showerthoughts·ShowerthoughtsbyFudgyMcTubbs Remember Dotard? We need the translators in North Korea to dig some antique word out of the thesaurus to lighten the moodThat was a fun moment in the dotard's first term.View original on lemmy.world18Comments7
FudgyMcTubbs replylemmy.worldI don't know that one. Use it in a sentence that's between three and seven words long.1
FudgyMcTubbs replylemmy.world3Hide 3 repliesFrom 2017: "In his bellicose statement Thursday, Kim also repeatedly referred to Trump as a "dotard" — an arcane term for a senile or weak-minded elderly person. "I will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged U.S. dotard with fire," Kim said. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/north-korea-s-kim-jong-un-calls-president-trump-frightened-n8036319
Almacca replyaussie.zone2Hide 2 repliesBellicose is a fun word you don't hear enough as well. Another infrequently used word that springs to mind when Trump speaks is 'bloviating'. He's a bloviating dotard.5
FudgyMcTubbs replylemmy.world1Hide 1 replyIt's not a lost word like dotard, but ive always liked referring to him as braggadocios. People don't say that word aloud much at all.2
Almacca replyaussie.zoneThat's a good one. I'm adding it to my vocabulary. I didn't think dotard was a lost word. I've certainly used it in the past.1
How about “jackanapes”?
I don't know that one. Use it in a sentence that's between three and seven words long.
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From 2017:
"In his bellicose statement Thursday, Kim also repeatedly referred to Trump as a "dotard" — an arcane term for a senile or weak-minded elderly person.
"I will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged U.S. dotard with fire," Kim said.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/north-korea-s-kim-jong-un-calls-president-trump-frightened-n803631
Bellicose is a fun word you don't hear enough as well. Another infrequently used word that springs to mind when Trump speaks is 'bloviating'. He's a bloviating dotard.
It's not a lost word like dotard, but ive always liked referring to him as braggadocios. People don't say that word aloud much at all.
That's a good one. I'm adding it to my vocabulary.
I didn't think dotard was a lost word. I've certainly used it in the past.