Who does Willy think he is? Trump?
Based on recent news reports, Donald Trump has claimed to have invented several words and phrases, despite evidence of their prior use. Here are some examples:
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"Equalize": In May 2025, during a speech about his drug pricing proposals, Trump claimed to have invented the word "equalize", calling it "probably the best word". However, Merriam-Webster indicates the word was first used in 1599.
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"Caravan": In September 2022, Trump claimed he invented the word "caravan" to describe groups of migrants.
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"Fake" and "Fake News": In October 2017, Trump stated he had "invented" the word "fake" and used it to describe news he disagreed with, according to NBC News. He also made a similar claim about the term "fake news".
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"Prime the pump": Trump used this phrase to describe government spending initiatives and claimed to have come up with it "a couple of days ago" in a 2017 interview with The Economist. However, the phrase has been in use since at least 1933 in the context of economics.
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Groceries: During a speech in April 2025, Trump became fixated on the word "groceries", calling it "an old-fashioned term but a beautiful term" that he used in his campaign and defined as a "bag with different things in it".
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MAGA -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_America_Great_Again - Stolen from the Reagan Campaign (and also used by Clinton): "Originally adopted by Ronald Reagan as a campaign slogan in his 1980 presidential campaign, it has since been described as a loaded phrase. It has been described as a slogan representing American exceptionalism or hubris and promoting an idealistic or romanticized American past that excludes certain groups. Multiple scholars, journalists, and commentators have called the slogan racist, regarding it as dog-whistle politics and coded language. ..."
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Trump knows the best words:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhZyHIZpzoM .
Trump has the best memory, even for things that didn't happen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csv-_nBH5qg .
Trump forgets (and denies) things that DID happen (on video):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L83kwTqD7tE .
I wonder how willy is going to weasel out of this one? Ooops.
I wonder how willy is going to weasel(*) out of this one?
(*) Source: willy.
I claim "fair use"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use and that I do not have to pay willy for using his weasel word.
Posted By: willywonka4u
Re: Nicky needs to start paying me royalties for stealing my material.
I don’t think Nicky knew what a weasel was until I started saying it. BTW, there’s been research on this. There’s a far greater diversity of thought on the right than the left. The left is more prone to echo chambers, and they will expel people who disagree with them slightly in order to maintain that echo chamber.