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[–] Easyreever@lemmy.world 80 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Who here had to go look the meaning of that word? Raise your hand. ✋

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

...why are you getting downvoted for looking up a word??

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I don't know. My native tongue is French. Sycophants in French means spy or inside informer. But we rarely, if ever, use that word.

In English it has another meaning. I had to look it up.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I have an extension recommendation if you're using Firefox (and if not, I'm sure there are similar ones for other browsers):

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dictionary-anyvhere/

Makes a little popup when you double click a word with its definition; and you can even double click a word in that for a followup definition when necessary.

I use it all the time - 10/10.

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

Nice. Thanks.

[–] rayyy@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Maybe because an up-vote is - hands raising and down-vote is - hands down. Some things are hard to convey via internet messaging.

[–] mPony@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sycophants in French means spy or inside informer.

mon ami, et-tu sur? I'm finding no reference to it at all.

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] mPony@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

behn gawdamn, 'garde-ca

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Lemmy users hate people learning

[–] elbarto777@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Good for you that you learned a new word today.

But that term has been associated with Trump and characters like Elon and Bezos for a long time now.

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

I can see why.

[–] SadSadSatellite@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 months ago

They're large flippered dog like creatures that take over docks and harbors.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 79 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's so funny to me that they want to rename Dulles Airport the Trump Airport. Foster Dulles. The guy every single Maga Republican would view as a saint if they actually were educated. This is a guy who was still backing the Nazis well past the point everyone else had gotten out. If FDR hadn't died he was probably going to bring him up on treason charges. This is the guy who, along with his shit stained brother, help to overthrow and Destroy democracies all across the world. He destroyed all of Central America.

Hell, I'm almost certain he must have been friends with Trump's father.

[–] crystalmerchant@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago

The dulles brothers were a major reason for all the coups in Latin America

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 37 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The sooner Trump meets the requirements to be on currency, the better off we'll all be.

[–] Zombiepirate@lemm.ee 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm fine with him being on the $500 bill if it's a pic of his stroked out corpse holding the berder that finally got his cholesterol high enough.

[–] seang96@spgrn.com 11 points 4 months ago (3 children)

No one accepts $100 bills anywhere anyways. He'd be on paper thats effectively worthless because everyone will think it's a counterfeit bill and it fits him perfectly.

[–] Today@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"no one accepts $100s"? I haven't noticed that. Maybe cash is less common for large purchases because people usually use a card?

[–] wolfpack86@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Store might refuse large bills on small purchases. Doubt they'd put up a fit if you used a $100 to buy $120 worth of stuff.

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 4 months ago

He’s as phoney as a $500 bill

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's because they got away with this shit with Reagan. Now they think it's just "something they do" to "honor" shit presidents who made everything much, much worse because they ran with an R next to their name.

Go ahead. Open up the Trump presidential library. Do it. DO IT.

[–] crystalmerchant@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I mean.... Doesn't every former president get a library? Am I remembering that wrong?

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 20 points 4 months ago

Oh they do. They pay for it, though, so. It’s unlikely it’ll be in trumps lifetime.

[–] whodatdair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Of course, he delivered the activist Supreme Court that they always dreamed of.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

All he did was not be Hillary Clinton, sit at a fancy desk and read names off a list.

Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham delivered this activist Supreme Court, by refusing to bring Obama's last choice up to a vote, while rushing through the Republican President's last choice in a similar situation. Any Republican President would have done the trick, as long as he read off the same list.

[–] whodatdair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 months ago

Yeah, but he was who signed it so they give him credit it seems

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago

If they sucked his dick any harder they'd neuter him.

[–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago

What is the occasion? Most successful fraudster in US history?

[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I think they should name an airline company after him instead. Or maybe a steak company.

Those definitely won't go bankrupt, surely. No way a businessman of his caliber would let that happen.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I believe a casino would be more fitting Trump's personality and experience

[–] Badeendje@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Or a MaccieD

[–] Peer@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It would be fitting as $500 bills will mostly be used by criminals.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I was thinking the three dollar bill would be more appropriate.

[–] satanmat@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Oh HELL no!!!

RuPaul should be on the $3

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 10 points 4 months ago

god... the thought that so many people are this removed from reality and a danger to themselves and everybody else is depressing

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

How about we'll get back to you after we get Harriet Tubman on the $20.

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] elbarto777@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

All of them.

[–] Bookmeat@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

This is simply a bunch of criminals paying back the guy who pardoned them.

[–] dogsnest@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Formerly Charmin'

Formerly Charmin'

[–] cbarrick@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago
[–] nicky7@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago