FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoRemember Dotard? We need the translators in North Korea to dig some antique word out of the thesaurus to lighten the moodmessage-squaremessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up118arrow-down1message-squareRemember Dotard? We need the translators in North Korea to dig some antique word out of the thesaurus to lighten the moodFudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 days agoFrom 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
minus-squareAlmacca@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoBellicose 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.
minus-squareFudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoIt’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.
minus-squareAlmacca@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoThat’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.
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.