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Doug Hiller's avatar

Need for it to not be capitalized. Once the meaning (deservedly) becomes a generic substitution for a summation of a wide range of despicable character traits, it will no longer be a proper noun.

It would then become an additional meaning for “trump” as when merely referring to an overriding card in a card game.

It would also be listed in addition as an adjective, as in “the politician was full of trump behavior.” In this case “trump” modifies the noun “behavior”, replacing other adjectives such as “devious”, “mindless”, “chaotic”, “vindictive” or “sadistic”.

Seth M Kaplowitz's avatar

Trumped again!

Hugh Briss's avatar

Disambiguate: not to be confused with dump. As in Trump dumps.