I can't believe we all missed this one!

[Javaman]

trumpery
noun trum·pery ˈtrəm-p(ə rē

Definition of trumpery
1 a : worthless nonsense
b : trivial or useless articles : junk
a wagon loaded with household trumpery —Washington Irving

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trumpery

[Cha]

1. How dead on is "trumpery"?!

Mahalo, Javaman

[bdamomma]

2. what now is he

starting his own stupid language. I would just love to equate the word "fake" as to him. Fake=Trump.

[DemocracyMouse]

16. It already is!!!

Trumped up:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trumped-up

[underpants]

3. Great find

[FSogol]

4. How about 'trump l'oeil"

noun
unpunctuated: trompe loeil; noun: trompe l'œil; noun: trompe l'oeil; plural noun: trompe l'oeils

visual illusion in art, especially as used to trick the eye into perceiving a painted detail as a three-dimensional object.
a painting or design intended to create the illusion of a three-dimensional object.
plural noun: trompe l'œils

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. "Go trump yourself" is the new swear word. . . . . nt

[lastlib]

8. "Dump a Trump"

euphemism for taking a crap..... In my work, I have seen several portable toilets with "Trump Dump" graffiti above the seat.
(I work around a lot of construction crews that are predominantly Hispanic)

[niyad]

6. actually, this gets posted every couple of months. but always handy for those who missed

the others.

[annabanana]

7. Trumpery is heavy frippery. . . . n/t

[toddwv]

9. Some of us didn't :D

[oasis]

13. deceit; fraud

That'd be him alright.

[jazzcat23]

20. Thanks!

for finding this...it is TOO perfect and I'm gonna use it often! Too bad his followers won't even understand it. What's that line? "Stupid is as stupid does, and you can't fix stupid"

[JDC]

10. Added to my portfolio. Thank you.

[Hekate]

11. Like "dotard" the word "trumpery" has been there all along...

...just waiting for enough people to open up their dictionaries.

I can't be the only one who spent part of my youth reading 17th - 19th century English novels in addition to 20th century sci fi.

[Liberalagogo]

12. Actually this was discussed over 2 1/2 years ago.

When Bloom County pointed out that "Trump" means "fart" in England.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10027076931

[BobTheSubgenius]

14. Great catch!

He is such a flibbertigibbet.

[Bucky]

15. Yeah, I remember people posting that one around inauguration time

If you missed it the first few times that it got circulated, it could be that you were distracted by massive amounts of idiocy in the news. Don't ask me what the source of that was.

[Ohiya]

17. I saw the word in a book about three weeks ago and posted...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181022695

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

18. Some of us have known that word for years.

Decades even.

[Honeycombe8]

19. Whoa! I know what word I'm going to be using a lot from now on. Thanks! nt

[TexasProgresive]

21. That's a great word- as defined by my Mac's dictionary covers tRump to a tee

trumpery |ˈtrəmp(ə rē| archaic
noun (pl. trumperies)

• attractive articles of little value or use.
• practices or beliefs that are superficially or visually appealing but have little real value or worth.

adjective
• showy but worthless: trumpery jewelry.
• delusive or shallow: that trumpery hope which lets us dupe ourselves.

ORIGIN
late Middle English (denoting trickery): from Old French tromperie, from tromper ‘deceive.’

Used in a sentence - The dotard live and actions could be described in one word, trumpery.

Darwin used the word in a letter.
https://themacropod.wordpress.com/2016/10/28/a-trumpery-affair/

[Nitram]

22. I blieve this was circulating before the election...

An excellent coincidence.