merc@sh.itjust.works to ShowerThoughts@sh.itjust.works · 3 months agoIn 20 years, kids hearing the term "trumped up" might assume it's a reference to Donald Trump's reputation for lying.message-squaremessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1143arrow-down19
arrow-up1134arrow-down1message-squareIn 20 years, kids hearing the term "trumped up" might assume it's a reference to Donald Trump's reputation for lying.merc@sh.itjust.works to ShowerThoughts@sh.itjust.works · 3 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squarehakase@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-23 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.