It’s impossible to capture all of Donnie’s notable attributes in just one epithet. He challenges our creativity. And fortunately, we are up to the challenge!
We’re never gonna stop trying, that’s for sure…
“A man’s [sic] reach should exceed his grasp” etc., etc.
I think we adopted it from the Scottish, didn’t we? They have a fine gift for invective.
History of the “S—gibbon”: The Insult’s Originator Steps Forward
The epithet seems to have become popular in a tweet from June 2016, when someone called him a ‘tiny fingered, Cheeto-faced, ferret wearing shitgibbon.’ Unfortunately, ‘This Tweet is from a suspended account.’ In February, Sen. Daylin Leach called the president a ‘fascist, loofa-faced, shit-gibbon.’ The term shitgibbon apparently goes back to 2000. The linked article attributes the current usage to an Englishman, but I don’t have time to delve into it.
We should. I always get confused and call him the Shit-Faced Cheeto Gibbon.
That still works.
Nah, he acts like that sober.
Didn’t he once claim that he never ingested a drop of alcohol?
That should have disqualified him immediately from being elected; I can’t put my faith in this nation in the hands (tiny as they may be) of someone who can’t college properly.
Huh, I thought shitgibbon was older than that.
Older than 2016, or 2000?
Older than 2000.
If he did claim that, then that would lead me to believe that he was habitually drunk and the only reason we can’t tell is because he never gets sober.
However, I do not recall him ever claiming that: others have said that he, indeed, doesn’t drink. That is more believable than if others say that he never drinks and he claims to never drink.
Even if he has claimed sobriety at one point, it seems a surprisingly modest point to never hammer home at every opportunity for such a vain man. It would fit right in with his portrayal of the enemy as addle-brained. So, therefore, again, I am inclined to believe the reports of sobriety, or else he would be projecting alcoholism onto Biden rather than simply projecting stupidity.
His brother was a terrible alcoholic, to the point that it contributed to his early death. This might be the one solitary point where I take Trump at his word.
I definitely remember a long tradition of metaphorical references to poop-flinging monkeys, which I’m sure had at least a small influence on the origins of “shitgibbon,” but the article itself attributes the word to a writer who clams to have coined it in 1988, and they were able to confirm (without going to too much expense) the same writer using it in 1990.
Also of note:
Edit: Apologies for continuing the hijack, but I hope this puts all the hobnobbing to rest.
Moderating:
Ok, let’s leave off with the CFSG hijack. I think it’s been adequately discussed and explained.
Thanks.
The Secret Service scandal would certainly make me paranoid if I had them around me 24-7. I hope someone does a deep-clean of the organization ASAP.
The big hand-off…
Sounds like something a rapist would say.
I only waited in the running car outside while they robbed the bank. They got caught and I was just outside not involved, so let me go. So what if you have video of them getting out of the car, I just thought that they were going in to do some banking.