• orbitz@lemmy.ca
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    8 months ago

    I’m still hoping that eventually the trump card in a hand will be the worst card you can get. So far it just helps you win for being lucky, except I guess that sort of fits for him too. Just shouldn’t be a positive thing since he’s a well of grievances, like festivus year round.

    • merc@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      8 months ago

      I wonder if this will be seen as being something like the “race card”. Oh, there he goes, pulling the “Trump card”.

  • hakase@lemm.eeEnglish
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    8 months ago

    That’s very possible. This process is called “folk etymology”, and your example of “playing the trump card” is folk etymology-induced semantic drift.