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Stonepounder

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Tue Sep 13, 2016, 08:34 PM Sep 2016

Laugh of the day: Mega surge in online searches for definition of "deplorable".

http://m.dailykos.com/stories/2016/9/13/1569762/-There-was-a-50-000-spike-in-searches-for-the-definition-of-deplorable-after-Clinton-speech?detail=facebook

Here is your laugh of the day! There was a massive surge of online searches for the definition of ”deplorable” after Hillary Clinton used the word to describe some Trump supporters.
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People were spitting mad. I mean, gosh darn it, how dare she … wait, what does that word mean? A lot of people had to look it up.
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The online dictionary reports that searches of the word “deplorable” increased by nearly 50,000% over the weekend

Of course there is no way to be certain Trump supporters were the ones looking up the meaning of the word. Let’s just call it an educated guess.


(I had to cut a couple of paragraphs to stay within the 'fair use guidelines. Read the whole thing at link. Hysterical!)

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Laugh of the day: Mega surge in online searches for definition of "deplorable". (Original Post) Stonepounder Sep 2016 OP
without a doubt, spellchecker was also used. irisblue Sep 2016 #1
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