Friday, January 26, 2018

Presidential Nicknames

A new linguistic term for you:
Onomastics: the study of names

I'm not sure any other world leader has inspired so many creative nicknames at President Trump has. There is even a webpage dedicated to them: https://www.findnicknames.com/nicknames-for-donald-trump/ 

NOTE: Some may take offense to this and call it disrespectful to the President in particular, or to the office of the presidency in general. Given his use of nicknames for his rivals, I don't have much sympathy for this position.

 I'm going to keep a running list of my favorites here...
  • Rage Against the Tangerine (Trevor Noah)
  • Cinnamon Hitler (Trevor Noah)
  • Cheeto Jesus
  • Butterscotch Frog
  • Circus Peanut
  • Malevolent Creamsicle 
  • Agent Orange
  • Assaulter-in-Chief
  • Captain Chaos
  • Cheez Doodle
  • Bratman
  • and... The Human Tanning Bed Warning Label 
  • NEW: Mango Unchained

a bonus nickname for Jeff Sessions: Confederate Hobbit
a recent name for Trump's base: Trumpanzees

Speaking of disrespectful, there is also, of course, a long list of nicknames that President Trump has given to other people. Wikipedia actually has a dedicated page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nicknames_used_by_Donald_Trump. Here are some highlights:

  • Crooked Hillary
  • Little Rocketman
  • Sloppy Steve (Bannon)
  • Leakin' James Comey
  • Jeff Flakey
  • Sneaky Dianne Feinstein 
  • Al Frankenstein
  • Crazy Bernie
  • Cryin' Chuck (Schumer)
  • and the ethnically insensitive "Pochahontis" for Elizabeth Warren

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