[rvz]

Your point being? The use of 'Nothing burger' has been around since the mid 1950s and it is not something that because a Trump family member starts using it, they're immediately associated with creating the word and who ever uses it agrees with them. [0]

This is the problem with erroneous guilt by associations just because someone you may not like used the phrase.

[0] https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/14/politics/nothing-burger-word-...

[LightG]

I don't doubt that you are right. I assume it is an Americanism. However, I repeat the n=1. The first time I heard it was from Eric. My point stands.

[nabogh]

Your point doesn't hold any weight though? I've heard the phrase lots of times from various people.

What if I said "I've only heard the word Americanism from Stalin". You wouldn't care and I'd be silly to expect you to take any feedback from me saying so.

[LightG]

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[cwillu]

“Apologies if that is inaccurate”

Your apologies are clearly worthless.

[dang]

Personal attacks aren't ok, regardless of how bad someone else's comments are or you feel they are. If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.

[LightG]

As intended. Glad you picked up on that. Well done. You're sharp.

[dang]

We've banned this account for posting flamewar comments and breaking the site guidelines extremely badly. This thread was truly awful, and you did the worst part of it. Also, this has happened before:

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[sidibe]

I've noticed it's a pretty reliable tell of your politics though. I think Fox News used it a ton and you tend to to use the terms you hear more often.