# What are some of Trump's best words? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 11, 2016, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-trumps-best-words/762436 "2016-08-11T12:58:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-trumps-best-words/762436/1 "2016-08-11T12:58:06Z")
I want to compile a list of Trump’s overused words and phrases, for the purpose of writing satirical Trumpspeak. Some of the ones I have observed are: Tremendous Disaster Amazing Fantastic Terrific Great Loser, total loser Win, winner, winning Disgusting Unbelievable, unbelievably Sad Very, very very Huge Bigly Trust me Believe me Folks Okay? Some people are saying People are telling me Add your own, then we can start composing original Trumpspeak. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-trumps-best-words/762436/2 "2016-08-11T13:06:42Z")
Rigged ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-trumps-best-words/762436/3 "2016-08-11T13:07:32Z")
“I guarantee it.” He probably says this more than the guy from Men’s Wearhouse ever did. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-trumps-best-words/762436/4 "2016-08-11T13:10:56Z")
“By the way”, used whenever he wants to highlight the actual central point of a given topic. By the way, that particular verbal tic drives me nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-trumps-best-words/762436/5 "2016-08-11T13:24:01Z")
His essential vocabulary seems to be fewer than 100 words, because he shouts two or three keywords and then promises he’ll do great things. On to next keyword. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-trumps-best-words/762436/6 "2016-08-11T13:38:23Z")
Fired ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-trumps-best-words/762436/7 "2016-08-11T14:26:56Z")
Crooked Chi-na! ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-trumps-best-words/762436/8 "2016-08-11T14:35:45Z")
Unfair. He says this more than most five-year-olds. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-trumps-best-words/762436/9 "2016-08-11T17:38:41Z")
I’m Very VERY rich. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-trumps-best-words/762436/10 "2016-08-11T20:13:50Z")
I only just realized this this week, but Trump is not actually saying “bigly.” He is actually saying, “big league.” For months and months I heard, “bigly,” and wondered what that fuck that was about. It finally fell into place when I saw Trump’s, “big league,” tweet to olympic athletes. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-trumps-best-words/762436/11 "2016-08-11T20:19:33Z")
Sad! ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-trumps-best-words/762436/12 "2016-08-11T20:20:57Z")
This is the best [random Trump product] you’ll ever buy. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-trumps-best-words/762436/13 "2016-08-11T20:23:06Z")
Love “I love babies.” (Now get that damned crying baby out of here.) “We love our African Americans!” “The hispanics love me.” “I love the poorly educated.” ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-trumps-best-words/762436/14 "2016-08-11T21:23:15Z")
Success/ful ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-trumps-best-words/762436/15 "2016-08-11T21:39:39Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > “By the way”, used whenever he wants to highlight the actual central point of a given topic. > > By the way, that particular verbal tic drives me nuts. Similarly, he uses “frankly” a lot. Both are what linguist S. H. Elgin calls “phony leveling”–a technique used by unscrupulous persons to manipulate others. (A brief discussion is readable in the link at the end of this post.) What follows Trump’s “frankly” and “by the way” is almost always something completely false, and, of course, damaging to whomever Trump is trying to disparage. Trump’s tone when using these devices is very mild-mannered and almost casual, as if to say _‘I regret having to tell you, and I wouldn’t like to be accused of caring one way or the other, but the fact is that Hillary is an animal torturer, and, hey, it had to be said.’_ > **[More Verbal Self-Defense](https://books.google.com/books?id=vclcjyHKaB4C&pg=PA50&lpg=PA50&dq=%22leveling%22%2Bphony%2BSuzette%2BElgin&source=bl&ots=1AQwCXVoG-&sig=7_cmYysNV1j8szf7y1V_2oVxUb0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj8zdy1p7rOAhXI5SYKHWEXB0IQ6AEINjAF#v=onepage&q=%22leveling%22%20phony%20Suzette%20Elgin&f=false)** > > From Simon & Schuster, More on the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense is Suzette Haden Elgin's guide to disarm verbal attacks at work, at home, and in-between.Designed to help you defend yourself in any verbal context, More on the Gentle Art of Verbal... ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-trumps-best-words/762436/16 "2016-08-11T21:44:05Z")
I was about to start my own thread “_Teach Me How To Channel Trump_” inspired by [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19544624&postcount=204), which seemed very authentic: > [@Donald Trump winks and nods to the Second Amendment people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-winks-and-nods-to-the-second-amendment-people/762283/204): > > Well, many people are saying it. Smart people. Believe me, they are some of the best people. I just don’t know. It sounds terrible that he would do such a thing. Sad. It’s not just the words, it’s the rhythm and the pace, and the connections and half-connections and utter-lack-of connections that make it real. Almost as if every word he utters is uttered with the idea “will I be able to deny this tomorrow?” ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-trumps-best-words/762436/17 "2016-08-11T21:52:03Z")
Another thing he does is use “not” to modify an adjective. “She is a not smart person.” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-trumps-best-words/762436/18 "2016-08-12T03:53:51Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Similarly, he uses “frankly” a lot. > > Both are what linguist S. H. Elgin calls “phony leveling”–a technique used by unscrupulous persons to manipulate others. (A brief discussion is readable in the link at the end of this post.) > > What follows Trump’s “frankly” and “by the way” is almost always something completely false, and, of course, damaging to whomever Trump is trying to disparage. Trump’s tone when using these devices is very mild-mannered and almost casual, as if to say _‘I regret having to tell you, and I wouldn’t like to be accused of caring one way or the other, but the fact is that Hillary is an animal torturer, and, hey, it had to be said.’_ > [More Verbal Self-Defense - Suzette Haden Elgin - Google Books](https://books.google.com/books?id=vclcjyHKaB4C&pg=PA50&lpg=PA50&dq=%22leveling%22+phony+Suzette+Elgin&source=bl&ots=1AQwCXVoG-&sig=7_cmYysNV1j8szf7y1V_2oVxUb0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj8zdy1p7rOAhXI5SYKHWEXB0IQ6AEINjAF#v=onepage&q=%22leveling%22%20phony%20Suzette%20Elgin&f=false) Yep, same with “I’ve gotta be honest…” It’s a red flag that a lie is on its way. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2016, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-trumps-best-words/762436/19 "2016-08-12T03:57:41Z")
Overrated OP tries to catalog Trump’s best words without alluding to his literary form [attack haiku](https://twitter.com/AttackHaiku). Sad! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-trumps-best-words/762436/20 "2016-08-12T04:19:29Z")
I can’t believe I’m the first to mention “deal”. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-trumps-best-words/762436.md?page=2)