What's a 'dotard' anyway? Kim's insult to Trump | Reuters
"FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un speaks during the first congress of the country's ruling Workers' Party in 36 years in Pyongyang, in this handout photo provided by KCNA on May 6, 2016."
'KCNA/via Reuters/FilesLONDON (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has confused a lot of English-speakers - though this time not about what he intends with his nuclear program. '
'Responding to Donald Trump’s bellicose warning to North Korea about the program, Kim on Friday called the U.S. president a “dotard” - at least in a translation by the state news agency KCNA.The obscure word is old - late Middle English, or around the 14th century - and means senile old person, someone in their dotage. '
'Although, Shakespeare and Tolkien used it, it is barely heard these days. '
' That may change, however, given the arrival on Friday of #dotard on Twitter. '
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"FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un speaks during the first congress of the country's ruling Workers' Party in 36 years in Pyongyang, in this handout photo provided by KCNA on May 6, 2016."
'KCNA/via Reuters/FilesLONDON (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has confused a lot of English-speakers - though this time not about what he intends with his nuclear program. '
'Responding to Donald Trump’s bellicose warning to North Korea about the program, Kim on Friday called the U.S. president a “dotard” - at least in a translation by the state news agency KCNA.The obscure word is old - late Middle English, or around the 14th century - and means senile old person, someone in their dotage. '
'Although, Shakespeare and Tolkien used it, it is barely heard these days. '
' That may change, however, given the arrival on Friday of #dotard on Twitter. '
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