• Eldritch@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Trump card was always a colloquial slang. And I think it still works on it’s own. It’s just that instead of turning the tables. Today it means to toss the table over stomp about and act ineffectually childish.

    • skulblaka@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      In my circles “Trump card” has evolved to mean the exact opposite of what it used to. It used to mean “the one move that guarantees your win”, now it means “the move that guarantees your loss”.