The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning.
No one ever said elves are nice.
Elves are bad.”
That's a fair point. Perhaps it's worth looking at other instances of him using the word. I get the feeling Trump is deliberate and consistent in the way he speaks, so if "terrific" has a loaded meaning, there should be a pattern here.
Well, the root of the word terrific is (terror); so that explains it.
Reminds me of this one Terry Pratchett quote:
Did he ever call anyone awesome? Because we used that word wrong too.
That's an interesting theory, but Trump is on record using "terrific" to describe people he admires. Example:
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I'd sooner chalk up his statement on Epstein as simple misdirection. The alternative is much darker.
You can admire someone and find them terrific.
Seems to be the basis of the phrase "God-fearing folk", no?
That's a fair point. Perhaps it's worth looking at other instances of him using the word. I get the feeling Trump is deliberate and consistent in the way he speaks, so if "terrific" has a loaded meaning, there should be a pattern here.
well Knight was indeed Terrific