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Trump's nickname.

I just heard a good one. But not for Dozer Don.

Moscow Marjorie Taylor Greene
 
Stacyhs said:
I still find it funny that "trump" is Brit slang for "fart".
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I'd love to say thats why we never took him seriously, but the real reason for his unpopularity in the UK is that he was such an obvious utter **** and conman.

We found (and still find) it bewildering that a large proportion of Americans apparently couldn't see that.
 
Stacyhs said:
I still find it funny that "trump" is Brit slang for "fart".
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Yeah, that messed me up for a while too.

Most likely because I hadn't heard it since I was a wee bairn.

I can remember my brother and I trying to learn how to play bridge:

"Three no trumps" (Lots of schoolboy sniggering or worse, trumping.)
 
GraculusTheGreenBird said:
I'd love to say thats why we never took him seriously, but the real reason for his unpopularity in the UK is that he was such an obvious utter **** and conman.

We found (and still find) it bewildering that a large proportion of Americans apparently couldn't see that.
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YOU find it bewildering? I live here and, to borrow a Brit term, I'm gob smacked at it. Then...I remember just how stupid some people are.
 
novaphile said:
Yeah, that messed me up for a while too.

Most likely because I hadn't heard it since I was a wee bairn.

I can remember my brother and I trying to learn how to play bridge:

"Three no trumps" (Lots of schoolboy sniggering or worse, trumping.)
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I wonder if any bridge players had any difficulty after a certain point in history playing without wincing when they made a certain type of bid. Or any other game that uses that word.
 
Orphia Nay said:
It is? First I’ve heard of it. It mustn’t be common usage.
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In my experience, usually used by children rather than adults.

Which must have made school days a bit annoying for snooker player Judd Trump (who's through to the next round in the 2024 World Championship :)).
 
GraculusTheGreenBird said:
I'd love to say thats why we never took him seriously, but the real reason for his unpopularity in the UK is that he was such an obvious utter **** and conman.
We found (and still find) it bewildering that a large proportion of Americans apparently couldn't see that.
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I think that's the more likely reason for why people are seen looking disgusted with him than the currently popular alleged reason mentioned by many sources:
 
I recently watched the first episode of TV's The Green Hornet (with Bruce Lee!). The antagonist in that show was named "Trump". I plan to do some .wav extracts from that one someday.
 
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