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pnwmom

(108,959 posts)
Sun Feb 17, 2019, 07:08 PM Feb 2019

In Britain the name of "Trump" carries a special meaning.

It relates to the shortened form of trumpet, and refers to an odiferous type of loud noise.

We should all borrow this use from the British.

http://www.britishslang.co.uk/slang/trump

TRUMP


What does Trump mean?

Trump

Fart

Example
"He trumped in class this morning."

Credit: contributed by Anon on 15-Sep-2012.


https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/10/ave-atque-trumpe/505259/

Even if they made a joyful noise, not all trumps were holy. “Trump also means, especially in British English, to, erm, break wind,” Maier told me. “That’s quite a common expression, and it’s related to trumpets as well.”

Trump has exuded this meaning for centuries. A Latin translation guide from the 1550s gave trump as a synonym for crepo, which it defined like this: “Trump or let a crackke, or fart.” (Crepo also means “to rumble,” “to resound,” and “to burst asunder,” in case you doubted what kind of trump this was.) All this trumping makes you wonder what locals think about Trump Turnberry, the current candidate’s hotel property in Scotland.

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In Britain the name of "Trump" carries a special meaning. (Original Post) pnwmom Feb 2019 OP
I've also heard it in reference to a trouser trumpet. BarbaRosa Feb 2019 #1
Very appropriate. smirkymonkey Feb 2019 #2
"betrump" - Good one! - Bigly! keithbvadu2 Feb 2019 #3
Can we rename him Fanny? COL Mustard Feb 2019 #4

keithbvadu2

(36,667 posts)
3. "betrump" - Good one! - Bigly!
Sun Feb 17, 2019, 07:25 PM
Feb 2019
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141884768

"betrump" - Good one! - Bigly!

Trump is of German stock. And Scottish.
So is the Scots language.
They understood Trump long before he was here.

https://indy100.com/article/definition-of-betrump-scots-language-donand-trump-7612686

https://twitter.com/hashtag/betrump



betrump

vb. 1 (context transitive English) To deceive; cheat; belirt. 2 (context transitive English) To elude; slip from.

https://findwords.info/term/betrump
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