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W. Michael Johnson's avatar

I confess I'm a little worried about what El Caudillo de Mar-A-Lago will do if he gets mad enough. I can just picture him saying, "Always chickens out, eh? Wait til they see THIS!"

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Dan Freiberg's avatar

I agree. "TACO" is a clever, convenient acronym, but not a great one. "Taco's" real meaning says nothing positive or negative about Trump. And it's likely to be taken as a childish taunt and challenge by a childish, demented, petulant, stupid, malignant person.

Trump's likely reaction would be: "Oh yeah? We'll see who's a chicken!" And he would accelerate his destruction of the country with a justified fervor.

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Dan Freiberg's avatar

I haven't read Dave Pell yet.

But there does seem to be a correlation between gibe, jive, and jibe.

Examples from the Mac online dictionary:

• …her facial expressions did not jive with what she was saying. [1940s: originally by association with jibe [jibe is also a sailing term, meaning problems with the boom]

• gibe | jīb | (also jibe)noun…an insulting or mocking remark; a taunt: a gibe at his old rivals.

I think the writer would have been less ambiguous with (petty) insult, taunt, or mocking.

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Jeff Johnson's avatar

There was a recent song by Carne Cruda called I Love You More Than Tacos. The ultimate expression of devotion.

https://carnecruda.bandcamp.com/track/i-love-you-more-than-tacos

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ACHASD's avatar

Good catch on the “gibe” vs. “jibe.” Dave Pell has been on this in his Substack posts, Next Draft, and came up with one for Congress: CHALUPA. - Congress Has Acquiesced Like Unbelievably Pathetic A….

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Ken Lyman's avatar

Okay, Nancy,

Another interesting read. I love tacos and it's too bad they have become correlated with that idiot Trump.

I can think of other nicknames for him that I've used for years.

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heydave56's avatar

Great story and interesting background.

And now I'm hungry.

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