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What is a dotard?
Updated : Sep 22, 2017, 11:06 PM IST
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has confused a lot of English-speakers - though this time not about what he intends with his nuclear programme.
Responding to Donald Trump's bellicose warning to North Korea about the programme, 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.
Here are some of the Twitter reactions:
Just gonna throw this out there. With #Dotard still trending can we get a double hashtag going with #DotardDon? pic.twitter.com/a4VA7UujYs
— Alexander Hamilton (@AHamiltonSpirit) September 22, 2017
We've reached the point where the unstable leader of North Korea has a better grasp on the English language than the U.S. President. #dotard
— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) September 22, 2017
Kim Jong Un should totally open a twitter account -- I bet he'd have more followers than the #dotard
— (((DuneMyThang™))) (@Kris_Sacrebleu) September 22, 2017
That'd sure chap his orange hide
Download the top song in the country "Me So Dotard" by the Dotards via Swamp Records #dotard pic.twitter.com/99mCBxCcbz
— I Do Not care (@iamreal2017) September 22, 2017
Donald Trump is Nothing more than a #Dotard!!
— USMC_SM (@USMC_DDSS) September 22, 2017
Not only did Kim Jong-Un teach Trump supporters a new word in #dotard today, but 99% of them also learn how to use a dictionary today!.
— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) September 22, 2017
Our Insult Defense System (IDS) is holding! Minimal damage. #dotard #RocketMan
— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) September 22, 2017
To My Kids:
— Franco Harris (@itsfrancoharris) September 22, 2017
WWI: Started with the "Shot heard around the World"
WW2: Started when Germany invaded Poland
WW3: Started with #dotard
Kim Jong Un has done more for American education system than Betsy DeVos.#dotard
— Kanisha Jackson (@Kanisha1Jackson) September 22, 2017