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ffr

(22,670 posts)
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 02:24 PM Oct 2016

Who else is tired of Donald's over-the-top language!?

“Let me tell you” & “Believe me” & “Trust me” Famous phrases said by all con artists meaning…”I’m lying through my teeth and my…wherever.”

“VERY” & “REALLY” Dear God, I am SICK of the words “very” and “really.” And he absolutely cannot use it once, it has to be twice…it’s got to be “very, very” whatever - making it worse.

“AMAZING”
This is to cover up the fact that he’s lying so much he can’t even fake these so called “results” that he’s pretending to promise that he’s never going to deliver anyway. And as it was just pointed out in The Washington Post, his supporters KNOW he’s not going to be able to do half of what he says and…THEY DON’T CARE, THEY ARE FINE WITH IT!! Apparently, it’s the thought that counts. Yeah, it’s enough for him to lie to Americans, promising things that can’t be done, and that’s enough.

“UNBELIEVABLE”
Something that everyone else in the entire world understands and accepts but Trump doesn’t because it didn’t work like he wants it to. - Jaeden-Genesee - Quora.com

My own
Very...fill in the blank
Really...fill in the blank
Really, really smart
Really, really stupid
Never ever...
Terrible...
Incredible...
Tremendous...
Stunning...
Horrible...
Fantastic...
Extremely...

Over-the-top language is often used by someone who doesn't know what they are talking about and to feel relevant, the speaker says things like this to garner attention. Is Donald lonely?

When he repeats these same words over and over, I just want to
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Who else is tired of Donald's over-the-top language!? (Original Post) ffr Oct 2016 OP
Sales language Lanius Oct 2016 #1
Yup. Hypnotic sing-song appeal to emotions. See also Neuro-Linguistic Programming. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #8
OMG you are forgetting Disaster LOL Cakes488 Oct 2016 #2
For a person who presumably went to marybourg Oct 2016 #4
Yet Lanius Oct 2016 #10
I guess. marybourg Oct 2016 #13
Disastuh! Her over uses that word Liberal_in_LA Oct 2016 #5
Bigly, big league. "This I can tell you." & the ever popular YOOGE! . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #6
and "Frankly" Madam45for2923 Oct 2016 #7
It's actually a tell....it's an indicator of his personality and maturity Wounded Bear Oct 2016 #9
+1000 smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #12
"So, so..." Ilsa Oct 2016 #11

Lanius

(599 posts)
1. Sales language
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 02:26 PM
Oct 2016

It's the language of a stereotypical used-car salesman or a late-night infomercial huckster.

marybourg

(12,631 posts)
4. For a person who presumably went to
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 02:32 PM
Oct 2016

expensive private schools, he has a very small vocabulary, deficient in concrete words, consisting mostly of words of six or fewer letters. My eight year old grandson is more facile with words than tRump.

 

Madam45for2923

(7,178 posts)
7. and "Frankly"
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 02:33 PM
Oct 2016

They cover the fact that he is lying and/or HE DOESN'T KNOW MUCH IF ANYTHING ABOUT THE SUBJECT AT HAND!!!

Wounded Bear

(58,662 posts)
9. It's actually a tell....it's an indicator of his personality and maturity
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 02:37 PM
Oct 2016

What it tells me is that his basic language really is at about the level that was displayed on the P-Gate tape. It's gutter talk, at home in the seediest dives in the most run-down areas. That's how he normally talks. And of course it is boorish, bullyish, and over the top fake "manly" talk. That's his nature. Hell, you can see that in how he stands and walks, especially when he isn't "acting nice."

When he's on mike and in public, he knows he can't talk like that. He has to find acceptable adjectives so as not to "piss off the politically correct" crowd. That's why he uses all non-specific adjectives and a lot of superlatives. To someone with a normal vocabulary it sounds like what it is, childish and indicative of someone who is not well read or educated. The fact is he can't use any descriptors more sophisticated than "huge" and "big league" and "wonderful." It's just not part of his vocabulary.

It also demonstrates how strong his bonds to fellow humans are, which is not very. He has no clue what other people are feeling, and since he never learned true empathy as a young man, it is too late. He was never taught it, so he's always surprised when things he says or do get other people riled. He expects everyone around him to just eat it and let it all go. "It's just Donald being Donald." So he probably believes his own bullshit along the old juvenile "Everybody does it" excuse.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
11. "So, so..."
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 03:11 PM
Oct 2016

"It is so so awful."

Trump talks like a third grader. He really is so so stupid. His stupidity is a disaster.

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