PRESIDENT Donald Trump has coined various new phrases and words over the years – and subsequently changed the way the world speaks forever.
The Republican boasted that he came up with the “best words” during the 2016 presidential campaign, and has continued to produce more into his second term.
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Experts have claimed that Trump’s speaking style could change the future of our speech.
British adman Rory Sutherland said how many politicians focus on impressing their peer group over their actual audiences, which can end up becoming boring.
But, by Trump using words like “bigly,” he resonates with his supporters who may use that word on a regular basis.
Back when the Republican started on his turbulent political career he managed to gain a number of fans through his wacky and inventive speech.
Many of his unique turns of phrases were far from those typically seen in political debates – marking a huge positive change for many voters.
Panican
Marking his most recent, newly created word, Trump urged critics of his latest tariff onslaught not to be a “Panican”.
His definition for a Panican is “a new party based on weak and stupid people.”
It appears to be a reference to his own Republican Party after he doubled down on his tariff policy targeting almost the entire world.
Using the word on Truth Social, he said: “The United States has a chance to do something that should have been done DECADES AGO.
“Don’t be Weak! Don’t be Stupid! Don’t be a PANICAN … Be Strong, Courageous, and Patient, and GREATNESS will be a result!”
Bigly
One word which first appeared during his 2016 presidential debates from Trump was “bigly”.
The simple term went on to spark a big post-debate debate with many speculating over what he actually said.
Some clearly heard bigly whereas other still say the president was saying “big league”.
Despite the confusion, bigly is actually defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary as an adverb form of “big”.
Seemingly putting the speech debate to bed last year, he again used the term in February as he bashed his Republican rival Nikki Haley for her performance in the primary elections.
Covfefe
On May 31, 2017, Trump coined the word Covfefe in a now iconic tweet.
The US went into a frenzy attempting to work out what the strange word meant.
Trump’s full tweet saw him say: “Despite the constant negative press covfefe.”
Fuelling the rumours of his latest Trump-ism was his press secretary at the time Sean Spice who claimed “the president and a small group of people know exactly what he meant”.
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US Representative Mike Quigley joked at the time that while no one knew exactly what Covfefe meant, he would introduce ‘The Convefe Act’.
This is an acronym for ‘Communications Over Various Feeds Electronically For Engagement’.
The weave
Trump has frequently referred to his winding style of speech as “the weave” in the past.
He explained the term to top US podcaster Joe Rogan last year in their blockbuster presidential chat.
Trump announced: “You make a speech, and my speeches last a long time because of the weave, you know, I mean, I weave stories into it.
“If you don’t — if you just read a teleprompter, nobody’s going to be very excited. You’ve got to weave it out.
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“Otherwise, it’s no good.”
His explanation – coincidentally an example of the weave in action – saw him go on to marvel at those who could pull off the “weave”.
The president added: “The weave is very, very important. Very few weavers around. But it’s a big strain – it’s a lot of work.”
Fake news
One term which wasn’t created by the Republican but something he has since gone on to essentially own is describing information as “fake news“.
The term – which has become part of many American’s day-to-day dialect – describes and dismisses media reports people don’t like.
“Fake news” was first properly used by Trump in a Twitter post in December 2016 before a month later he told CNN’s Jim Acosta at a press conference: “You are fake news.”
In the election run-in against Hilary Clinton, Trump is said to have used the term around 1,906 times, according to transcripts and social media posts collected by Factba.se.
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He has continued to use it in many of his speeches and press conferences since.
Many of the digs are often aimed at his fellow political foes including Joe Biden and Barrack Obama.
In October 2019, he even took credit for making the term up.
He told reporters in the Oval Office: “I call the fake news now corrupt news because fake news isn’t tough enough.
“And I’m the one that came up with the term. I’m very proud of it, but I think I’m gonna switch it to corrupt news.”
Everything is computer
When Elon Musk drove several luxuryTesla‘s to the White House lawn earlier this year, the internet was soon flooded with pictures, video and memes.
One of the best was the creation of “everything is computer”.
Footage of Trump sitting in the front seat of a flashy red Tesla saw him announce to his pal Musk: “That’s beautiful. This is a different panel…everything’s computer! That’s beautiful! Wow!”
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The clip of him using the broken English soon went viral online with thousands of people also using the phrase in jest.
The comment was seen as even more comedic once it was revealed by Trump himself that he hasn’t been behind the wheel of a car in ages.
The president did buy the Tesla, it is believed, as he said he’ll keep the car at the White House and let his staff drive it.
Crooked
Trump has frequently used the term ‘crooked’ to describe his political foes – from Hillary Clinton to Biden.
He typically relies on the term, but also enjoys switching it out with ‘corrupt’.
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The Republican first used the term to refer to his opponent at the time, in 2016, as “Crooked Hillary”.
He was thought to have used this name at least 50 times in the run up to his first presidential election.
Trump said at the time: “We’re going to call her Heartless Hillary.
“Somehow I like Crooked Hillary better.”
Horseface
Trump was found guilty of 34 felonies for making hush money payments to pornstar Stormy Daniels.
In a tweet, he used the term “horseface” to describe Daniels, having allegedly had an affair with her.
It read: “Great, now I can go after Horseface and her 3rd rate lawyer in the Great State of Texas.
So much winning
One of Trump’s most iconic lines from the 2016 presidential election was that his party and supporters were “gonna win so much, you may even get tired of winning”.
He added: “You’ll say, ‘Please, please. It’s too much winning. We can’t take it anymore, Mr. President, it’s too much.’ And I’ll say, ‘No it isn’t – we have to keep winning. We have to win more!’”
Yooge
Trump has slowly become the “king of memes” from the way he says certain words, like “huge”.
Instead, the president, pronounces it in many clips as “yooge”.
His most common sentence where he uses his word “yooge” is when talking about the wall he was gong to build in his first term.
Trump would typically say: “It’s going to be yooge.”
Even more Trump words and phrases
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Here are even more Trump words and phrases:
- Birdbrain
- Department of Injustice
- Lamestream Media
- Perfect phone call
- Sleepy Joe
- Witch hunt
- Newscum