To: Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Petition to add two new words to the English Lexicon: Entrumped and Trumpish
Precedence has long been set that when a leader acts in ways uniquely unprecedented in history, new words are added to the English language to reflect that behavior. Consider, for example, the Oedipus Complex, the Napoleon Complex, and the word quisling.
The word quisling (meaning apostate, backstabber, betrayer, double-crosser, double-dealer, Judas, recreant, serpent, snake, traitor) was added during WWII, to commemorate the actions of Vidkun Quisling, a Norwegian army officer who in 1933 founded Norway's fascist party. In December 1939, he met with Adolf Hitler and urged him to occupy Norway. Following the German invasion of April 1940, Quisling served as a figurehead in the puppet government set up by the German occupation forces, and his linguistic fate was sealed. Before the end of 1940, "quisling" was being used generically in English to refer to any traitor. Winston Churchill, George Orwell, and H. G. Wells used it in their wartime writings. Quisling lived to see his name thus immortalized, but not much longer. He was executed for treason soon after the liberation of Norway in 1945. (Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary).
It is for this reason, the signatories below are petitioning Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the American people, and English speakers worldwide to add the following words to the English lexicon.
Entrumped (verb): the act of a country’s leader ordering his troops to turn their backs on an ally despite military advice and honor.
Usage: After years of working alongside their American allies to defeat a common enemy, the Kurdish people along with their American allies were entrumped.
Trumpish (adjective): (1) Describes any lie, or extreme exaggeration, presented as the truth. (2) Describes the act of disseminating or promoting trumpish behavior.
Usage: This blog post feels trumpish to me. His arguments are trumpish. I am tired of all the trumpishness.
Furthermore, the signatories below commit to using these new words, which will for all time commemorate President Trump, in their daily conversations and in their social media comments, #entrumped, #trumpish.
The word quisling (meaning apostate, backstabber, betrayer, double-crosser, double-dealer, Judas, recreant, serpent, snake, traitor) was added during WWII, to commemorate the actions of Vidkun Quisling, a Norwegian army officer who in 1933 founded Norway's fascist party. In December 1939, he met with Adolf Hitler and urged him to occupy Norway. Following the German invasion of April 1940, Quisling served as a figurehead in the puppet government set up by the German occupation forces, and his linguistic fate was sealed. Before the end of 1940, "quisling" was being used generically in English to refer to any traitor. Winston Churchill, George Orwell, and H. G. Wells used it in their wartime writings. Quisling lived to see his name thus immortalized, but not much longer. He was executed for treason soon after the liberation of Norway in 1945. (Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary).
It is for this reason, the signatories below are petitioning Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the American people, and English speakers worldwide to add the following words to the English lexicon.
Entrumped (verb): the act of a country’s leader ordering his troops to turn their backs on an ally despite military advice and honor.
Usage: After years of working alongside their American allies to defeat a common enemy, the Kurdish people along with their American allies were entrumped.
Trumpish (adjective): (1) Describes any lie, or extreme exaggeration, presented as the truth. (2) Describes the act of disseminating or promoting trumpish behavior.
Usage: This blog post feels trumpish to me. His arguments are trumpish. I am tired of all the trumpishness.
Furthermore, the signatories below commit to using these new words, which will for all time commemorate President Trump, in their daily conversations and in their social media comments, #entrumped, #trumpish.
Why is this important?
In the belief that Donald J. Trump deserves to be commemorated for all time for the actions that have made him infamous.