06-06-2016, 10:01 AM
rabiddawg Wrote: Funny that autocorrect capitalizes Hillary and Obama but not trumpdamned liberal autocorrect.
Here's why:
trump 1 |trəmp|
noun
(in bridge, whist, and similar card games) a playing card of the suit chosen to rank above the others, which can win a trick where a card of a different suit has been led.
(trumps) the suit having the rank above the others in a particular hand: the ace of trumps.
(in a tarot pack) any of a special suit of 22 cards depicting symbolic and typical figures and scenes.
(also trump card)a valuable resource that may be used, especially as a surprise, in order to gain an advantage: in this month General Haig decided to play his trump card: the tank.
informal, dated a helpful or admirable person.
verb [ with obj. ]
(in bridge, whist, and similar card games) play a trump on (a card of another suit), having no cards of the suit led.
beat (someone or something) by saying or doing something better: taste trumps most if not all other factors when consumers choose food products.
PHRASAL VERBS
trump something up invent a false accusation or excuse: they've trumped up charges against her.
ORIGIN early 16th cent.: alteration of triumph, once used in card games in the same sense.
trump 2 |trəmp|
noun archaic
a trumpet or a trumpet blast.
ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French trompe, of Germanic origin; probably imitative.