History of Sorts

There is no single official or definitive catalogue of all nonsensical words associated with Donald J. Trump. Many emerged spontaneously during unscripted remarks, typographical errors, or phonetic slips rather than as intentional coinages.

Nevertheless, journalists, linguists, and fact-checking organizations have documented a widely recognized group of invented, distorted, or frequently mocked expressions often referred to as “Trumpisms.”

The following list represents a consolidated compilation drawn from the most commonly reported and cited examples.

Clearly invented or unexplained words

Words with no established meaning that became widely discussed:

Covfefe — unexplained tweet ending that became the most famous example.

Panican — used by Trump as a label for people who panic politically.

Bela — single-word social media post with no clear meaning.

South Carerdddd — another unexplained one-line post.

Misspellings or garbled written words

Generally interpreted as typing errors but frequently catalogued:

Unpresidented

Honered / honer

Leightweight

Chocker

Tapp

Stollen

Donakd

Ttump

Speech distortions / phonetic slips

Words heard in speeches that do not exist in standard English:

Obamna (instead of Barack Obama)

Benefishes (beneficiaries)

Renoversh (renovations)

Pivobal (pivotal)

Words widely perceived as nonsense (but disputed)

These created confusion even though an intended meaning likely existed:

Bigly — widely mocked; Trump later indicated he meant “big league.”

Volfefe — later coined by analysts as a blend of “volatility” + “covfefe.”

Meme-style verbal sequences (not single words but treated similarly)

“Person, woman, man, camera, TV”

“Everything is computer”