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PoorMonger

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5. This is a simplification of a real problem.

Reply to WhiteTara (Original post)

Sun Oct 8, 2017, 06:51 PM

Oct 2017

He sounds real dumb I'll grant the article that much - but he did effectively take over the term fake news and now feeds his supporters with it. There was actual fake news being taken as reality and this asshole neutered the concept and now brands anything he deems negative to him as fake -- and as dumb as it sounds it works on people. I see what he means, but the stupidest part is that he is out here bragging about it. Another example of him saying the insidious part of his strategy plainly.

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Donald Trump takes credit for inventing the word 'fake' [View all] WhiteTara Oct 2017 OP

Such a wordsmith! ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #1

... WhiteTara Oct 2017 #7

What an idiot shenmue Oct 2017 #2

he said that perhaps other people had used the word WhiteTara Oct 2017 #3

WTF shenmue Oct 2017 #12

Truly a moron. WhiteTara Oct 2017 #19

Let it be his legacy. Turbineguy Oct 2017 #4

This is a simplification of a real problem. PoorMonger Oct 2017 #5

+1 trof Oct 2017 #10

EXACTLY!!!! n/t FormerOstrich Oct 2017 #20

To his credit, he also came up with the term "yuge". trof Oct 2017 #6

Don't forget Bigly! WhiteTara Oct 2017 #9

He didn't invent the word; he just redefined the concept. longship Oct 2017 #8

"Faux News?" for a couple decades now? yallerdawg Oct 2017 #11

Funny, that's the same word I used to describe him the first time I saw him. world wide wally Oct 2017 #13

Maybe he came up with this "unique" word from looking at himself in the mirror each morning and politicaljunkie41910 Oct 2017 #14

He never heard, "Fake University" before? Next he'll pretend he didn't hear the word, "FRAUD!" TheBlackAdder Oct 2017 #15

Hey, John Milton (the neologist who leads with 630 words still in the Oxford NCjack Oct 2017 #16

So he 'invented' a word to describe himself? crazycatlady Oct 2017 #17

He's given new depth and dimension to the term 'asshole'. milestogo Oct 2017 #18

Coming next week, Trump will attempt inventing a five letter word. L. Coyote Oct 2017 #21

he thought he coined the term "Priming the pump" too. What an idiot. TeamPooka Oct 2017 #22