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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI was looking for synonyms for trashy and I found something I had to share on DU:
trumpery
* Showy but worthless; trashy; paltry
* Gaudy but of no value
https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/trashy
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,754 posts)LakeArenal
(28,863 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,380 posts)LakeArenal
(28,863 posts)And my words arent lies.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,380 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)trumpery (n.)
mid-15c., "deceit, trickery," from Middle French tromperie (14c.), from tromper "to deceive," of uncertain origin (see trump (v.2), which has influenced the spelling in English). Meaning "showy but worthless finery" is first recorded c. 1600.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,525 posts)He was about a century too late for it to originate with one of his prophecies.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)jaxexpat
(6,865 posts)They're known to be thieves for at least half a millennium. Wear it proud Donnie.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)Thanks for doing the research.
calimary
(81,557 posts)noun
unpunctuated: trompe loeil; noun: trompe l'oeil
visual illusion in art, especially as used to trick the eye into perceiving a painted detail as a three-dimensional object.
"look at the pillars and arches around the immense domethey are trompe l'il"
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)from Drumpf to trump, that anyone knew the definition, and I am loving how it fits now!
arthurgoodwin
(38 posts)But, alas, not a word generated in response to Trump. It's been around since the 15th century and comes from Middle French - Tromper - "to deceive". See:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trumpery
JudyM
(29,294 posts)calimary
(81,557 posts)Blue Owl
(50,536 posts)Just kinda rolls off the tongue...
ecstatic
(32,764 posts)And uses it regularly. It truly fits!
lunatica
(53,410 posts)magicarpet
(14,200 posts)malaise
(269,244 posts)Vivid Lizard
(23 posts)Plus it also means Deception, Trickery, Fraud. Nothing could be closer to the truth
calimary
(81,557 posts)Now there's a harmonic convergence! The Commander-in-Cheat, nailed by his very name. His own name tells the truth about him.
George II
(67,782 posts)iluvtennis
(19,891 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,060 posts)NJCher
(35,788 posts)calimary
(81,557 posts)Poor guy...
soldierant
(6,942 posts)But I'm glad to hear no one ever accused you of "trumpery."
BobTheSubgenius
(11,572 posts)That's fantastic.
Catherine Vincent
(34,491 posts)LudwigPastorius
(9,215 posts)NJCher
(35,788 posts)This is just too much fun!!