[Ads-l] to coup

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Verbing is a perennial topic on the ADS list. Here are two citations
from twitter:

https://x.com/shadihamid/status/353495657828462592
Shadi Hamid @shadihamid
#Turkey had its first coup against democratically-elected PM in 1960.
It took them 48 years to undo the precedent of military "couping."
8:48 AM · Jul 6, 2013


https://x.com/Sethisuwan/status/475903449842737153?s=20
Sethisuwan @Sethisuwan
I wish this #ThaiCoup Junta would stop bullshitting their way with all
these 'explanations' of why they're couping to restore happiness etc.
3:33 AM · Jun 9, 2014

Garson

On Fri, Oct 2, 2026 at 8:01 AM Jonathan Lighter
<00001aad181a2549-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:
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> https://thehill.com/homenews/house/6124635-moore-nixon-couped-watergate/  :
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> Rep. Riley Moore (R-W.Va.) said Thursday that former President Nixon was
> “absolutely couped out of office” and added that he was “framed” during the
> infamous Watergate scandal.
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> JL
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> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
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