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covfefe

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Deliberate misspelling of coffee.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, deliberate, humorous, misspelling, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 2

Deliberate misspelling of coverage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, deliberate, humorous, misspelling, uncountable

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A notional representation of the success, discourse, or ideas of Donald Trump.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: humorous, rare, uncountable

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *h1ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h1épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h1epi Proto-Indo-European *h2wer- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Latin operiō Latin cooperiō Old French covrirbor. Middle English coveren English cover Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English coverage English covfefe From a tweet by Donald Trump on May 31, 2017: “Despite the constant negative press covfefe”, presumably intending to write coverage. Donald Trump later tweeted: “Who can figure out the true meaning of "covfefe" ??? Enjoy!”. Sense 1 ("deliberate misspelling of coffee") is from the phonetic similarity.