[Ads-l] covfefe kerfuffle

[Laurence Horn]

Actually, if you unscramble the anagram, it’s “coffee, v.”  So you need to use it for the verbal sense of coffee, not the nominal.


> On May 31, 2017, at 10:17 AM, Joel Berson <berson at ATT.NET> wrote:
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> This morning I tried to order a vente no-foam covfefe but the unsmiling, unreacting Starbucks order-taker ordered me a latte instead.  (Apparently it's not the NSWOTY -- the New Starbucks Word Of The Year.)
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> Later, I saw the author of the so-far-only-on-line NYTimes article must have plagiarized me, writing "They [late-night commenters] pledged to order a grande covfefe during their next Starbucks runs."
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> My executive order is yuuger.
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> Joel
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>      From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU 
> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2017 7:08 AM
> Subject: [ADS-L] covfefe kerfuffle
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> All over the lamestream this a.m.:
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> https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/31/what-is-covfefe-donald-trump-baffles-twitter-post
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> JL
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