Trumpquake
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 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."
Example
More examples"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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