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Also in the UK to trump is to fart, so that also.
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When the dictionary nails it... (Original Post)
Soph0571
Aug 2022
OP
So if you refer to someone as a trumphole, it's a pun on the Brit usage and an insult
NotASurfer
Aug 2022
#6
onlyadream
(2,166 posts)1. It like the universe is playing tricks on us! Nt
peppertree
(21,639 posts)2. In Spanish, trampa (which sounds similar) is a trap - but also a trick
If, say, some get-rich-quick rep is giving you his pitch, you'd ask yourself: pero donde está la trampa?
'But what's the catch?'
slumcamper
(1,606 posts)3. Next headline: Texas and Florida Ban Dictionary from Schools
cbabe
(3,548 posts)8. Already there...
https://www.newsweek.com sarasota-florida-schools-reject-dictionary-donations-ron-desantis-bill-1735331
Dictionaries rejected from school district following DeSantis bill
A Florida school district denied a donation of dictionaries amid a recently enacted state law that puts new requirements on transparency ...
Dictionaries rejected from school district following DeSantis bill
A Florida school district denied a donation of dictionaries amid a recently enacted state law that puts new requirements on transparency ...
niyad
(113,336 posts)4. Good morning my friend. You nearly owed me a keyboard with that
last sentence.
Soph0571
(9,685 posts)9. Cause you know
LOLOL
Different Drummer
(7,621 posts)5. Freedictionary.com defines trumpery as...
nonsense; rubbish. Anyone disagree?
NotASurfer
(2,151 posts)6. So if you refer to someone as a trumphole, it's a pun on the Brit usage and an insult
Go dictionary!
Norbert
(6,040 posts)7. Maybe this is why DeSatan has issues with dictionaries in Florida schools.