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Bigly is an English adverb that means “in a big manner,” which became a word of interest due to its repeated usage by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during the 2016 United States presidential primaries and debates.
Origin
The word “bigly” has been attributed as Donald Trump’s buzzword since as early as September 2015, not long after Trump announced his bid for presidency and began touring around the country to give stump speeches. On September 24th, 2015, Slate[1] published an article titled “Is Donald Trump’s Favorite Term Bigly or Big League? You Make the Call,” which reported on the contested nature of the-then Republican presidential hopeful’s pronunciation of the word “bigly,” as some of his detractors speculated what Trump actually means to say is “big league,” another buzzword closely associated with the New York real estate mogul.
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[1]Slate – Is Donald Trump’s Favorite Term Bigly or Big League? You Make the Call
[2]New Yorker – Examining the Vocabulary of the Presidential Race
[3]Berkshire Eagle – Trump’s grammar issues more ‘bigly’ than judgment
[4]Slate – Donald Trump Just Helped Ted Cruz Bigly
[5]Oxford Dictionaries – Political profanity and crude creativity on the US Election campaign trail
[6]Romper – Is “Bigly” A Word? Trump May Have Been Misheard During The Debate
[7]Twitter – Merriam-Webster’s Tweet
[8]Romper – What Does “Bigly” Mean? Trump Has Confused Everyone
[9]Twitter – Hashtag Results for #BIGLY
[10]The Telegraph – Is Donald Trump saying ‘bigly’ or ‘big league’?