To claim victory or success despite an obvious defeat, often by spreading false information or blaming external factors.
Interviewer: "It was a massive loss today, how's your team's morale?"
Player/Coach: "Well, first of all, let me tell you, we played the most amazing game ever. I mean, no one's ever seen anything like it. The crowd? Biggest crowd in the history of football, maybe in the world—millions of people came to see us. But you know, it was rigged. Completely rigged. The refs, the other team, the scoreboard, everything. We actually won that game, no question about it. Everyone knows it."
In this case, the player/coach has "Trumped" the loss by denying reality and making exaggerated claims of success.
Player/Coach: "Well, first of all, let me tell you, we played the most amazing game ever. I mean, no one's ever seen anything like it. The crowd? Biggest crowd in the history of football, maybe in the world—millions of people came to see us. But you know, it was rigged. Completely rigged. The refs, the other team, the scoreboard, everything. We actually won that game, no question about it. Everyone knows it."
In this case, the player/coach has "Trumped" the loss by denying reality and making exaggerated claims of success.
by BIL4X4 September 13, 2024
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{verb} To fuck something up so badly you instantly become the world's worst at whatever it is you were trying to do, while looking like a ridiculous clown and carrying a stench that is visible from 100 feet away
After watching your friend botch a kickflip so badly that 9 people are injured and a Tesla is on fire
"Wow dude you really trumped that up"
And the emt looking for some kids missing thumb says
"Whoah man, that was uncalled for"
And the fireman trying to put out the Tesla says
"Yeah man, aren't you supposed to be his friend? Geez"
"Wow dude you really trumped that up"
And the emt looking for some kids missing thumb says
"Whoah man, that was uncalled for"
And the fireman trying to put out the Tesla says
"Yeah man, aren't you supposed to be his friend? Geez"
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Also, the act of being that way is trumping, and being a victim of said behavior is being trumped.
Also, the act of being that way is trumping, and being a victim of said behavior is being trumped.
by Seti44 January 22, 2021
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To make dramatic, repeated threads with no real intention of following through, ultimately becoming a joke and losing all authority.
To make dramatic, repeated threads with no real intention of following through, ultimately becoming a joke and losing all authority.
"He trumped so many times, his team stopped taking him seriously."
"Don't trump your way through the argument - either act or shut up."
"Don't trump your way through the argument - either act or shut up."
by whollycat July 29, 2025
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