“Trump” has now been declared the children’s word of the year, with thousands of youngsters featuring it in their creative writing.
The trend emerged after the Oxford University Press (OUP) analysed entries to BBC Radio 2’s annual 500 Words short story competition for children aged 13 and under.
Youngsters were asked to write an original work of fiction using no more than 500 words. The competition attracted more than 130,000 entries and 50 finalists were invited to the final at the Tower of London earlier this month. The event was broadcast live on Chris Evans’s Radio 2 breakfast show.
Trump appeared nearly 2,300 times in the children’s entries – as a name, a verb and an adjective. The word also inspired a range of comic characters, from Trumpelstiltskin and Trumpzilla to Boggle Trump and Snozzle Trump. One 12-year-old girl wrote: “10... 9... 8 ‘my hair is so amazing’... 7... ‘And real’. 6... 5... ‘I am going to make the moon great again!’ 3... 2... 1 blast off!! The rocket soars off into the sky transporting
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