Etymology

covfefe

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Today it means: A notional representation of the success, discourse, or ideas of Donald Trump. Full definition →

English coverage ← Middle English coveren ← Old French covrir
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂wer-
  10. Latinoperiō
  11. Latincooperiō
  12. Old Frenchcovrir
  13. Middle Englishcoveren
  14. Englishcover
  15. Englishcoverage
  16. English todaycovfefe

From a tweet by Donald Trump on May 31, 2017: “Despite the constant negative press covfefe”, presumably intending to write coverage. Donald Trump later tweeted: “Who can figure out the true meaning of "covfefe" ??? Enjoy!”. Sense 1 ("deliberate misspelling of coffee") is from the phonetic similarity.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.