Triumph for trump--eggcorn?

[Wilson Gray]

That's interesting, given that the OED and others give "triumph" as
the historical source of "trump."

-Wilson

On 3/7/06, David Bowie <db.list at pmpkn.net> wrote:
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> Not sure if this passes the threshold for calling something an eggcorn,
> but from this past weekend's comments on Chris Cillizza's Washington
> _Post_ politics blog:
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>     This time effective management may triumph all because of
>     continued revelations regarding Bush's incompetence (i.e.
>     Katrina).
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> Presumably "trump" was intended rather than "triumph". The meanings are
> close enough that i can see them getting confused, but they don't really
> *sound* anything alike--however, they *look* pretty similar.
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> Maybe we need a word for textual eggcorns.
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