No, Donald Trump Did Not Say ‘Bigly’ During His Victory Speech (maybe)

[niyad]

No, Donald Trump Did Not Say ‘Bigly’ During His Victory Speech

While cable news was busy trying to help Donald Trump reset the narrative of overt racism that took over his campaign the past week by underanalyzing his victory speech Tuesday night, the internet was abuzz over Trump’s alleged coinage of the word “bigly,” which became a trending topic as the night wore on. The term in question is one which Trump actually uses quite frequently, including in his now-infamous Mexican Rapists announcement speech a year ago. Here’s Trump last night, along with a few other examples for comparison:



As is crystal clear to anyone listening with a fair ear, Trump is saying “big league,” not “bigly,” although he does tend not to punch that last consonant. But I get it, “bigly” is funnier, and I wouldn’t begrudge anyone having a little fun. What’s weird, though, is when a “serious” website like Vox reports that he said “bigly” inches above the transcript they’re posting, which reads “big league.” How is that even fair?



The internet can be forgiven, but cable news analysts, aside from missing the 400-pound racist elephant in the room, continued to assert that Trump had delivered an “on message” speech, despite the fact that he blew it on his signature issue. In addition to the beautiful Mexican wall he promises to build, the other way Trump plans to combat the rapist foreigners is through beautiful trade deals, yet Trump couldn’t get the name of the worst trade bogeyman right, even when one of his supporters shouted out “No TPP!”

On trade, America first means the American worker will have his or her job protected from unfair foreign competition. What’s happening there is absolutely a disgrace.

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http://www.mediaite.com/online/no-donald-trump-did-not-say-bigly-during-his-victory-speech/

[nolabear]

1. I still think we should call him Uncle Bigly.

ANYTHING to get under that thin skin.

[niyad]

2. absolutely agree

[nyquil_man]

9. His Orange Biglyness nt

[Agnosticsherbet]

3. You know, Uncle Bigly has these tiny little hands, and, so I hear, performance issues.

[nolabear]

10. BWAH!

If we could find a good lookalike, the Cialis ads we could make...

[RockaFowler]

4. He said Bigly

No way was that Big League

[niyad]

5. I am just wondering why VF is so adamant about this.

[0rganism]

6. Orange Foolius rockin the Bigly

even if he didn't say Bigly correctly, he's earned a Bigly with his strong message of Biglyness. i think he's got the Bigly vote locked up.

[niyad]

7. I think you are quite correct.

[rug]

8. "Great sized, not huge"

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bigly

trump is the master of nuance.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

11. Is "big league" an adjective?

As in, "We're going to win big league"?

He could very well be saying "big league" as opposed to "bigly" but neither seems to make much sense.

[niyad]

12. well, since the man apparently cannot string together a coherent sentence, this is not in the

least surprising.

[smirkymonkey]

13. The man is borderline illiterate.

How he got this far in life I'll never know.

[niyad]

15. he is a prime huckster, who appeals to the low-information group. no literacy required when

all you do is appeal to the baser emotions.

[kcr]

14. I heard "big league". But, I think that actually sounds more stupid than bigly.

I can clearly hear the g sound on the end of league.

[ailsagirl]

16. He ran "big" and "league" together

Darn-- I wanted him to say "bigly"