# Remember "Covfefe"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 4, 2019, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-covfefe/827221 "2019-01-04T22:51:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-covfefe/827221/1 "2019-01-04T22:51:31Z")
May 31, 2017 12:06 AM Donald Trump tweets “Despite the negative press covfefe” followed 6 hours later by “Who can figure out the true meaning of ‘covfefe’ ??? Enjoy!” For some reason, today I typed “covfefe” into Google Translate, picked “Detect Language” for the originating language, and Google Translate now identifies covfefe as an English, with no listed meaning. Great… :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-covfefe/827221/2 "2019-01-04T23:19:42Z")
Remember him? I’ve seen his posts just today! ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-covfefe/827221/3 "2019-01-04T23:52:38Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Remember him? I’ve seen his posts just today! I was just gonna say that we have a Doper for whom that is their username. “Covfefe” is about the least weird thing this doofus has said. The president, not the Doper. ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-covfefe/827221/4 "2019-01-05T01:48:16Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vf2GjhVHUss/hqdefault.jpg "Spencer Pratt - I'm A Celebrity") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf2GjhVHUss) ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-covfefe/827221/5 "2019-01-05T02:52:37Z")
It’s a star name in Stellaris which I play all the time, so it’s hard to forget. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-covfefe/827221/6 "2019-01-05T05:11:56Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > “Covfefe” is about the least weird thing this doofus has said. The president, not the Doper. Yeah covfefe was one of the few digs on the President that lacked merit. Cheeto isn’t much better, but at least it has a basis: Trump is [weirdly orange](https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1081338106861838337). In contrast, Trump’s use of intentional untruths [is off the charts](https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-claims-database/?utm_term=.029d9deac8a2). ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-covfefe/827221/7 "2019-01-05T06:02:01Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Remember him? I’ve seen his posts just today! Covfefe, we hardly knew ye. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-covfefe/827221/8 "2019-01-05T06:32:27Z")
I thought it was what you had after the frim fram sauce with oss-en-fay (with sha fafa on the side). ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-covfefe/827221/9 "2019-01-05T07:47:53Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > Yeah covfefe was one of the few digs on the President that lacked merit. I wasn’t actually making a dig at the President. More at the fact that Google Translate actually recognizes it as an English word. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-covfefe/827221/10 "2019-01-05T08:31:24Z")
If he’d have just apologized and rewrote what he meant, then I’d agree it had no merit. But the way he just left it, with Spicer saying that everyone on his staff knew what it meant? Nah, it was legit. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-covfefe/827221/11 "2019-01-05T11:51:45Z")
I figure the old man just dozed off while thumb-typing. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-covfefe/827221/12 "2019-01-05T14:34:19Z")
It goes good with melba toast - and the tears of my enemies. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-covfefe/827221/13 "2019-01-05T14:53:52Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > …“Covfefe” is about the least weird thing this doofus has said. The president, not the Doper. Oh yeah, he has surpassed himself many times since the good old days when all he did was hiccup while tweeting. I know. I’ve seen the evidence. I’ve seen the smocking gun. Twice. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-covfefe/827221/14 "2019-01-05T15:47:21Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I’ve seen the smocking gun. Twice. Sewing’s no game for sissies, eh? ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-covfefe/827221/15 "2019-01-05T16:48:14Z")
I saw this sign at a music festival in August 2017: [![](http://greenwoodsoftware.com/misc/covfefe.jpg) ](http://greenwoodsoftware.com/misc/covfefe.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![X.L.Lent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a5b964/32.png) [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2019, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-covfefe/827221/16 "2019-01-06T02:54:43Z")
It looks like he was trying to type the word “coverage”. “Despite the negative press coverage” ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-covfefe/827221/17 "2019-01-07T14:49:43Z")
I figured he sneezed and couldn’t figure out how to fix it.