Trolls and snowflakes: Once-stuffy DC embraces tough slang

Trolls and snowflakes: Once-stuffy DC embraces tough slang

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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.