifics much beyond the 'Make America Great Again' slogan featured on his often-present baseball cap, strands of Trumponomics have trickled out amid the stream of braggadocio and ad-hominem attacks on his critics.

2015 August 17, “Donald Trump's Economic Muddle”, in Qatar Tribune:

The trouble is, the choice is a dismal one. If you think Corbynomics is wacky, take a look at Trumponomics.

2015, December 15, Matthew Lynn, "Whoever wins the US presidency, the economy is going to be the loser", The Daily Telegraph

ONE of The Donald's trump cards, if you will forgive the pun, is the economy - what he calls Trumponomics. In the finest traditions of the Republican Party he would take an axe to tax.

2016, March 4, Chris Roycroft-Davis, "His economic plan could be a trump card for Donald", The Express (London)

Yes, I know there`s a Moody`s study claiming that Trumponomics would be a yuuge job destroyer, but I really don`t know where they got that result; the best guess seems to be that they`re assuming that former spending on imports just goes away, which is not a good assumption.

2016 April 9, awouk [username], “Paul Krugman Blog: Why Cruz Is Worse Than Trump”, in soc.retirement (Usenet):

Trumponomics consists of three main elements: big tax cuts that are skewed toward the rich; drastic immigration reform, including the deportation of millions of undocumented workers; and protectionist measures, like hefty tariffs on goods from China and Mexico.

2016 June 21, John Cassidy, “Getting Serious About Trumponomics”, in The New Yorker:

Of course, that’s what they all say. But Trumponomics goes beyond the usual Republican assertions that cutting taxes on corporations and the rich, ending environmental regulation and so on will conjure up the magic of the marketplace and make everyone prosper.

2016 July 4, Paul Krugman, “Trump, Trade and Workers”, in The New York Times:

Just like Teddy Roosevelt before them, Donald J. Trump, Lou Dobbs and other proponents of Trumponomics seem to admire the fierce economic efficiency of Wilhelmine Germany – notably the notion that only the coordinated efforts of a strong, centralized government working hand-in-hand with ‘big business’ can generate trade surpluses over a sustained period.

2017 January 26, M. Nicolas J. Firzli, “'Understanding Trumponomics'”, in Revue Analyse Financière:

The economic ideas and policies of U.S. businessman and president Donald Trump.


Q clearance

(US) A security clearance issued by the United States Department of Energy, allowing access to top-secret material.


Trumpette

From Trump + -ette. Named after American celebrity, businessman, politician and President Donald Trump

named-after

Toward the end of dinner, my three Trumpettes and I did a "live" iPad interview with Good Morning Great Britain. We enthusiastically told all the Queen's men and women how excited we were and how we knew our man would win.

2019 January 9, Toni Holt Kramer, Unstoppable Me, Dog Ear Publishing, page 360:

Perhaps the Trumpers and Trumpettes should make new hats with MASA — Make America Sick Again.

2020 April 30, Marilyn Sisk, “Sensible steps”, in Traverse City Record Eagle, page 4:

In light of the above, it should be no surprise that white women are the backbone of today’s white nationalist movement. Tradwives, Mommy Vloggers, Trumpettes, and other white women's groups are the hidden movers of today’s white supremacist politics.

2022 May 31, Christina Cavener, “United by White Supremacy: Women's Contributions to a "Whites Only" Citizenship Across the Generations”, in JAm It! Journal of American Studies in Italy, number 6, →DOI, →ISSN, page 98:

(US politics) A female supporter or fan of Donald Trump, especially during his Presidential campaign to become President of the United States of America


Trumpista

(US politics, slang, derogatory) A Trumpist.


Trumpy

en-adj

Trumpy (comparative Trumpier, superlative Trumpiest)

Trumpier (comparative)
Trumpiest (superlative)

Trouble was, that made him [Ron DeSantis] too Trumpy for those Republicans eager to move on, and not Trumpy enough for the Maga hardcore.

2024 January 19, Jonathan Freedland, “There is still a way to stop Donald Trump – but time is running out”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(informal) Characteristic of Donald Trump.

Trump is in trouble. Trumpy Republicans want the real thing, not an imitation. Non-Trumpy Republicans just aren’t impressed.

2023 August 16, Jonathan Rauch, “Why Not Pence?”, in The Atlantic:

The Senate GOP has gotten much Trumpier in the eight years since Mr. Trump first won office.

2024 November 13, Cameron Joseph, “John Thune’s leadership win shows limits of MAGA’s reach in Senate”, in The Christian Science Monitor:


Trumpy

(informal) A political supporter of Donald Trump.


Trumper

Political observers who say that Youngkin was a Never Trumper — proving the viability of that movement — are deluding themselves. He was a Stealth Trumper and Sorta Trumper who took pains not to offend or alienate Forever Trumpers.

2021 November 3, Frank Bruni, “There’s a New Wizard of Oz. It’s Donald Trump.”, in The New York Times:

But it wasn’t just Mr. Thune’s victory but the poor showing by the MAGA favorite in the race that signaled most Senate Republicans are still a breed apart from hardcore Trumpers.

A political supporter of Donald Trump or his MAGA movement.


Trumpiness

But if you put all these theories aside, and look instead at his personality, then something different emerges--not Trump, but Trumpiness.

2016, Martin Boroson, “The Rise of Trumpiness”, in Huffington Post:

2016, “The increased Trump-iness of the second debate, in 2 charts”, in Washington Post:

The overwhelming, suffocating, insurmountable Trumpiness may work at some place like Disney World, where the brand stands for decades of family-friendly, unadulterated joy.

2016, Emily Jane Fox, “Trump’S D.C. Hotel is a Frightful Dump — And A Scary Metaphor For The Trump Presidency”, in Vanity Fair:

If there were a cure for Trumpiness, the Koch brothers would be sneaking it into Trump’s soft drinks the way Russian President Vladimir Putin’s agents allegedly sneak polonium-210 into journalists’ cocktails.

2016, Jason Sattler, “Trump finds a foe he can beat in November: Trump”, in Visalia Times-Delta:

(informal) The property of being Trumpy, being like Donald Trump.


Drumpf

From German Drumpf, an old form of the surname of the Trump family. Coined by British comedian John Oliver in his February 2016 segment "Donald Trump" of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. The form has been confirmed by German officials.

(derogatory, US politics) Nickname for Donald Trump.

Donald Trump (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver)


Trumpean

Trumpean (comparative more Trumpean, superlative most Trumpean)

more Trumpean (comparative)
most Trumpean (superlative)


alternative fact

en-noun

alternative fact (plural alternative facts)

alternative facts (plural)
alt-fact (alternative)

This term gained prominence after it was used by Kellyanne Conway in January 2017 and widely repeated in the US media.

They are creating their own facts, but one need not be in Government to create alternative facts.

2017 February 25, R. E. Guyson Mayers, “A GUY"S VIEW: Season of discontent”, in Barbados Advocate:

According to Donald Trump we live in an era of "fake news" where his "alternative facts" should be swallowed whole, and without scrutiny.

2017 March 3, “Private Sydney: Celebrities quick to present their own 'alternative facts'”, in The Sydney Morning Herald:

Prime ministers have not been immune to spreading alternative facts.

2017 March 3, Chantal Hébert, “It's not just Donald Trump who shifts the truth, Canada's politicians have been using alternative facts for years”, in Toronto Star:

― Secretary: Now, I did not mislead you. That was merely an alternative fact.

2017 May 30, Moe! Ninja Girls, Japan: NTT Solmare, iOS, Android, scene: Season 6, Chapter 6:

2018 March 26, “Association of Herpes Viral Infections, Antiherpetic Therapy, and Dementia: Real or Alternative Fact?”, in Neurotherapeutics, volume 15, →DOI, pages 415–416:

(politics, media) Something presented as a fact for reasons of political expediency; a fiction, a falsehood, a lie.


Trumpification

Donald later tells me about the Trumpification of all that he surveys.

2005, Timothy L. O'Brien, TrumpNation: The Art of Being The Donald:

The Trumpification of Republican politics during the summer of 2015 provided gaudy confirmation that something is amiss.

2016, E. J. Dionne, Why the Right Went Wrong, page 2:

The Trumpification of the Latin American Right

2018 April 16, Omar G. Encarnación, Foreign Policy:

But getting rid of Modly will only slow, not stop, the growing Trumpification of the military.

2020 April 7, Max Boot, “Capt. Crozier’s firing shows the growing Trumpification of the military”, in The Washington Post:

(US politics, neologism, originally derogatory) The implementation of Donald Trump's political ideas or influence.


Trumpmania

Even Fox News couldn't seem to make a dent in Trumpmania.

2015, McKay Coppins, The Wilderness: Deep Inside the Republican Party's Combative, Contentious, Chaotic Quest to Take Back the White House:

Trumpmania, on the other hand, was still going strong after five years from the time he declared his presidential candidacy in June, 2015.

2020, Michael Maccoby, Ken Fuchsman, “Conclusion”, in Psychoanalytic and Historical Perspectives on the Leadership of Donald Trump, →ISBN:

(US politics, neologism, originally derogatory) Strong attachment or commitment to Donald Trump.


TrumpCare

Blend of Trump (“Donald Trump”) + healthcare influenced by earlier ObamaCare.

blend

Trumpcare (alternative)
Trump-care (alternative)
Trump Care (alternative)

If he got elected, you could sign up for Trumpcare and feel manly too.

2016, Arlie Russell Hochschild, Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right:

(US, neologism, originally derogatory) The possible replacement of ObamaCare that would be introduced by Donald Trump.


de-Trumpification

From de- + Trumpification. In the political sense used by opponents of Trump, possibly influenced by denazification and de-Baathification.

De-Trumpification has already begun at the Taj.

2016 October 7, “Trump’s name officially exiting a beleaguered Atlantic City”, in Associated Press:

(neologism) Opposite of Trumpification.
Removing the Trump brand name.


Trumplike

en-adj

Trumplike (comparative more Trumplike, superlative most Trumplike)

more Trumplike (comparative)
most Trumplike (superlative)

Like or resembling Donald Trump; Trumpish


Twitler

Blend of Twitter + Hitler, in comparison with the Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler and due to a tendency for Donald Trump to tweet on the social media platform Twitter during his presidency.

This rule is precisely why the 68% of America who would never have voted for Resident Trump must keep a viable vigil in the streets and in the courts. “Twitler” Trump was allowed to insult, embarrass and engorge every individual and institution he wanted to for an entire campaign cycle. We taught him well.

2017 February 10, Vincent Hall, “Quit Playin': To Allow is to Teach?”, in The Dallas Weekly:

A pleasure to see that two attorneys generals, from D.C. and Maryland, just slapped Dum Dum with another emoluments lawsuit. We can’t have enough of these actions jammed up Twitler’s tailpipe.

2017 June 15, Bruce Van Dyke, “Too true to be good”, in Reno News & Review:

How long will Hair Twitler reign – And will he get out what he Putin? So now the world waits – and worries, to see What he will get up to next, the new fuhrer – A malicious clown has the nuclear codes Yet can't even acquit himself on Twitter.

[...] with posters featuring caricatures of Trump as Hitler, but that is no easy swipe at Twitler.

2018 April 12, Jack Helbig, “Hate has a home here”, in Chicago Reader, volume 47, number 27:


MAGA

MAGA (comparative more MAGA, superlative most MAGA)

more MAGA (comparative)
most MAGA (superlative)
Maga (alternative)

MAGA Republicans

(US politics) Following the political philosophy of Donald Trump; Trumpist.


Trumpland

From Trump (after Donald Trump) + -land.

In Trumpland, psychology trumps reality, which helps explain how a candidate proposing one of the largest transfers of weatlh^([sic]) from the bottom to the top could effectively brand himself as a populist hero.

2016 December 27, Journalist?, “Expert Who Has Studied White Supremacy for Almost 50 Years Explains Why Racists Flock to Trump's Rhetoric”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet), message-ID <cecee0c8-7bd6-4d2a-a5fa-14f4ffb95fdd@googlegroups.com>:

United States of America
United States of America

The United States of America under the presidency of Donald Trump.

Four out of the six vulnerable Senate Democrats in Trumpland — lost.

2018 November 7, Greg Gutfeld, “Gutfeld on the Kavanaugh effect on midterms”, in Fox News Network:

The parts of the United States of America where Donald Trump finds high support; Trump's geographical support base.


Trumpistan

The essay helpfully applies lessons she learned in the Putinsphere to the Trumpistan she sees unfolding in the United States.

2016 November 11, Jonathan Chait, “Trumpistan Week One: The Unthinkable Slowly Becomes Normal”, in New York Magazine:

Welcome to Trumpistan, a country two weeks into the tumultuous rule of a miserable, cruel and seemingly captive president.

2017 February 3, Joy-Ann Reid, “In Trumpistan, Things Fall Apart”, in The Daily Beast:

So what’s it going to be, America: a democratic republic, or Trumpistan?

2018 May 23, Gene Lyons, “Welcome to Trumpistan, my fellow Americans”, in Chicago Sun-Times:

The United States under president Trump.


Trumphobia

Trumpophobia (alternative)
Trump-phobia (alternative)

On 9/6/2015 9:14 AM, Carl Fink wrote: > On 2015-09-06, Mike B wrote: > I wonder if the strip will be affected by his move. (He now lives in Canada.)< Has he said why he moved - new job, new relationship? Trumphobia?

2015 September 6, Mark Jackson, “Deja Vu: Questionable Content”, in rec.arts.comics.strips (Usenet):

2016 March 9, Suffering From Trumphobia? Get Over It. The Wall Street Journal.
Edwark N. Luttwak writes that if you're suffering from Trumphobia, an irrational fear of Donald Trump becoming president, get over it.

Calls to crisis and suicide prevention hotlines surge post-election By Jessica Ravitz, CNN Updated 6:03 PM ET, Fri November 11, 2016

2016 November 12, “TRUMPHOBIA driving many Americans to suicidal despair”, in alt.prophecies.nostradamus (Usenet):

Apparently, some federal employees plan to quit employment due to a sudden onset of Trumphobia, including at least one VA psychologist.

2016 November 29, “Sudden Onset Of Trumphobia Causes VA Psychologist To Quit”, in Disabled Veterans:

He was also into hyperbole topped up with a dose of Trumphobia.

2017 May 11, “Gerard Henderson: Virginia Trioli says ABC needs more comedians”, in The Australian:

Trumphobia and how it can be cured by taking a closer look at South Africa. News24. "The next time you feel you are exhibiting Trumphobia combat it by educating yourself about the politics of countries like South Africa."


Trumpster

Phineas Taylor Barnum, godfather of the modern age of hot press and selfpromotion, was Donald's direct precursor, the man who anticipated the Trumpster more than a century before the Trumpster was born.

2005, Timothy L. O'Brien, TrumpNation: The Art of Being The Donald, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

How long before he grew his thinning hair long enough to comb it over his receding hairline in the Trumpster's signature style?

2016, Andrew Shaffer, The Day of the Donald: Trump Trumps America, Crooked Lane Books, →ISBN, page 105:

This guy, who sounds like what we might call a “Scottish redneck”, adamantly refused to knuckle under to the Trumpster, and sell out, or even clean up his “eyesore” property.

2012, Jeff Foulk, Jay A. Blum, Over the Ocean and to the Links: A Golfer's Journey, Malcolm Press, →ISBN:


Trumpworld

So, several figures inside Trumpworld have been wrestling with the very dilemma that animated my fictional characters. Put simply: if you’re convinced that the leader you serve is a danger to your country and the world, where does your patriotic and democratic duty lie?

2018 September 7, Jonathan Freedland, “If you were in the White House, how would you tackle Trump?”, in The Guardian:

Donald Trump's circle of associates, employees and appointees.

The mental landscape of Donald Trump or of his supporters.


Never Trumper

Never Trumpers (plural)
never Trumper (alternative)
Never-Trumper (alternative)
never-Trumper (alternative)

From Never Trump + -er, after one of the names applied to the Stop Trump movement.

...the Ukraine call ‘concerned’ today’s Never Trumper witness.

2019 November, Donald Trump (as quoted by AP Newshttps://apnews.com/7bc6f95f311a46dcbc0e75bdd2f25b1b)

(US politics) A conservative who opposes Donald Trump.


Trumpite

Trumpite (comparative more Trumpite, superlative most Trumpite)

more Trumpite (comparative)
most Trumpite (superlative)


Trumpite

What do an Etonian, a Trumpite and a Corbyn fan have in common? My church.

2017 December 28, Giles Fraser, Guardian:


Mango Mussolini

Mango refers to Trump's orangish skin tone; the reference to Benito Mussolini is because of Trump's conservative nationalist politics, which his opponents liken to fascism.

Also, Bill Maher is a liberal in the same way Mango Mussolini is a conservative.

2017 June 6, Freezer, “LIEberal ICON Bill Maher uses N-Word, is NOT called, "RACIST!!! by LIEberals, and is NOT suspended”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet):

(US politics, derogatory, slang, offensive) Donald Trump.


QAnon

/ˌkjʉː ɘˈnɔn/

Q clearance
United States Department of Energy

From Q + anon. From the United States Department of Energy's Q clearance + anonymous. Compare Q (“QAnon”).

2017 November 18, Amazing Answers, “RE: Who is QAnon?”, in alt.atheism (Usenet):

In October, an anonymous 4chan account began making cryptic posts about earth-changing political and judicial events to come. Ever since then, conspiracy theorists, journalists, and amused observers have speculated about who was behind the account that has come to be known as QAnon.

2018 May 29, Mike Rothschild, “Who is Q Anon, the internet’s most mysterious poster?”, in The Daily Dot:

The question “Who is the most hilarious person QAnon could turn out to be?” yielded thousands of responses. Here are the best and most common ones.

2018 August 6, Joe Berkowitz, “Who is the mastermind behind QAnon? Twitter has some fun theories”, in Fast Company:

In The mysterious figure called “Q” or “QAnon” first appeared online on Oct. 28, 2017, with a post on the far-right /pol/ message board of 4chan that they had inside information about a secret plot being hatched by the Trump administration.

2018 November 11, Michael Barkun, “Failed Prophecies Won’t Stop Trump’s True Believers”, in Foreign Policy:

(US politics) An anonymous poster on the Internet message boards 4chan, 8chan and 8kun, claiming to possess Q clearance, who originated a pro-Trump conspiracy theory claiming that Donald Trump is working against a cabal of Satanic, cannibalistic pedophiles comprised of his political opponents.

These bizarre results, first spotted by the NBC reporter Ben Collins, are not the result of the latest #MeToo era investigation reporting. Instead, they are the entirely unsubstantiated manifestation of a sprawling rightwing conspiracy theory known as QAnon.
[…] Joseph Uscinski, a University of Miami professor who studies conspiracy theories, said by phone that QAnon remains a “fringe” belief held by “a very small number of people”.

2018 July 31, Julia Carrie Wong, “What is QAnon? Explaining the bizarre rightwing conspiracy theory”, in The Guardian:

It's nebulous and continuously changing to adapt to current events, but the overarching conspiracy theory has been given a name: "QAnon".
 […] The baseless core of the QAnon story is that the Mueller investigation into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia is actually an investigation into global elites, and that the president is masterminding a secret plan to arrest top politicians and Hollywood stars for corruption and child abuse.

2018 August 2, Elizabeth Cassin, Mike Wendling, “QAnon: What's the truth behind a pro-Trump conspiracy theory?”, in BBC:

QAnon, whose supporters also call it “The Storm” or “Great Awakening,” is a wide-ranging conspiracy theory that burst into greater visibility this summer, after supporters at a Trump rally wearing Q shirts prompted a rush of national media coverage about it.

2018 September 12, Abby Ohlheiser, “Reddit bans r/greatawakening, the main subreddit for QAnon conspiracy theorists”, in The Washington Post:

Like much of the new conspiracism, QAnon began with conspiracy entrepreneurs.[…]11. For instance, on August 3, 2018, the authors consulted the discussion of “clues” by QAnon researchers on the following Reddit.com message board: https://www.reddit.com/r/greatawakening/comments/84sam4/does_anyone_have_the_link_to_the_current_8chan/.

2019 April 16, Nancy L. Rosenblum, Russell Muirhead, A Lot of People Are Saying: The New Conspiracism and the Assault on Democracy, Princeton University Press, pages 133 (Who Owns Reality?) and 195 (Notes):

(US politics) The conspiracy theory originated by this anonymous poster.

If QAnon's claims were true, they would shake the very foundations of global government and explain the confusion of politics in recent years. As it is, they are not true – but their importance could nonetheless be hugely significant.

2018 August 2, Andrew Griffin, “What is QAnon? The origins of the bizarre conspiracy theory claiming that Trump-Russia investigation is a hoax to catch pedophiles”, in The Independent:

A group dubbed "QAnon" has emerged at Trump campaign events recently. They follow and try to decipher the online posts of someone named "Q", who traffics in conspiracy theories focused on people in government and media.

2018 August 3, Jeff Brady, “QAnon: The Conspiracy Theorist Group That Appears At Trump Rallies”, in NPR:

"What a movement such as QAnon has going for it, and why it will catch on like wildfire, is that it makes people feel connected to something important that other people don’t yet know about,” says cult expert Rachel Bernstein, who specializes in recovery therapy. "All cults will provide this feeling of being special.”

2018 November 12, Renee Diresta, “Online Conspiracy Groups are a Lot Like Cults”, in Wired:

(US politics) The movement supporting this conspiracy theory.


Trumptard

@MyInfidelAnna I’m thinking Anna’s brain got grabbed, logic is hard for Trumptards.

2018, Judith E. Rosenbaum, quoting @jdgirl99, “#MAGA, #ImWithHer, and #Snowflake: Politics and Twitter”, in Constructing Digital Cultures: Tweets, Trends, Race, and Gender, Lexington Books, →ISBN, section “Tweeting with a Passion: Twitter, Politics, and Social Justice”, page 206:

Finally, Hannity cited a tweet from the account @TheResistANNce, apparently run by a self-identified progressive schoolteacher: “Oh, they’re probably Trumptards,” wrote the Twitter user, referring to the concert audience.

2018, Ben Sasse, “The Polarization Business Model”, in Them: Why We Hate Each Other—and How to Heal, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, part II (Anti-Tribes), page 108:

Every one of those girls, I respected, supported in my own way. Till some became Trumptards on their Twitter, then you just gotta fap to them being disrespected. But the rest—mad respect.

2022, Miguel Syjuco, I Was the President’s Mistress!!, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN:

(US politics, slang, derogatory, offensive) A supporter of Donald Trump; a Trumpist.


Trumpophobic

Trumpophobic (comparative more Trumpophobic, superlative most Trumpophobic)

more Trumpophobic (comparative)
most Trumpophobic (superlative)

Now, like many other Trumpophobic Republicans, he (Lindsey Graham) fears that, should the Donald be duly nominated in Cleveland in July and then whipped by Hillary Clinton in November, Republicans will spend the next few decades hanging upside-down in a cave.

2016 March 2, “How Donald Trump happened”, in Macleans.ca:

Once again, the Trumpophobic Left has proved that it will not give President Donald J. Trump credit for anything

2017 April 18, “The MOAB Attack on ISIS Was a Beautiful Bargain”, in National Review:

the effort to turn this into an illegal campaign contribution reaches a new depth in Trumpophobic improvisation.

2018 May 9, “How a Febrile Press Whipped Up Anger At Trump, for Nothing”, in New York Sun:

Characterized by hatred or fear of Donald Trump.


Trumpophobia

At home, I see intolerance, various forms of prejudice, demonisation and the exploitation of fear – the last like shooting at the side of a barn, in the American context – at work in our Trumpophobia. This is the soft despotism of the American neoliberal.

2016, Stan Grant, Quarterly Essay 64 The Australian Dream: Blood, History and Becoming:

Heer, who writes a bi-weekly column with headings such as “Steve Bannon is Turning Trump into an Ethno-Nationalist Ideologue” and “Donald Trump is the Bizarro Noam Chomsky”, appears to have contracted a particularly virulent strain of Trumpophobia

2017 April 21, D McCann, “The new totalitarians: Fresh thoughts on James Burnham”, in Quadrant:

Comedian Bill Maher — currently in the midst of his 15th season on HBO's "Real Time With Bill Maher" — has certainly been the beneficiary of increased viewership due to Trumpophobia.

2017 May 7, Zach Freeman, “Maher needed to put away his notebook and be present at Chicago Theater”, in Chicago Tribune:

Alan Dershowitz, a Clinton voter in the last election, warned that the effort to escalate perfervid Trumpophobia from criminalization of policy differences (as well as sour grapes over the lost election) to “psychiatrization” was even more sinister and anti-democratic.

2018 January 10, Conrad Black, “Michael Wolff and the Death Rattle of Trumpophobia”, in National Review:

We may disapprove of Donald Trump's crude behaviors and documented low respect for truth[3]. However, these may have created a kind of Trumpophobia that leads otherwise thoughtful people to exaggerate earlier positive influences of US foreign policy

2018, FT Manheim, “Is Donald Trump's Influence on World Affairs Really Worse than Earlier American Policies?”, in papers.ssrn.com:

(US, politics, informal) Fear of Donald Trump


Trumperor

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Trumperor.

(US politics, informal, derogatory) U.S. president Donald Trump, seen as a tyrant.


Forrest Trump

From Forrest Gump, the slow-witted title character of the 1994 film and 1986 book Forrest Gump.

What owns Atlantic City and sits on a park bench?
Forrest Trump.

1994 October 25, Paul Kowalski, “Forrest Gump”, in alt.tasteless.jokes (Usenet):

Your assertion that getting it down to 2 people makes it easier to prevent Forrest Trump's gaining a majority is ridiculous .^([sic])

2016 March 6, halfpastdead9, “ROMNEY/KASICH”, in rec.gambling.poker (Usenet):

(derogatory) Nickname for Donald John Trump.


paytriot

paytriots (plural)
pay-triot (alternative)

Nothing illegal about any of this to my knowledge. Indeed, this is the very above-board racket of running an independent political committee. Everyone does it. Left, right, center and none of the above. And anyway, why shouldn't a true pay-triot get paid?

2013 May 15, Stephen Lemons, “Joe Arpaio's Fave Pay-triot John Philip Sousa IV Fires Back, Makes Bank Off Peddling Joe”, in Phoenix New Times, archived from the original on 2019-03-11:

He has been called out as a supposed “secret government agent,” labeled a parasitic “pay-triot,” and even laughed at for his “botched” suicide attempt (where one commentator suggested that if a Green Beret wanted to kill himself, he would certainly know how to do it).

2018, Jeanne M. Haskin, ‘When All Roads Lead to the Standoff: How Corporate Governance Fuels White Supremacy, Algora Publishing, page 110:

Many of them turned to Neon Revolt, one of the most popular Q bloggers and a "paytriot" (i.e. someone who's trying to make a living off of Q Anon). Neon Revolt is widely read and respected among qultists. He directed Redditors to go to Voat's new Q sub, v/TheAwakening, the one started by former Reddit GA admins. This of course angered Voaters, but had nothing on what was going to happen next.

2018 September 15, Plexipus (username), “‘The famous Q blogger and "paytriot," Neon Revolt, accuses v/GreatAwakening of being compromised in a poorly researched post. Huge drama BOOM on Voat. But could there be more to his story than he realizes?”, in Reddit, archived from the original on 2018-09-15:

(derogatory, rare) A right-wing activist (especially a supporter of the QAnon movement) who uses the movement to make money for themselves rather than to advance its goals.


The Storm

From Donald Trump's mention of "the calm before the storm" in an October 2017 interview.

Like Pizzagate, the Storm conspiracy features secret cabals, a child sex-trafficking ring led (in part) by the satanic Democratic Party, and of course, countless logical leaps and paranoid assumptions that fail to hold up under the slightest fact-based scrutiny. However, unlike Pizzagate, the Storm isn’t focused on a single block of shops in D.C., or John Podesta’s emails. It’s much, much bigger than that.

2017 December 19, Paris Martineau, “The Storm Is the New Pizzagate — Only Worse”, in New York, archived from the original on 2018-12-26:

In an online universe where conspiracy theories not only sprout like kudzu but attract bigger audiences the more outrageous and strange they grow, it was probably inevitable that an uber-theory like “The Storm” would become an overnight sensation.

2018 January 17, David Neiwert, “Conspiracy meta-theory 'The Storm' pushes the 'alternative' envelope yet again”, in Southern Poverty Law Center:

There are many extreme political conspiracy theories, with varying degrees of plausibility, things like “Pizzagate,” “The Storm,” “QAnon,” and “Russiagate.”

2018, West Mick, Escaping the Rabbit Hole: How to Debunk Conspiracy Theories Using Facts, Logic, and Respect:

QAnon, whose supporters also call it “The Storm” or “Great Awakening,” is a wide-ranging conspiracy theory that burst into greater visibility this summer, after supporters at a Trump rally wearing Q shirts prompted a rush of national media coverage about it.

2018 September 12, Abby Ohlheiser, “Reddit bans r/greatawakening, the main subreddit for QAnon conspiracy theorists”, in The Washington Post:

conspiracy theory
conspiracy theory#English

NCSWIC

nothing can stop what is coming; slogan, meaning referring to mass arrests of opposing politicians or violence


orange-American

orange-Americans (plural)
orange American (alternative)

From orange + American, by analogy with other racial categories such as African-American or white American. Popularized in the 2010s in reference to Donald Trump's allegedly excessive use of tan makeup.

Now one of Ohio's libtard groups is using the poll results to their own ends, pointing out that [John] Boehner's push to extend the Bush tax cuts would benefit his own elitist subculture of Orange-Americans - including the kids from "The Jersey Shore."

2010 September 7, White Crime Wave, “Boner Hates Fellow Orange-Americans”, in alt.fan.rush-limbaugh (Usenet):

Famous orange-American Donald Trump has had a busy few months, feuding with State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, pretending to be friends with recently deceased civil rights icon Nelson Mandela, and fulminating on Twitter about how climate change isn’t real because it’s cold outside during winter.

2014 February 18, Anna Merlan, “Donald Trump's Fake Gubernatorial Campaign Will Soon Have a Fake Exploratory Committee”, in The Village Voice:

According to the Trump supporters, their main takeaways are that he's a lot like a rapper, he won't make them slaves, and they're tired of all the jokes, like one of Wilmore's questions: "Are you voting for Trump because, as an orange-American, he's the only remaining candidate of color?"

2016 March 22, Megh Wright, “Larry Wilmore Attempts to Understand a Group of Black Donald Trump Supporters”, in Vulture:

Well, I've been known to call Trump "Cheetolini" which is racist toward Orange-Americans.

2017 December 31, Teresita, “Re: Posting religious beliefs”, in alt.atheism (Usenet):

(humorous, derogatory) A white American who has orange-colored skin, used primarily in reference to Donald J. Trump.


Trump derangement syndrome

en-noun

Trump derangement syndrome (uncountable)

"Some people HATE the fact that I got along well with President Putin of Russia," he tweeted. "They would rather go to war than see this. It's called Trump Derangement Syndrome!"

2018 July 20, Chris Cillizza, quoting Donald Trump, “What is 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' -- and do you have it?”, in CNN Politics:

Like many others, I have for some time been trying to understand Trump Derangement Syndrome, the phenomenon of otherwise reasonable people reacting irrationally to some peculiar quality of the president, a quality especially in evidence when he is in the presence of his supporters.

2019 July 24, Conrad Black, “Trump Derangement Syndrome and Presidential Egocentricity”, in National Review:

Letter writers who criticize the president have long been responding dismissively to claims they suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome […] and the May 6 example drew particularly pointed replies.

2020 May 9, Paul Thornton, “Opinion: Who really has 'Trump Derangement Syndrome'? Not his critics, readers say”, in The Los Angeles Times:

Some people have never gotten over it. Trump Derangement Syndrome is real. There is no vaccine and no booster for it.

2023 January 13, Kellyanne Conway, “The Cases for and Against Trump”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(colloquial, derogatory) Irrationally negative reactions to the actions and policies of US President Donald Trump.

If you can view it and not be appalled by his conduct, embarrassed by his neediness, concerned for his health, and worried about our nation under his care, I’m going to suggest that you’re enabling his neurosis and indulging his narcissism to the point of endangering all of us. If Trump Derangement Syndrome is a thing at all, it’s something Donald Trump is hopelessly afflicted with. If you’re still defending him, you’re not helping him—or America.

John, Pavlovitz (2019 June 17) “Trump Derangement Syndrome Is Real. Trump and His Supporters Have It.”, in JohnPavlovitz.com, archived from the original on 2022-05-20

“This is what Trump Derangement Syndrome really is,” Maher explained. “Pretending that all of this is perfectly acceptable behavior for an American president.”

Yee, Lawrence (2019 September 20) “Bill Maher Offers New Definition of ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’”, in TheWrap, archived from the original on 2022-04-22

Trump Derangement Syndrome really describes the Republicans who just three years ago would deny they’d ever support the behavior and decisions they defend today.

Mills, Thomas (2019 October 14) “The real Trump Derangement Syndrome”, in PoliticsNC.com, archived from the original on 2020-11-25

Trump Derangement Syndrome is real. Its major symptom is blind trust and willingness to shill for a President who calls The Emoluments Clause (Article 1, Section 9, Paragraph 8 of the US Constitution) “phony” among other 11,000-plus documented untruths President Trump has uttered and tweeted since he was inaugurated.

Mandaville, Lynn, Young, David (2019) “One Small Voice: It’s GOP that has Trump Derangement Syndrome”, in TownBroadcast.com, archived from the original on 2022-06-22

2020 April 26, Trump Derangement Syndrome Works Both Ways, TimeForTruth.org
I’ve recently diagnosed, much to the chagrin of Trump supporters, that Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) works both ways. It’s not just a mental malady afflicting liberals and Democrats, but one that also afflicts, unbeknownst them, conservatives and Republicans. In both cases, it strips those suffering from it of their objectivity and obscures reality, which opens them up to unprecedented end-time deception.

Recent days have raised an arresting possibility: Trump himself appears to be suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome. Trump Derangement Syndrome is a satirical phrase. But there is a nonhumorous reality that Trump’s fraught brand of politics coaxes many people to the psychological edge.

Harris, John (2020 October 15) “Trump Is Suffering From Trump Derangement Syndrome”, in Politico, archived from the original on 2022-08-21

2020 December 16, John Avalon, "Trump derangement syndrome" has taken on a new twist, CNN
The term "Trump derangement syndrome has taken on a new twist, because those who might really be afflicted now are folks who simply can't accept the fact he lost the election. Patient zero is, of course, Trump himself, as a steady stream of unhinged tweets attest. But this is contagious, folks.

In a “Reality Check” segment on the network’s New Day morning show Wednesday, CNN’s John Avlon talked about “Trump derangement syndrome,” which he described as a “political diagnosis” of people who “simply can’t accept the fact that he lost the election.”

Joyella, Mark (2020 December 16) “CNN's John Avlon: Trump Supporters 'Can't Accept The Fact He Lost'”, in Forbes, archived from the original on 2022-06-16

What is ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’? It’s a condition that afflicts conservatives and liberals alike – and lawyers in particular. This week, Ken White and special guest David Lat discuss the attorneys that, uh, have gone astray defending Donald Trump.

Barro, Josh, White, Ken (2021 October 6) “Trump Derangement Syndrome with David Lat”, in KCRW.com, archived from the original on 2021-11-24

(colloquial, derogatory) Irrationally rabid support for former US President Donald Trump.


Sharpiegate

From Sharpie + -gate, after the brand of pen.

The US secretary of commerce, Wilbur Ross, is facing calls for his resignation after it was reported that he had threatened to fire senior staff at a federal agency unless they sided publicly with Donald Trump in the rumbling dispute dubbed “Sharpiegate”.

2019 September 10, Ed Pilkington, “Wilbur Ross faces calls to resign after report he threatened firings over 'Sharpiegate'”, in The Guardian:

The President then doubled down on his claim that Alabama was at risk. On Sept. 4, he gave an update on the storm while sitting in front of a map that appeared to have been altered with a black marker to make it seem like Alabama might be hit. Public backlash ensued, and the moment was swiftly deemed #sharpiegate on social media.

2020 February 1, Madeleine Carlisle, “Newly-Released NOAA Emails Show Anger and Confusion Around Trump’s ‘Doctored’ Hurricane Dorian Map”, in Time:

Emails obtained by The Hill and other news outlets through a Freedom of Information Act request show some scientists were flabbergasted at the president's actions in the so-called Sharpiegate controversy, and that they worried about other steps that might be taken.

2020 February 3, Rachel Frazin, “Emails show weather service employees were frustrated by Trump, 'Sharpiegate'”, in The Hill:

Ingraham could have admitted that Trump made himself look ridiculous during the "Sharpiegate" fiasco. Instead, she was angry that Goodstein even brought it up.

2020 February 28, Alex Henderson, “Fox News host Laura Ingraham loses it when guest mentions "Sharpiegate" during coronavirus segment”, in Salon:

But Maue has dinged Trump administration officials as well—notably those who were involved in a mini-scandal known as "Sharpiegate."

2020 September 22, Scott Waldman, “Climate science critic to be chief scientist at key U.S. climate research agency”, in Science:

(informal) A 2019 controversy around US president Donald Trump presenting a modified weather map indicating that Alabama would be hit by Hurricane Dorian, in opposition to official forecasts.


Trumpublican

That would be a Trumpublican then.

2016 August 27, trotsky, “CNN: What does Obama get for paying $1.3 billion ransom to Iranians? Harrassment^([sic]) by their navy. Cluck, cluck, cluck”, in rec.arts.tv (Usenet):

That is the most ridiculous thing any trumpublican could say.

2018 August 28, Bob F, “Fox News analyst criticizes Trump over condolences tweet that avoided praising McCain”, in alt.home.repair (Usenet):

That is a non responsive post Bob. How many Trumpublicans run big cities up in the mobbed up union states?

2018 August 30, <gfre...@aol.com>, “Survey: 1-in-3 Gov Workers Could Leave Union”, in alt.home.repair (Usenet):

(US, politics, slang) A Republican who supports Donald Trump.


Trumpster fire

Blend of Trump + dumpster fire, an analogy to the way a dumpster fire causes everybody to focus on the flames and to the destructive qualities of a fire.

How you feel about Donald Trump and this “news”letter is how I feel about the raging Trumpster fire raging through my party and my country: Would that we could spare time to talk about something else.

2016 March 12, Jonah Goldberg, “In a Slow-Motion Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Media Figures Embrace Trump One by One”, in National Review:

And considering how thoroughly the Trumpster fire has humiliated political soothsayers this cycle, it seems unwise to offer a single, definitive answer.

2016 May 25, Eric Levitz, “Why Is Hillary Clinton Suddenly Tied in the Polls With a Widely Reviled Demagogue?”, in New York Magazine:

The book store's co-owner, Dakota Bracciale, who identifies as a witch, told Metro that the ritual is a gathering for people who want to challenge the “Trumpster fire” and Kavanaugh's SCOTUS confirmation.

2018 October 15, Anna Harstedt, “Witches will gather in Brooklyn to hex Brett Kavanaugh”, in Metro US:

Part of the problem with the constant flow of news out of the White House — from offensive tweets to potentially disastrous policies — is that acts that would have seemed outrageous in previous administrations slip past, hidden by the smoke of the Trumpster fire.

2019 August 19, “Editorial: Trump’s plan to move BLM jobs west is a shallow pretext to gut the agency’s mission”, in Los Angeles Times:

(see title)

2019, Clay Jones, Tales from the Trumpster Fire: A Cartoon Anthology:

With regard to the Trumpster fire, voting him out of office would remove the fuel.

2020 January 24, Hardy Haberman, “Putting out the Trumpster fire”, in Dallas Voice:

(US, politics, informal, derogatory) Donald Trump's use of controversy to distract the public from the perceived disastrous state of the government


Trumpocrat

From Trump + -o- + -crat; when referring to (former) Democrats, conceived of as a blend of Trump + Democrat.

If you have historically been a working class, middle class person in areas of America that produced good paying, blue collar factory jobs, white collar factory related jobs, small business jobs in your towns around the plants and factories, it would be hard not to support a Trumpocrats effort in electing Donald Trump!

2016 August 23, Matthew Boyle, “Meet the 'Trumpocrats': Lifelong Democrats Breaking with Party Over Hillary Clinton to Support Donald Trump for President”, in Breitbart:

“I figure I was going to try to do something to help out,” he continued, adding that he wanted to give the pro-Trump Democrats “a place to organise.” On the group’s website, “Trumpocrats” are described as working-class “teachers, technicians, cops, and coal miners,” who are “disillusioned with the rigged political and economic system.”

2016 September 13, Allan Smith, “Meet the Bernie Sanders supporter who admires Tim Kaine, but is leading a pro-Trump PAC”, in Business Insider UK:

Closely watching the impeachment hearings in our area are so-called Trumpocrats, long-time Democrats who supported Donald Trump in 2016, helping him win Pennsylvania. The Trumpocrats helped flip Pennsylvania from blue to red in 2016.

2019 November 13, Andy Mehalshick, “Trumpocrats weigh in on impeachment hearings”, in PA Homepage:

It’s far too early to take any 2020 polls seriously, but this week’s New York Times poll made news because it shocked the Democrats. The poll found that many “Trumpocrats” — Rust Belt Democrats who supported Trump in 2016 and went back to voting Democratic in 2018 — are planning to vote for Trump again in 2020.

2019 November 30, Paul Bedard, “Weekly Trump Report Card: A Happy Thanksgiving for Trump”, in Washington Examiner:

"I'm a Trumpocrat," Blagojevich said to cheers from onlookers. "If I have the ability to vote, I'm gonna vote for him."

2020 February 20, Sophie Sherry, Stacy St. Clair, “Calling himself a ‘Trumpocrat,’ an unbowed Blagojevich thanks the president”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

(US, politics) A (formerly) Democratic voter who supports U.S. president Donald Trump.

A substantial percentage of those who voted for Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primaries switched to support Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, joining Republican Trumpocrats (Sides 2017).

2018, Michael Haas, Why Democracies Flounder and Fail, page 206:

Trump’s secretary of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar, says these and other omitted items would not have worked anyway, and that critics are missing the point of the proposals. Since then, Trumpocrats have been out in force to make their case that consumers will be getting relief from high drug prices.

2018 May 23, Philip Moeller, “Column: Not sure what to make of Trump’s drug prices plan? Here’s where to start”, in PBS:

Trumpocrats, however, don't see corruption and rule by special interests as problems.

2020, Paul Krugman, Arguing with Zombies:

(US, politics) A supporter of U.S. president Donald Trump.


Chinese virus

Chinese virus (countable and uncountable, plural Chinese viruses)

中國病毒 /中国病毒 (Zhōngguó bìngdú) (explanatory translation)

Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa, said on Twitter that “I don’t understand why China gets upset bc we refer to the virus that originated there the ‘Chinese virus’ Spain never got upset when we referred to the Spanish flu in 1918&1919.”

2020 March 13, Katie Rogers et al., “Trump Defends Using ‘Chinese Virus’ Label, Ignoring Growing Criticism”, in New York Times:

First it was the Chinese virus, then we had the murder hornets, then we had to close the embassy in Houston because of espionage … Now we’ve got all these mystery seeds coming in in the mail.

2021 July 15, Chris Heath, quoting Sid Miller, “The Truth Behind the Amazon Mystery Seeds”, in The Atlantic:

(colloquial, sometimes offensive, dysphemistic) Synonym of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

There were supposed to be armies. Grand armies of contact tracers crisscrossing every county in the country on the hunt for the Chinese virus.

2020 June 16, David Marcus, “Contact Tracing Is A Fiasco Rejected By Most Americans”, in The Federalist:

Stocks mostly recover on hope for handling of Chinese virus.

2020 January 22, Associated Press, headline:

(quoting a sign in a doctor's office) "Dear patients: During this time period of the Chinese Virus, please observe the six foot rule of social distancing."

2020 November 13, Natalie Pasquarella, “NJ Mom Stunned to See Sign About ‘Chinese Virus' — At A Doctor's Office”, in NBC New York:

More importantly, the number of anti-Asian hashtags rose by 797% and 17 400% for #covid19 and #chinesevirus, respectively. This represents a combined increase from about 12 000 to almost a half a million anti-Asian hashtags.

2021 May, Yulin Hswen, Xiang Xu, Hing, Anna, Hawkins, Jared B., Brownstein, John S., Gee, Gilbert C., “Association of ‘#covid19’ Versus ‘#chinesevirus’ With Anti-Asian Sentiments on Twitter”, in American Journal of Public Health, volume 111, →DOI, page 960:

I don't even talk about it because when it COVID came in, which is the Chinese virus, when Chinese virus came in, that was so much bigger than anything else. I mean they owe us $20 trillion.

2021 August 18, Maria Bartiromo, Peter Doocy, Dagen McDowell, “Biden Cuts Vacation Short, Returns to White House; […] ”, in Mornings with Maria, spoken by Donald Trump, via Fox Business Network:

(colloquial, sometimes offensive, dysphemistic) Synonym of coronavirus, the disease COVID-19.

The Chinese virus seems to be more closely related to the marine type of Mexican virus than to the European virus.

1938, The Chinese Medical Journal, volume 53, page 86:

The Chinese virus has completely penetrated the fabric of the Hosaka.

1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer, page 231:

It said that the "No 1 Chinese virus," a new kind of computer virus made by a college student through modifying an imported foreign virus in South China's Guangdong Province had already spread to many of the province's important units.

1990, China Report: Science and Technology:

We had great difficulty with the Chinese virus at first.

2008, Ciba Foundation, Novel Diarrhoea Viruses, page 41:

for the Chinese virus to find its way into the ducks of the Red River delta or Mekong Delta or the central plains of Thailand, it helps a lot if, in between those places, you have lots of hugely susceptible chickens.

2009, Paul Roberts, The End of Food, page 198:

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Chinese, virus. A pathogen or malware originating, identified, or causing outbreaks in China.


Trumpese

He stares at his tower. And speaks in characteristic rapid-fire Trumpese: "What-do-you-think? What-do-you-think? Am I right? Am I right? Should I get rid of G.M.?"

1980 November 17, Marie Brenner, “Trumping the Town”, in New York, volume 13, number 45, page 28:

In fact, it is no secret that “Trumpese” — as his phraseology is called — is by and large simple, characterized by repetition, easy grammar and elementary-level vocabulary.

2017 February 17, Tomohiro Osaki, “Japan’s interpreters struggle to make sense of 'Trumpese'”, in The Japan Times:

(informal) The idiolect of Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States.


Trumpspeak

In this regard, the Time interview is a particularly helpful document, as it provides unusual insight into the principles and deep structure of Trumpspeak, the untethered political discourse presently distorting our democracy.

2017 March 24, Lawrence Douglas, “Donald Trump's dizzying Time magazine interview was 'Trumpspeak' on display”, in The Guardian:

Bolding added to highlight a suggestion from Trump that the United States could have gotten a heads-up of several months if only Chinese authorities had been more transparent. He doesn’t make this allegation directly, mind you, but rather uses elliptical and confusing Trumpspeak to lay it out.

2020 March 23, Erik Wemple, “Want to know why Trump shouldn’t be allowed on live TV? Listen to Anthony Fauci.”, in The Washington Post:

(informal) The idiolect or political discourse of Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States.


Trumpophile

As for anyone upset by Trump’s vulgar talk, or – dare a reporter ask it – thinking about a vote for Hillary Clinton instead: those women, the Trumpophiles say, are just trying to make America fail again.

2016 January 22, Lucia Graves, “'We love you!' Conservative women turn blind eye to Donald Trump's slurs”, in The Guardian:

(informal) A fan or admirer of Donald Trump


Obamagate

From Obama + -gate. Coined by Donald Trump.

[Donald] Trump unleashed a relatively unfamiliar hashtag on the world – “#OBAMAGATE!”

2020 May 14, “Explainer: What is ‘Obamagate’ and where did it come from?”, in Al Jazeera:

Alleged attempts by President Barack Obama and those in his administration to sabotage Donald Trump's candidacy and administration through various illegitimate means, according to a conspiracy theory promoted by Trump.


Trumpet

Blend of Trump + trumpet. Named after American celebrity, businessman, politician and President Donald Trump

(slang) A vocal political supporter of US President Donald Trump, especially online.


Trumposphere

Because if anyone in the Trumposphere — including her brothers, who appeared to have beamed in from the '80s — can put together a compelling argument as to why the racist, bigoted, provocateur Donald deserves anything other than complete disdain, she can.

2016 July 21, Joe Dziemianowicz, “I like Ivanka Trump — so I hope she screws up her RNC speech”, in New York Daily News:

Meanwhile, far right websites everywhere doubled-down on Trump’s claim. Suddenly, Sweden – a country to which most conservatives had previously paid almost zero attention – was held up throughout the Trumposphere as a cautionary tale about immigration.

2017 March 6, Jeff Sparrow, “The stench of the Iraq war lingers behind today's preoccupation with fake news”, in The Guardian:

I recently attended a private-equity conference where a speaker, a TV pundit, abruptly shifted from offering tidbits from the Trumposphere to random life advice: “You have to ask yourself whether you want to be Uber or one of those dying yellow-taxi companies?”

2017 July 17, Gary Sernovitz, “Are New York Taxis Such a Bad Investment?”, in The New Yorker:

The Trumposphere often operates on an esoteric argument that if only all the facts were revealed, the totality of the evidence would clearly show that the president was innocent and that his detractors are the guilty ones.

2019 November 6, David A. Graham, “The More We Learn, the Worse Things Look for Trump”, in The Atlantic:

(US politics) The inner circle of associates, employees and appointees of Donald Trump (born 1946), the 45th president of the United States.


Trumpocalypse

In case the Trumpocalypse happens Novemer^([sic]) 8, hordes of Americans are stocking their Doomsday shelters, and some are making arrangements to flee.

2016, “icumi”, in Boulder Weekly, 13 October - 19 October 2016, page 77:

Protecting our rights is more important than ever in the Trumpocalypse.

2017 January 12, Michele Karlsberg, “Words”, in San Francisco Bay Times, page 20:

Last year, we put together a health and wellness issue about preparing to fight through the Trumpocalypse.

2018 January 3, Grant Kratzer, “Be Still”, in Willamette Week, page 11:

(derogatory) The election, inauguration, and/or presidency of Donald Trump, viewed as a crisis or catastrophe.


Trumplican

Also, the public needs to recognize that not all Trump supporters are the same. While you rail against one policy of his or another, you may not know you are speaking to a closet Trumplican.

2018, Omarosa Manigault Newman, Unhinged: An Insider's Account of the Trump White House, unnumbered page:

"Trumplicans" (Trump Republicans) seized power by promising extreme market fundamentalism reliant on fossil fuels, an authoritarianism that would have made Richard Nixon proud, and a toxic rejection of what they referred to as "political correctness," which was really just a dog-whistle invoking their hatred of Democratic values.

2019, Dina Gilio-Whitaker, As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock, page 11:

Another Trumplican wrote this about the requirement to wear masks: […]

2020, Ed Raymond, “A trip to Oz”, in Duluth Reader, 28 May - 4 June 2020, page 19:

(US politics, often derogatory) A Republican who supports Donald Trump.


China virus

China virus (countable and uncountable, plural China viruses)

Donald Trump
Republican Party (US)
en:China virus

From China + virus, from its presumed origin in Wuhan, China, in late 2019.

@RudyGiuliani […] has tested positive for the China Virus.

(colloquial, sometimes offensive, neologism, derogatory) Synonym of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.


Trumpski

From Trump + -ski (humorous suffix added to invoke Russianness), referring to Trump's alleged interactions involving Russia.

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The de-facto neutering of NATO and division between allies has made Putin very happy. Trumpski took the 4k troops out of Syria several times. Would have given Putin a huge victory. Each time Deep State prevented that.

2019 May 9, Pelle Svanslös, “Re: (OT) Is Putin satisfied with Trump?”, in rec.sport.tennis (Usenet):

(US politics, informal, humorous, derogatory) Donald Trump (born 1946), the 45th president of the United States.


Trumpophilia

For a macho candidate whose presidential pitch to female voters often amounts to “I love women”, Trumpophilia has set in with a shocking number of conservative women across this crucial bellwether, as his prospects for claiming the inaugural prize of the Republican nomination fight have climbed ever upward.

(US politics) The love or admiration of Donald Trump (born 1946), the 45th president of the United States.


Trumpophobe

The White House's recent decision to dismantle President Obama's clean-air regulations offers fresh testament to the malevolence of the Trump Administration’s agenda, […] But, even among ardent Trumpophobes, fear and foreboding have been supplemented by wonderment at the White House’s string of gaffes.

2017 March 31, John Cassidy, “The Keystone Kops in the White House”, in The New Yorker:

(US politics) A person who dislikes or fears Donald Trump (born 1946), current president of the United States.


Trumpolini

Blend of Trump + Mussolini. Referring to Benito Mussolini (1883–1945), Italian politician and the founder of fascism.

“[…] I don't know if you know about Mike Judge's movie Idiocracy, but Idiocracy is the movie Devo should've made—and I think we would've made it better. […] And now with the world the way it is, and this ridiculous unqualified Trumpolini guy, who is anathema to democracy, what we have is beyond Idiocracy.”

2018, Garin Pirnia, Rebels and Underdogs: The Story of Ohio Rock and Roll, Bloomington, IN: Red Lightning Books, →ISBN, page unknown:

(US politics, informal, derogatory, offensive) Donald Trump (born 1946), the 45th and 47th president of the United States, regarded as a fascist.


Trumpiana

Indeed, on this particular morning, ratings for the previous night's installment of The Apprentice were so momentous that the phone is jangling in its cradle in his corner office, an airy space festooned with every manner of Trumpiana, on the twenty-sixth floor of Trump Tower.

Johnston wrote the book in 27 days, drawing his material from almost three decades of following Trump’s career. “Here are those dots,” Johnston said about the glut of Trumpiana that is already out there. “Here is how they connect,” he said about his own book.

2016 August 12, Jennifer Szalai, “Inside the List”, in The New York Times:

Mr. Serrano’s collection of Trumpiana includes “Trump: The Game.” [image caption]

2019 April 10, Siddhartha Mitter, “Andres Serrano Lets Objects Do the Talking”, in The New York Times:

Objects, materials, or documents relating to Donald Trump (born 1946), the 45th president of the United States.


Trumptastic

en-adj

Trumptastic (comparative more Trumptastic, superlative most Trumptastic)

more Trumptastic (comparative)
most Trumptastic (superlative)
Trump-tastic (alternative)

“That wasn't just a dead end,” Jane said. “The whole block had been demolished, probably to make way for another Trumptastic eyesore...”

2010, Anton Strout, Dead Matter (Simon Canderous series; 3), New York, NY: Ace Books, →ISBN, page unknown:

Blair was yesterday’s man. The future belonged to the Don. The future was bright, the future was orange. We’re all Trumptastic now.

2016 November 22, John Crace, “The future's bright, the future's orange in Trumptastic UK”, in The Guardian:

Is the new show a letdown? I couldn’t say, having never previously watched Celebrity Apprentice. Is it still quite Trumptastic? This I can answer with absolute certainty: yes.

2017 January 3, Bruce Handy, “The Five Trumpiest Things About the New, Post-Trump Celebrity Apprentice”, in Vanity Fair:

Trump released a Trumptastic statement saying Bolton’s allegations were not true, “I never instructed John Bolton to set up a meeting for Rudy Giuliani, one of the greatest corruption fighters in America and by far the greatest mayor in the history of N.Y.C., to meet with President Zelensky. That meeting never happened”[.]

2020 January 31, Peter Wade, “Bolton Says Trump Directed Him to Take Part in Ukraine Scheme”, in Rolling Stone:

The Democrats aren’t appealing to Trump’s base. They’re targeting suburban voters in swing states. Their convention is designed to give those voters a comfortable place to call home in what is shaping up to be a close election. They don’t respond well to Trumptastic bombast, something Trump can’t grasp.

2020 August 18, John Kass, “Column: Democratic National Convention ignores the elephant in the virtual room: Big-city violence”, in Chicago Tribune:

(informal, often sarcastic) Fantastic in a manner involving Donald Trump (born 1946), the 45th president of the United States; very characteristic of Donald Trump.


Trumpsplain

en-verb

Trumpsplain (third-person singular simple present Trumpsplains, present participle Trumpsplaining, simple past and past participle Trumpsplained)

Trumpsplains (present singular third-person)
Trumpsplaining (participle present)
Trumpsplained (participle past)
Trumpsplained (past)

"Two weeks abroad and I lost count of how many baffled Europeans asked us to explain Donald Trump," tweeted Sherry Stern, a California magazine editor who found herself Trumpsplaining in London, Cambridge and Budapest.

2016 August 11, Petula Dvorak, “Americans vacationing overseas find themselves on a Donald Trump apology tour”, in The Washington Post:

When it came to Trump, Gingrich started twerking faster than a five-buck stripper. He put his considerable conservative credibility and media skills to work Trumpsplaining how Donald's apostasies to conservative policy and principle were just fine.

2018, Rick Wilson, Everything Trump Touches Dies: A Republican Strategist Gets Real About the Worst President Ever, New York, NY: Free Press, →ISBN, page 29:

Such “mistakes” became more commonplace and were glossed over, denied or “Trumpsplained” away as we witnessed the mainstreaming of something ugly we had thought we were well on our way to eradicating.

2020 February 19, Cheri Jacobus, “Dems are giving away Weinstein cash. GOP should do same with Mercer money.”, in USA Today:

(transitive, intransitive, US politics, informal) To explain or rationalize Donald Trump (born 1946), the 45th president of the United States, or his actions, remarks, policies, or popularity.


MAGAt

MAGAts (plural)
MAGAT (alternative)
magat (alternative)

Blend of MAGA + maggot, with MAGA being an acronym of Make America Great Again, Donald Trump's campaign slogan.

But now I feel that those who are MAGATs are savagely vicious in a profoundly fundamental way. They seek out causes and people who will give them the outlet to spew poisonous hartred. And Trump knew this because it’s who he is too and because he wants power above everything else he exploits the MAGATs the same way every other vicious dictator has exploited their followers.

2019 February 18, Baxter, “tRump supporters”, in or.politics (Usenet):

I already know what you MAGAts are going to say: If you don't like America, leave it.
I will do no such thing. I love this country more than your Fox News-watching behinds ever will.

2019 July, Monica Roberts, “The Meaning of July 4 ...for black trans Americans.”, in OutSmart, volume 26, number 6, Houston, TX, page 29:

If and when things get bad enough that the administration's happy talk and lies are so obviously nonsense, they will simply pivot to finger-pointing and blame, as they have done so many times before. The MAGAt supporters have long since demonstrated they will swallow any manner of foul bullshit and pronounce it the sweetest ambrosia.

2020 March 5, Questor, “Re: For Number Junkies”, in alt.fan.cecil-adams (Usenet):

(US politics, slang, offensive, derogatory) A political supporter of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States.


Retrumplican

en-adj

Retrumplican (comparative more Retrumplican, superlative most Retrumplican)

more Retrumplican (comparative)
most Retrumplican (superlative)
ReTrumplican (alternative)
ReTrumpLican (alternative)
ReTRUMPlican (alternative)

Blend of Republican (“the U.S. Republican Party”) + Trump (“Donald Trump”). From the takeover of the Republican Party by Donald Trump.

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Thus liberated to be the kind of principle-free, gutless toadies that the “president” made it clear he prefers, the Retrumplican leaders have spent the last few years casting votes and engaging in debate that would have embarrassed and shamed just about anyone.

2020, Paul Moser, “Retrumplican senators: Stark naked and squirming”, in Napa Valley Register:

We need to get the seat out of ReTrumplican hands. For everyone's sake.

2018, Peter Goodman, “Need to get congressional seat out of GOP hands”, in Las Cruces Sun News:

The real issue that interests us in the Retrumplican controversy, however, is whom the DNC’s video is aimed at.

2015, Peter Grier, “'Retrumplican Party': Accurate or unfair to equate Trump and GOP?”, in Christian Science Monitor:

Pertaining to the Republican Party in the United States, under the actual and philosophical leadership of Donald Trump.


Trumpanzee

Who cares if your neighbor is a socialist or a raving Trumpanzee? You can go fishing or work in your garden or fruit orchard and forget about all that political nonsense.

Of course, you can say that my little city's unwillingness to go whole chimp for the Trumpanzee means we won't get much. The federal government is locked tight in the hands of Republicans, and they may not want to shower money on such a[…]

2020 January 27, Marc Dion, Devil's Elbow: Dancing in the Ashes of America, Creators Publishing, →ISBN:

The whole Trumpanzee movement is operating without conscious control. Unconscious mania is constantly being manifested. That's why Trumpism is so extraordinarily dangerous. Trump was elected exactly because he was an inflated “prophet”[…]

2021 July 27, David Sinclair, The War of the Mind: Understanding Inflation and Alienation, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN:

(derogatory) A fervent or chauvinistic follower of former US president Donald Trump.


Trump bump

Named after Donald Trump, and chosen for the rhyme.

(informal) The increase in news media consumption associated with the United States presidency of Donald Trump.


QAnonsense

Will our next president need to replace Trump’s appointees with people who are loyal to our Constitution rather than Trump’s deep state swamp Qanonsense? Probably the sooner we find out the answer to that the better.

2020 June 5, Don Galloway, “After Trump is gone”, in The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, California, Friday’s Letters to the Editor:

Those who subscribe to QAnonsense are too far gone, and the relatively sane Republicans will call you a socialist no matter what.

2021 January 20, Garrett Snedaker, “Letters to the Editor”, in The New York Times, page 26:

We would be wise not to laugh at the antics of Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has spouted QAnonsense and compared mask mandates to the Nazi treatment of Jews, or else she could ride similar waves of derision to even greater political heights.

2021 June 9, John Feffer, “We’re not out of the woods yet”, in The Nation:

(derogatory) Conspiracy theories or other statements by followers of QAnon that are asserted to be nonsense.


Trumpology

Perhaps, as Eugene Robinson stated in his column (TNT, 3-15), the Chicago protest may very well be noted as “the dawn of the resistance” to this caustic Trumpology.

2016 March 21, Sam Chandler, “We’re complicit if we don’t denounce Trump”, in The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash., page 9A:

Like Kremlinology, Trumpology cannot provide definitive explanations. But it does enable us to lay out intelligent alternative interpretations of what the hell is going on.

2016 December 7, Gabriel Schoenfeld, “Could Trump’s advisers play him on Taiwan?”, in The Salinas Californian, Salinas, Calif., page 2A:

Everybody used to have an old uncle like him, and Trumpology is simply that old uncle with better lighting.

2017 March 1, Garrison Keillor, “Your crazy old uncle is now president”, in Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Ill., page 17:

In the jargon of Trumpology, the president has tossed a sop to his climate-change denying chief strategist, Steve Bannon, and disappointed his green daughter, Ivanka.

2017 June 2, Simon Jenkins, “Trump wants to shut out the world. Ditching the Paris deal proves it”, in The Guardian, London:

Here’s our guide to Trump’s Trumpology.[…]But Trumpology defies ridicule. Critics have been forced to swallow their pride and address the creeping influence of the President’s authorism in the English language, a “post-literate” style that has inflected discourse and internet hot-takes indiscriminately.[…]The Bloomberg editor Joe Weisenthal once, rather flightily, located the providence of Trumpology in Orality and Literacy, the work of 20th-century historian Walter J Ong. “Oral culture rewards redundancy, because when an audience can’t go back and consult a text, speakers must guard against distraction and confusion. Repetition is one useful technique, and Trump is a master of it.”

2020 October 21, Samuel Fishwick, “Covfefe? It’s ’uge. Donald Trump’s linguistic legacy”, in Evening Standard, London, page 7:

This is not, however, merely another addition to the annals of Trumpology.

2021 January 10, Talia Lavin, “Author examines what strongmen like Trump have in common”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Mo., page B7:

Further, American and Christian concepts of love, caring, respectfulness and selflessness are trampled upon, and replaced with Trumpology, a hateful, egotistical, selfish and bullying way of dealing with others. Trump trumps everything if we allow him to. Please start standing up to the lies and deceitfulness so our nation can move to a place of healing rather than be lea^([sic]) into destruction by Trumpology.

2021 January 21, Greg Hegman, “Trump Trump’s everything if we allow him to”, in Times-News, Twin Falls, Ida., page A11:

Reports related to Trump’s second impeachment very well reflect the Trumpology of the last four years – lie as much as you find tolerable (and the tolerance levels have been moved out extensively), and cover the truth with more lies and deception.[…]Lies, deceit and corruption – the core of Trumpology.

2021 February 11, Greg Hegman, “Same old Trump”, in Times-News, Twin Falls, Ida., page A9:


Trumpologist

Trumpologists will recall that Ivana first confronted Marla about her relationship with Donald on the slopes of Aspen.

1993 December 18, “Trump prepares to play wedding card”, in The Sacramento Bee, volume 274, Sacramento, Calif., page A2:

The big question this week among Trumpologists – practitioners of the new science of trying to decipher Donald Trump’s sequences of half-sentences that pass for speeches – is whether he has softened his rhetoric on immigration.

2016 August 31, Andrés Oppenheimer, “Donald Trump’s latest farce: ‘Humane’ mass deportations”, in The Fresno Bee, Fresno, Calif, page 2A:

When he fails to tweet for even a few hours, Trumpologists search for meaning in the silence.

2019 January 17, Ted Koppel, “Don’t expect Trump to go quietly”, in The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash., page 3:


January 6

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It was finally time, per Trump’s instructions, to march down Pennsylvania Avenue. The rest you know all about, despite efforts by most Republicans in Congress to hide the truth of January 6.

2021 June 14, Jeffrey Goldberg, “The Capitol Riot Was Prologue”, in The Atlantic:

The attack against the United States Congress at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.


TFG

(US politics, slang) Initialism of "the former guy". Specifically, the former American president Donald Trump.


Trumpdom

(Clue to today’s quiz: In her introduction to the Esquire profiles, to whom is Nora Ephron referring when she writes: “Look how happy he is in his Trumphood; look how merrily he floats in his Trumpdom; look how brightly he wallows in his Trumpness”?)

1989 June 2, Bob Sipchen, “Covering an Identity Crisis”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif., page 11, columns 2–3:

As for being “Right here,” guest David Letterman was teleported in from New York, illusionists Siegfried and Roy were pretaped at their home in Las Vegas, and Donald Trump materialized on a TV monitor from somewhere within his crumbling Trumpdom.

1990 November 2, Tom Shales, “King’s variety show a failure”, in York Daily Record, York, Pa., page 1D:

Having for all intents and purposes conquered official Trumpdom, the truth also appears to be gaining a small foothold in the GOP grass roots.

2020 November 25, Scot Lehigh, “Biden takes his cue from Muhammad Ali as he copes with a dope”, in The Boston Globe, Boston, Mass., page A10, column 3:


Trumpness

[Ira] Bachrach adds: “The more you dilute the name, the more apparent it is to people that it is just a rubber stamp being used indiscriminately, and the less it is perceived to have a unique attribute of Trumpness.”

1989 February 19, Donald Woutat, “Don Trump: The art of the name”, in The Fresno Bee, Fresno, Calif., page D6, column 1:

And the most recent and disturbing example, Mike Pence, a devout Christian, abandoning his truthfulness, tainting his ability to stand above Trumpness, by saying Trump “did not mean what he said” in calling for the Ukraine and China to dig up dirt on Biden.

2019 November 10, Greg Hegman, “Letters to the Editor”, in Idaho Statesman, volume 155, number 108, Boise, Ida., page 11B, column 2:

Indeed, the very Trumpness of his speech is the key to the President’s appeal.

2020 November 4, Philip Collins, “‘Trumpness’ of Donald’s speech is key to his appeal”, in Evening Standard, London, page 14, column 2:

The property of being like Donald Trump.


Trump-tastic

en-adj

Trump-tastic (comparative more Trump-tastic, superlative most Trump-tastic)

more Trump-tastic (comparative)
most Trump-tastic (superlative)


Trumpless

Trump casinos now Trumpless; The Donald quits

2009 February 14, Asbury Park Press, Asbury Park, N.J., page A12:

It’s going to be an interesting year, all right, starting with the Trumpless debate on Fox tonight.

2016 January 28, “Donald playing the Trump card”, in Desert Dispatch, volume 106, number 120, Barstow, Calif., page A4, column 1:

But they haven’t abandoned their dreams of a Trumpless ticket just yet.

2016 February 25, John Kass, “Trump: The barbarian at the Republican gates”, in Chicago Tribune, 168th year, number 56, Chicago, Ill., page 2, column 3:


Trump-less

Though the tower is now Trump-less, interest remains in the 1-acre site at 111 S Ashley Drive on the Hillsborough River.

2007 May 30, James Thorner, “Trump pulls out of project”, in St. Petersburg Times, volume 123, number 310, St. Petersburg, Fla.: Times Publishing Co., page 10A, column 2:

Former New Yorkers are our signature human resource. Without them, we’d be a Trump-less backwater, an oceanfront Bradenton, a place where full-contact shopping, recreational medical treatment and Liza Minnelli tickets would be unattainable fantasies.

2009 February 25, Frank Cerabino, “New Yorkers need to feel more at home”, in The Palm Beach Post, volume 101, number 18, West Palm Beach, Fla., page 1B, column 1:

In a normal (meaning Trump-less) campaign, Bush’s address at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California would have made more of a splash.

2015 August 13, E.J. Dionne, “Meanwhile, as Jeb and Hillary were saying …”, in The Record, North Jersey Media Group Inc., page A-17, column 1:


GQP

Blend of GOP + QAnon.
The GOP stands for "Grand Old Party", the Republican Party of the United States of America, a conservative political party. The usage of "Q" refers to Republican politicians either supporting the QAnon conspiracy theories, or becoming closer to extremism and fascism, represented by the more militant members of the QAnon groups.

(US politics, slang, derogatory) The Republican Party, especially politicians and members who align themselves with militant extremism.


Qaren

Blend of QAnon + Karen. It was first used in a viral video on Twitter posted on 2020, mocking a woman who got angry at a doctor for not administering hydroxychloroquine to treat a COVID-19 infection.

(US politics, slang, derogatory) A supporter of QAnon, especially female, who has a hostile and irrational attitude.


Qultist

Blend of Q (“QAnon”) + cultist, equivalent to Qult + -ist.

(derogatory) A cultlike follower of the QAnon movement.


Qult

(derogatory) The cultlike following of the QAnon movement.


God Emperor

the God Emperor (canonical)
God-Emperor (alternative)

God + Emperor. Its use in reference to the Emperor of Japan is a calque of Japanese 天皇 (tennō, literally “heavenly sovereign/emperor”), referring to the emperor's descent from the sun goddess Amaterasu.
In reference to Donald Trump, from Trump-supporting Internet users humorously depicting him as the God-Emperor of Mankind, a character from the British science fiction tabletop game Warhammer 40,000.

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The meme was from Trump's cameo at WrestleMania 23 a decade prior, and in it he tackled WWE owner Vince McMahon before pummeling him on ... Several of his fellow users were congratulating him for getting “the God Emperor's” attention.

2017, Jared Yates Sexton, The People Are Going to Rise Like the Waters Upon Your Shore: A Story of American Rage, Catapult, →ISBN:

Just days after his election, Trump reaffirmed his campaign commitments to shut down Muslim immigration by signing an ... and with the election over and the man the AltRight called “the god emperor” on his way to the White House, ...

2017, George Hawley, Making Sense of the Alt-Right, Columbia University Press, →ISBN:

To the 4chan boys Trump was a hero, the social failure in chief, a clown prince. They called him the God Emperor, a swaggering fat Daddy, who, as one commentator put it, would put a car in every white man's drive and an Aryan woman in ...

2018, Javaad Alipoor, The Believers are But Brothers, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:

“Trump is willing to say what most Americans think: It's time to deport these people,” Anglin declared, ... and avid campaign volunteers, referring to Trump with extravagant nicknames such as “Our Great God Emperor,” “the Nimble ...

2018, Arnold Dashefsky, Ira M. Sheskin, American Jewish Year Book 2017: The Annual Record of the North American Jewish Communities, Springer, →ISBN, page 136:

Pepe had already been frequently portrayed as a Trump supporter on social media sites. ... a quick browse through the rabid Trump sub-Reddit the_donald will notice many of its members exalting the politician with the title “God Emperor."

2019, Grant Kien, Communicating with Memes: Consequences in Post-truth Civilization, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 190:

... Donald J. Trump'.46 This 380,000-strong group refers to Donald Trump as 'daddy' and 'the God Emperor',and gains its identity by standing against liberalism, feminism, intellectualism, and much more besides ...

2019, Fay Bound Alberti, A Biography of Loneliness: The History of an Emotion, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN, page 130:

Trump won. They'd made these Photoshopped pictures of Trump flying around on his victory horse, through the gates of heaven, with a crown on his head and his golden sword. They call him the God Emperor.” “That sounds awful.” “I know.

2019, Blake Nelson, The Red Pill: A Novel, Bombardier Books, →ISBN:

Our Glorious Leader has ascended to God Emperor.”1 Ten days after Trump's election, the National Policy Institute, the generically named but emphatically white-nationalist think tank led by professional racist Richard Spencer, ...

2020, Talia Lavin, Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy, Legacy Lit, →ISBN:

(Internet slang, US politics, humorous) Donald Trump, American politician, 45th president and 47th president of the United States.


Trumpitis

From Trump + -itis, by affiliation with diseases formed with the suffix.

Evidently, even President Obama has become afflicted with Trumpitis. For only this explains the conceited and crass clarion call he issued to ...

2017, Anthony Livingston Hall, The Ipinions Journal: Commentaries on the Global Events of 2016—Volume Xii, iUniverse, →ISBN:

Slimicus Trumpitis June 30 If Pence and Trump knew or should have known of the bounties being placed by the Russian government on the heads of young American soldiers fighting in Afghanistan, I must make a wish, one that I never thought ...

2020, Richard Castellane, The I Hate Trump Book: Past, Present & Future*, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:

So we all need to learn to disinfect ourselves daily, to clean our souls of 'Trumpitis', by not rushing to the media to see the latest insult or outrage, and by learning to look with quietness and discernment at what is transpiring in ...

2020, Chris Schaefer, Re-Imagining America, Hawthorn Press, →ISBN:

The nation also was in the midst of an outbreak of dreaded acute Trumpitis. After 690 days into the administration of the best president we have one third of the nation was recovering from a previous attack of the malady, one third was ...

2020, Marvin Kitman, Gullible's Travels: A Comical History of the Trump Era, Seven Stories Press, →ISBN:

(politics, informal, derogatory) The state of supporting or being similar to Donald Trump (American politician).


From a phrase read from a ship's bell by a character in the 1996 movie White Squall. The phrase itself means "Where one of us goes, we will go together," or "We will go together with any one of our members."

But this particular image, posted in March by the Utah-based fashion, beauty, and parenting influencer Jalynn Schroeder to more than 50,000 followers, is accompanied by a series of hashtags that includes the initialism WWG1WGA—“Where we go one, we go all”—a motto used by adherents of the QAnon conspiracy theory.

2020 August 18, Kaitlyn Tiffany, “The Women Making Conspiracy Theories Beautiful”, in The Atlantic:

Their rallying cry is "where we go one, we go all," a line from the 1996 Jeff Bridges sailing adventure "White Squall" that they misattribute to President Kennedy. The phrase is frequently abbreviated to "WWG1WGA," which Roseanne Barr — one of several celebrity QAnon supporters — tweeted in June 2018.

“Where we go one, we go all,” erupted the crowd in a QAnon chant that’s frequently abbreviated to WWG1WGA in online messaging boards like 4chan, where the cult began.

2024 January 23, Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, “A Creepy QAnon Chant Rises at Trump’s Rally—and He Nods and Smiles”, in The New Republic:

(US politics) Initialism of where we go one, we go all: a popular slogan of QAnon believers.


Trumpoid

Likewise, could the Washington Post and New York Times, which leaked various versions of the claim , have motives (both papers are Clintonist rather than Trumpoid, and the Post has for years been an especially keen supporter of the Syrian intervention that lies at the core of the current tension between Washington and Moscow)?

2016 December 17, J. Nielsen, “Artan`s klage”, in dk.politik (Usenet), retrieved 2022-02-23:

(US politics, Internet slang) Pertaining to Donald Trump.