A lexicon of new terminology for the Age of Trump
Before this Letters column gets its name changed to the Wilcox-Arnone column, I would like to slip a word in between the pontifications to alert readers to a new vocabulary that is emerging in the Age of Trump.
Take note, people: a New Word Order is emerging. A few neologisms and their definitions:
Titles for The Donald: Der Fuehrer, Le Con-man, Le Grand Bullshitteur, El Trumpissimo, the Great Trumpkin, the Tweeter-in-Chief, the Trumpeter, the Trumpster.
His children: the Trumplings.
The academic study of Trump: Trumpology.
A name for his defeated foes who line up to kiss the Trump Rump in fawning homage out of a shameless lust for power (Chris Christie, Rudolph Giuliani, Mitt Romney, et al): Suck-ups.
This is only the beginning. More neologisms and their definitions will emerge as the Trump saga unfolds. Famed Celtic bard Fonning Toaddy (remember him?) is already gearing up to compose an epic poem titled The Trumpiad; and JRR Tolkien would surely write his own epic series, The Lord of the Deal, if he were still alive.
Ye Olde Pedant
