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Could we proud Democrats please stop using the word "bigly?" It's a stupid word invented by (Original Post) Squinch Nov 2017 OP
Bigly request you have here. nt. NCTraveler Nov 2017 #1
I know. But I hate to immortalize that man's ignorance. Squinch Nov 2017 #3
He has pretty much immortalized his own ignorance... Orange Free State Nov 2017 #16
It's a cromulent word and he apparently didn't even use it... PoliticAverse Nov 2017 #2
Nah. I'm sure I heard him say it. And Thomas Hardy may have used it but he also talked Squinch Nov 2017 #5
And 'big league' is just as annoying. louis-t Nov 2017 #7
PS, "cromulent" is awesome. But it does sound like something that should be buttered. Squinch Nov 2017 #8
Yessss... forgotmylogin Nov 2017 #12
"Cromulent," he muttered, as he gyred and gimbled in the wabe... nt Buns_of_Fire Nov 2017 #23
TGI Brillig! Squinch Nov 2017 #24
Is that a Star Trek reference? Werent Orange Free State Nov 2017 #20
The Simpsons eom (but it DOES sound like Romulans!) Maeve Nov 2017 #22
i never use it..nor do i say Russhur or pennenshula, samnsara Nov 2017 #4
Or "Jienah" Squinch Nov 2017 #6
"Radical 'Slamist Terra" forgotmylogin Nov 2017 #13
Not while that man is in the White House Vogon_Glory Nov 2017 #9
It is being used to mock, just like "Moran" n/t FSogol Nov 2017 #10
No, it's the perfect demonstration of Trump's stupidity. Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2017 #11
*** Thread winner here! unblock Nov 2017 #18
Naaaaah.... Orange Free State Nov 2017 #14
A strongly idea! JDC Nov 2017 #15
It's big league and I don't like using any words this asshole coins and if Kirk Lover Nov 2017 #17
The stupid man didn't invent it. We did. Ms. Toad Nov 2017 #19
The Idiot in Chief said Big League. djg21 Nov 2017 #21

Orange Free State

(611 posts)
16. He has pretty much immortalized his own ignorance...
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 06:03 PM
Nov 2017

He is the only person who could make W. seem like Winston Churchill, and Nixon seem enlightened.

Squinch

(50,949 posts)
5. Nah. I'm sure I heard him say it. And Thomas Hardy may have used it but he also talked
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 05:10 PM
Nov 2017

about bine stems and was fevourless. And he wasn't a moron, so he's allowed. Plus he's dead. So there's that.

forgotmylogin

(7,527 posts)
12. Yessss...
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 05:41 PM
Nov 2017

Something buttered in its myriad close-set holes, which will become delicious moist crevices, oozing with slickness.

(Sorry, gratuitous overuse of everyone's least favorite words... )

Vogon_Glory

(9,117 posts)
9. Not while that man is in the White House
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 05:18 PM
Nov 2017

I tend to use “bigly” when I’m being bitter, sarcastic, or ironic. After that man leaves office, THEN I’ll consider dropping it, after I give an immense sigh of relief.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,181 posts)
11. No, it's the perfect demonstration of Trump's stupidity.
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 05:21 PM
Nov 2017

Everyone knows he's trying to say "big league" but it comes out "bigly".

Trump's defenders will adamantly insist that he's trying to say "big league" and technically they're correct. But we'll continue to throw it in their faces that it sounds like "bigly."

I'll put it this way: I'll stop using "bigly" when they stop referring to the "Democrat party."

 

Kirk Lover

(3,608 posts)
17. It's big league and I don't like using any words this asshole coins and if
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 06:08 PM
Nov 2017

I do it's to troll a deplorable which I must say I do exceedingly well. At least I'm good at sumthin'. LOL

Ms. Toad

(34,066 posts)
19. The stupid man didn't invent it. We did.
Fri Nov 10, 2017, 12:13 AM
Nov 2017

He's saying big league, with very poor enunciation so it sounds like bigly. Watch his lips when he says it - what he is saying is clear, and it isn't bigly.

Makes my teeth itch, too - but largely because we look stupid when we insist on making fun of him for something he didn't do.

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