Way back when Donald Trump first descended into the political arena, I wrote a column that I headlined "A Vocabulary for the Trump Era". It featured a bunch of words that had not been a regular part of Americans' daily conversations. Words such as: emoluments, quisling, sycophant, misogynist, oligarchy. Common fodder these days.
Well, it seems Trump continues to have an impact on our vocabulary. The question is whether it's now a positive one or not. The other day, as the TV wandered through YouTube, it stopped on a channel featuring an obviously angry young woman launching into a discussion of something Trump had recently done. I forget what.
Her intro was masterfully focused and seemed to go on forever. I was impressed with both her energy and her comprehensive use of adjectives to describe Trump.
The following was inspired by the introduction, using as many of her words I can remember and, in the spirit of improving vocabulary, expanding on it.
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"Here's what that lying, groping, grifting, greedy, dumb, fat, weak, narcissistic, phony, racist, lazy, cheating, callous, uncouth, grandiose, selfish, perverted, arrogant, evil, disloyal, cruel, crude, manipulative, malicious, bigoted, corrupt, disgusting, foolish, filthy, gross, hateful, horrible, ignorant, jealous, lecherous, malicious, negligent, obtuse, abhorrent, incompetent, opportunistic, petty, pathetic, rapist, reckless, ridiculous, rotten, sleazy, slimy, terrible, ugly, quarrelsome, querulous, quaggy, embarrassing, angry, juvenile, spoiled, scared, shameless, traitorous, toxic, useless, unfit, uncaring, unstable, quick-tempered, vengeful, immature, immoral, ridiculous, boastful, vain, vapid, wicked, wasteful, xenophobic, yucky, felonious zero did yesterday."
I could not find one adjective that did not apply. If you'd like to add to the list, feel free to do so, but keep it clean so I don't get banned from some social media site.
One word stumped me.
Quaggy: Soft, boggy, or spongy; lacking firmness or stability. For example, "The quaggy ground made it difficult to walk steadily."
It's always good to improve your vocabulary.
