Twitter can't stop talking about 'dotard' after Kim Jong-un insults Donald Trump
North Korea dictator Kim Jong-un went off on Donald Trump, and everyone is impressed with the totalitarian ruler's insult and dictionary skills.
Kim's statement included many notable phrases — none of them very flattering to the American president who threatened the dictatorship at the United Nations General Assembly earlier this week.
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One word in particular caught the Twitterverse's attention: dotard. As in, "I will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged U.S. dotard with fire." (That's the actual translated quote.)
It sounds pretty vicious, but after everyone looked up what it meant, they were impressed, if not a bit scared.
me laughing along with #dotard tweets but also watching for nuclear missiles to fall from the sky pic.twitter.com/pzMgf8Xi6W
— •e b o n i• | #WHY (@eboni_ebby) September 21, 2017
Kim basically called Trump old and senile, but with a spot-on word that barely anyone uses. The dated word choice might come from how Kim's statement was translated. The Korean version connotes more of a "old beast lunatic" vibe.
The English version of Kim Jong Un's fiery statement calls Trump "dotard." The Korean version says "늙다리미치광이" = lunatic old man pic.twitter.com/LNXWsJLtBB
— Anna Fifield (@annafifield) September 21, 2017
Whatever it meant, the word struck a chord as "dotard" searches went through the roof. And the jokes and online commentary kept coming.
Whoa. It takes a strange kind of genius to pick a word that makes everybody find a dictionary and go "Holy cow, he IS a #dotard."
— Amy Hunt ⛺️ (@amyhuntindallas) September 21, 2017
Everyone on Twitter
- OMG HE CALLED TRUMP A #dotard
- Is that a word?
- Wait...is that a real word?
- *looks up word*
- HE IS A DOTARD!— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) September 22, 2017
TFW you learn a new word from the crazed dictator of a foreign country. "dotard." https://t.co/IvonkJcJjv
— Timothy Aeppel (@TimAeppel) September 21, 2017
The so-called "President" of the United States just got out-Englished by a guy raised in a Korean-speaking totalitarian regime.#dotard
— Charles Clymer🏳️🌈 (@cmclymer) September 22, 2017
Kim Jong Un calling Trump a #dotard means he's used an English dictionary at least one more time than Trump.
— Nick Jack Pappas (@Pappiness) September 21, 2017
Trump will never escape the #dotard moniker now! Who would think that Kim Jong-Un would be the one to give him an effective nickname.
— Roland Scahill (@rolandscahill) September 21, 2017
This is like "covfefe" all over again, but with a real word with a real meaning.
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