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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsomfg the dictionary is trolling Trump.
'pore over' 🔍"to read or study very carefully"
'pour over' ☕️"to make expensive coffee"
'comb over' 💇♂️"to comb hair from the side of the head to cover the bald spot"
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omfg the dictionary is trolling Trump. (Original Post)
kpete
Jul 2018
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tparrett62
(268 posts)1. As James Kirk said to Khan Noonian Singh
"I'm laughing at the superior intellect."
What a fuckwit.
Doodley
(8,976 posts)2. Hilarious!
hlthe2b
(101,698 posts)3. Funny... but I'm going to give him a pass on 'pour over' v 'pore over'...
that is a mistake that I've seen even highly educated (and self-aware) people make.
Susan Calvin
(1,644 posts)8. Erk. Really? Argh. nt
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)4. I love when they do this.😚Merriam-Webster❤❤
calimary
(80,693 posts)5. Love it!!!
More_Cowbell
(2,190 posts)6. @Dictionarycom does it too, every day
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)7. I hate to tell you...
"comb over" has always meant that, that I recall. It wasn't originated w/Trump.
Silver Gaia
(4,514 posts)9. Yes. I agree.
You are correct. The "combover" as a "hairstyle" used by balding men has been with us for as far back as I can remember, and that's pretty far back. That's what it has always been called.
Cha
(295,899 posts)11. We know.. it just fits.
Cha
(295,899 posts)10. Fucking Feckless Fraud gets NO pass. He LIED.