Trumpquake

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Donald Trump's unexpected 2016 presidential election win. US

    "And that, it seems, was what last night’s Trumpquake was about, a revolt against the experts, against the elites, against the out-of-touch inside-the-Beltway insiders who enforced the longstanding norms that Trump so flagrantly violated."

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"And that, it seems, was what last night’s Trumpquake was about, a revolt against the experts, against the elites, against the out-of-touch inside-the-Beltway insiders who enforced the longstanding norms that Trump so flagrantly violated."

Etymology

From Trump + quake, modeled after earthquake.

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