@[email protected] to [email protected] • 4 months agoIn 20 years, kids hearing the term "trumped up" might assume it's a reference to Donald Trump's reputation for lying.message-square10fedilinkarrow-up1143
arrow-up1143message-squareIn 20 years, kids hearing the term "trumped up" might assume it's a reference to Donald Trump's reputation for lying.@[email protected] to [email protected] • 4 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish13•edit-24 months agoThat’s very possible. This process is called “folk etymology”, and your example of “playing the trump card” is folk etymology-induced semantic drift.
That’s very possible. This process is called “folk etymology”, and your example of “playing the trump card” is folk etymology-induced semantic drift.