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Trumpese

Trumpese noun: the idiolect of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States.

Noun

Trumpese (uncountable)

  1. (informal) The idiolect of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States.
    • He stares at his tower. And speaks in characteristic rapid-fire Trumpese: "What-do-you-think? What-do-you-think? Am I right? Am I right? Should I get rid of G.M.?"1980 November 17, Marie Brenner, “Trumping the Town”, in New York, volume 13, number 45, page 28
    • In fact, it is no secret that “Trumpese” — as his phraseology is called — is by and large simple, characterized by repetition, easy grammar and elementary-level vocabulary.2017 February 17, Tomohiro Osaki, “Japan’s interpreters struggle to make sense of 'Trumpese'”, in The Japan Times

Synonyms of Trumpese

Origin of Trumpese

From Trump + -ese.

Questions about Trumpese

What does Trumpese mean?
Trumpese means the idiolect of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States.
What part of speech is Trumpese?
Trumpese is a noun.

Words near Trumpese in the dictionary

  1. trumperies
  2. trumperiness
  3. Trumperor
  4. Trumpers
  5. trumpery
  6. Trumpese
  7. Trumpesque
  8. trumpet
  9. trumpet animalcule
  10. trumpet animalcules
  11. trumpet call

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