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STARTING ON DECEMBER 1, 2025, AND THEN DAILY THROUGHOUT THE MONTH, WE AT THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF WORDS WILL POST THE BIGLIEST WORDS FROM THE PAST YEAR. ON DECEMBER 31ST, WE'LL POST THE ULTIMATE 5-STAR GENERALIST WORD OF THE YEAR, NOT SOME FAT AND FLABBY WOKE WORD, BUT A MACHO MANLY MASCULINE WORD THAT CAN DO ONE-ARMED PULL-UPS. WE'RE EVEN PLANNING A PARADE WITH ARMIES OF LOGOPHILES DRIVING NON-SQUEAKY TANKS! |
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DECEMBER 7:
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COMING SOON!
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DECEMBER 6:
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CANKLES
There was quite a bit of media scrutiny and public discussion regarding the swelling of Donald Trump's lower legs when the White House physician diagnosed Trump – the healthiest president in the history of all presidents on the planet – with chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) back in July.
An interesting article about the stigma of cankles, "Trump, 79, Covers Up Cankles for 12th Straight Day," is HERE.
FUN FACT: Trump is the fifth president to have been diagnosed with cankles. Others were Martin Van Buren, James K. Polk, William Howard Taft, and Herbert Hoover. |
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DECEMBER 5:
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CUTE WINTER BOOTS
You who are not saddened by the suffering of others,
Are unworthy of being classified as human. ~Saadi Shirazi I first heard about "cute winter boots" through a post by word and branding guru Nancy Friedman, @Fritinancy, on Substack -- but the info wasn't about the latest trendy, versatile footwear, perfect for any occasion -- with added arch support. No, it was coded language designed to subvert algorithms. That's right, "cute winter boots" was a phrase used on TikTok and other platforms to discuss resistance against ICE (the Trump administration's version of the Nazi's Gestapo) without triggering content moderation, shadow-banning, and outright censorship. Below: 'Twas in Friedman's "January Linkstack" that I first came across "cute winter boots." 
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DECEMBER 4:
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The Nodfather himself fanned the flames, too, against the man to whom he'd once blew kisses; later, he directed his flying monkeys in the radically weaponized DOJ to bring suit against Comey for lying to Congress.
Imagine that – Trump charging another with lying! Is that akin to a convicted felon having the power to pardon fellow felons. Oh – wait a minute. How did our country get to screwed up? 
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
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DECEMBER 3:
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I light of recent war crimes on the part of Pete Hegseth, I wrote in yesterday's update, "if only there'd been signs early on about how incompetent Kegseth was then maybe something could have been done about it." -- but then I remembered that there were, in fact, signs early on -- yet Trump and the GOP refused to act on it: In March, grossly unqualified Secretary of Defense discussed sensitive and secret plans for strikes in Yemen with top national security officials on a Signal chat WITH A MISTAKENLY-ADDED JOURNALIST FROM “THE ATLANTIC."
True to form for proving their hyper-masculinity and Trump-approved manly military manliness, some in the room flashed fist, flag and fire emojis. Another flashed a flexing bicep.
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DECEMBER 2:
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A1 (or is it AI?)
Below: There were signs of McMahon's addiction to A1. She was literally drinking it on stage at the ASU*GSV Summit.
HONORABLE MENTION: PROFESSIONAL
The same woman as mentioned above, who was involved with a scandal involving child abuse, was appointed by a man connected to a scandal involving child abuse, and she is now overseeing a department refusing to recognize the professions of our country’s mandated reporters of – are you ready for this? – child abuse.
Who’s on the list now classified as “non-professionals”? The list includes nurses, physician assistants, physical therapists, audiologists, teachers, special education educators, social workers, public health workers and occupational therapists. Who’s NOT on the list? Someone with a degree in theology. Below: PROFESSIONAL theologians pray for Trump. 
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DECEMBER 1:
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ACETAMINOPHEN
It's well known that Donald Trump's most common strategy of attack against an opponent is "projection." Projection is a psychological defense mechanism where one attributes his own unacceptable thoughts, actions and motives to another person, and Trump's public statements often if not always include accusing opponents of his own vulgar faults and foul attributes. When Trump accuses past administrations of weaponizing the government, it's because HE is weaponizing departments and agencies of the government. When Trump accuses others of particular crimes, it's because HE has committed those crimes. If he claims someone is "low IQ," it's because HE is low IQ -- and there's no better proof of his shallow depth of knowledge than his inability to pronounce words. Trump cannot pronounce "infrastructure," "Yosemite," "anonymous," and and whole host of other words. He's even grappled with “applicable" “obstacles”, "Nevada," and more! The level of ignorance on the part of Trump is astounding. During a September 2025 press conference where the totally unqualified and brain-wormed head of Health and Human Services RFK Jr.* made unproven claims that acetaminophen is linked to autism, Trump could not pronounce the word -- so he settled on "Tylenol" instead -- and he blamed autism (first formally diagnosed in 1943) on Tylenol (introduced to the market in 1955). *Yes, the same man who bolted out of the Oval Office during an actual medical emergency -- one that Old Man Trump slept through. 
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