Twitler
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Blend of Twitter + Hitler, in comparison with the Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler and due to a tendency for former President Trump to tweet on the social media platform Twitter during his presidency.
Proper noun
[edit]Twitler
- (derogatory) Donald Trump.
- Synonym: Trump
- 2017 February 10, Vincent Hall, “Quit Playin': To Allow is to Teach?”, in The Dallas Weekly:
- This rule is precisely why the 68% of America who would never have voted for Resident Trump must keep a viable vigil in the streets and in the courts. “Twitler” Trump was allowed to insult, embarrass and engorge every individual and institution he wanted to for an entire campaign cycle. We taught him well.
- 2017 June 15, Bruce Van Dyke, “Too true to be good”, in Reno News & Review:
- A pleasure to see that two attorneys generals, from D.C. and Maryland, just slapped Dum Dum with another emoluments lawsuit. We can’t have enough of these actions jammed up Twitler’s tailpipe.
- 2017, TRUMPOCALYPSE, →ISBN, page 61:
- How long will Hair Twitler reign – And will he get out what he Putin? So now the world waits – and worries, to see What he will get up to next, the new fuhrer – A malicious clown has the nuclear codes Yet can't even acquit himself on Twitter.
- 2018 April 12, Jack Helbig, “Hate has a home here”, in Chicago Reader, volume 47, number 27:
- [...] with posters featuring caricatures of Trump as Hitler, but that is no easy swipe at Twitler.