Sleepy Joe
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Coined by American former president Donald Trump in 2019, likely in reference to a series of videos where Biden appears to occasionally fall asleep during important meetings and television interviews.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]- (US politics, derogatory) Joe Biden.
- 2019 April 25, @realDonaldTrump, Twitter[1], archived from the original on 2019-04-25:
- Welcome to the race Sleepy Joe.
- 2020 July 18, Michael Scherer, “From ‘Sleepy Joe’ to a destroyer of the ‘American way of life,’ Trump’s attacks on Biden make a dystopian shift”, in The Washington Post[2], archived from the original on 2020-12-13:
- His new dystopian vision, with militant and extreme language not typical in American politics, marks a sharp departure from Trump’s previous effort to cast Biden as “Sleepy Joe,” an establishment politician with deteriorating mental abilities.
- [2021 November 1, Peter Suciu, “‘Sleepy Joe’ Trended After Biden Appeared To Nod Off During Climate Conference”, in Forbes[3], archived from the original on 2021-11-27:
- Many mocked the president, while hashtags included "Sleepy Joe" – the name former President Donald Trump had referred to Biden as during the 2020 campaign.]
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Adam Edelman (2019 April 25) “A guide to Trump's nicknames and insults about the 2020 Democratic field”, in NBC[4], archived from the original on 2020-11-22
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