Trolls and snowflakes: Once-stuffy DC embraces tough slang
https://apnews.com/309822ab2f2a49c197c44a4b9693cc9b
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House speaker dismissed the actions of a U.S. president as merely "trolling." And the nation's attorney general knocked America's university students as a bunch of sensitive "snowflakes."
These terms are hardly new. But President Donald Trump's presence in Washington has fundamentally changed how politicians are talking in this once-stuffy town that long prided itself on civility and decorum.
Trolls and snowflakes: Once-stuffy DC embraces tough slang
Jul 24, 2018, 7:49pm UTC
https://apnews.com/309822ab2f2a49c197c44a4b9693cc9b
> WASHINGTON (AP) — The House speaker dismissed the actions of a U.S. president as merely "trolling." And the nation's attorney general knocked America's university students as a bunch of sensitive "snowflakes."
> These terms are hardly new. But President Donald Trump's presence in Washington has fundamentally changed how politicians are talking in this once-stuffy town that long prided itself on civility and decorum.