Covfefe
Covfefe (/kəvˈfeɪfeɪ, koʊˈfɛfeɪ/)[1] was a misspelling of the word "coverage" made in a viral tweet by U.S. President Donald Trump, which subsequently became an Internet meme. Shortly after midnight (EDT) on May 31, 2017, Trump tweeted "Despite the constant negative press covfefe", and stopped.[2] The tweet was deleted several hours later. President Trump implied later that day that the tweet's wording was intentional. White House press secretary Sean Spicer also stated, "I think the president and a small group of people know exactly what he meant."[3]
The tweet garnered intense attention in the news and social media, quickly becoming a viral phenomenon. The word "covfefe" came to be associated with gaffes and social media mistakes by Donald Trump and other public figures. The tweet and the word "covfefe" produced a variety of other cultural, economic, and societal influences. In particular, the Volfefe index (for "volatility" and "covfefe"), created by JPMorgan Chase in 2019, measures the impact of President Trump's tweets on the U.S. bond yields.[4] Covfefe is one of Donald Trump's "most famous" tweets.[5][6][7][8]
The covfefe tweet
At 12:06 a.m. Eastern time on May 31, 2017, Trump tweeted, "Despite the constant negative press covfefe"; the tweet stopped after that.[2] "Covfefe" was an apparent mistyping of the word "coverage".[9][10][11][12] Trump deleted the tweet about six hours later.[2][13]
The covfefe tweet quickly went viral and generated much joking and speculation in social media and the news about the meaning of "covfefe". By the morning of May 31, the covfefe tweet was retweeted more than 105,000 times, garnered more than 148,000 likes,[13] and a viral internet #covfefe meme was born.[14] Within 24 hours of Trump's tweet, the hashtag #covfefe had been used on the internet 1.4 million times.[15]
Trump did not acknowledge that the tweet contained a mistyping. Instead, after deleting the original tweet, Trump tweeted again at 6:09 am: "Who can figure out the true meaning of "covfefe" ??? Enjoy!"[16] Later that day the White House press secretary Sean Spicer implied that the tweet wasn't a typo but was intentional: "I think the president and a small group of people know exactly what he meant."[3]
For May 31, the Google Search term "covfefe" surpassed the search term "paris climate" (in reference to the 2015 Paris Climate agreement); on the same day Trump indicated that the U.S. may withdraw from the Paris Agreement.[17]
In May 2018, President Trump referenced the word by pronouncing it in a White House video about the auditory illusion Yanny or Laurel. Near the end of the video, Trump stated "All I hear is 'covfefe'."[18]
Philip Bump, an analyst for The Washington Post, wrote in July 2019 that the covfefe tweet episode was representative of President Trump's refusal to admit minor misstatements.[19] Other Trump critics in the media have expressed similar opinions.[20][21]
Influence
Writing for The Atlantic in January 2019, journalist Adrienne LaFrance summarized the significance of the covfefe tweet thus: "Covfefe remains the tweet that best illustrates Trump's most preternatural gift: He knows how to captivate people, how to command and divert the attention of the masses."[16]
The covfefe meme produced a variety of follow-up effects in culture, language and business. In May 2018, while marking the one-year anniversary of the covfefe tweet, a USA Today article noted: "But did the president know what he had wrought on U.S. culture? The memes. The songs. The jokes."[22]
In language and politics
The Urban Dictionary, on the day of the tweet, quickly added an entry for "covfefe" defining it as follows: "It literally means covfefe."[23] In June 2017, the popular word game Words with Friends added "covfefe" to its dictionary.[24] Two years later, Scrabble refused to follow suit, prompting a dig at Trump by Hillary Clinton.[25]
In October 2017, Dictionary.com announced that "covfefe" topped its list of 'unmatched queries', that is user searches for a word that does not have an entry.[26] In October 2018, Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable added an entry for "covfefe" to its 20th edition.[27]
In December 2017 Lake Superior State University included "covfefe" in its '43rd annual List of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness'. The university's spokesman noted that the word "became shorthand for a social media mistake".[28]
In public discourse, "covfefe" is now often invoked when discussing gaffes by public figures, businesses and organizations. Among Donald Trump's subsequent misspellings and mis-speakings, "text massages",[29] "President Of The Virgin Islands",[30] "the oranges of the investigation",[31] "Smocking gun",[32] "Hamberders",[33] "Melanie",[34] "Prince of Whales",[35] "Global waming,"[36]and others, have been compared in the media to the covfefe tweet.
Gaffes by Joe Biden,[37] by McDonald's,[38] by India's Ministry of Finance,[39] by Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte,[40] by Indian writer and politician Shashi Tharoor,[41] by British journalist Andrew Marr,[42] by former President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev,[43] and by Burger King[44] also evoked comparisons to covfefe in the media.
Other uses of "covfefe" involve word play on similarity with the word "coffee".[45] Examples include a coffee shop called "Covfefe Café",[46] a beer called '"No Collusion" Russian Imperial Coffee "Covfefe" Stout',[47] various Covfefe coffee drinks,[48][49] an alcoholic coffee cocktail "Covfefe",[50] a coffee and tea ad by Amul,[51] a pro-Trump coffee brand "Covfefe Coffee",[52] etc.
Signs featuring variations on the covfefe theme have also been used by anti-Trump protesters at various events.[53][54][55]
In a December 2018 article in Esquire journalist Tom Nicholson put Covfefe as no. 1 in the top five list of Donald Trump's "linguistic triumphs", with the story's byline "It's hard to imagine a dictionary without 'covfefe' in it now."[56]
In law
On July 12, 2017, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley introduced H.R.2884, "The Communications Over Various Feeds Electronically for Engagement Act (COVFEFE Act)".[57] The bill would require the National Archives to preserve and store social media posts by the President of the United States. The bill was referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on the same day, and saw no further congressional action.[58]
In business and commerce
The covfefe tweet quickly spawned a variety of merchandize items, such as t-shirts, coffee mugs, hats, bags, etc., bearing covfefe related inscriptions.[59][60]
Covfefe inspired several board games,[61][62][63] a caffeine tracker app,[64] puzzles,[65] gifts,[66] toilet paper,[67] and other products.
A 2018 Google Chrome extension called Covfefe allows Twitter users to correct misspellings in their earlier tweets.[68]
In January 2019, "Covfefe Coffee", a pro-Trump coffee brand promoted by a number of conservative commentators, had its ads pulled by Amazon due to the ads' usage of the U.S. flag.[52]
As of March 2019, at least 40 trademark applications had been filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for various kinds of covfefe-themed merchandise; none of those applications have been granted.[69] A January 2019 decision by Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the USPTO, upholding the denial of one of such applications, concluded that the word "covfefe" was too commonly used in a variety of contexts and therefore cannot be trademarked for any specific product.[70]
In September 2019 JPMorgan Chase created a "Volfefe index", with the name inspired by the Covfefe tweet, to measure the impact of President Trump's tweets on the U.S. bond yields.[71] The name "volfefe" is a combination of the words "volatility" and "covfefe".[4]
By February 2018, residents of 21 U.S. states, including both supporters and opponents of Donald Trump, obtained customized "Covfefe" license plates.[72] The state of Georgia prohibited the use of this word on vanity license plates.[73]
In sports
A thoroughbred racehorse called Covfefe won several significant races in 2018–2019.[74][75][76] Covfefe is a bay filly born in 2016.[74] She is a descendant of a champion racehorse Unbridled.[76]
In literature, art, and entertainment
In 2018 a Trump critic Najah Mahir published a book The Ransom that Lies Demand: We the People and "Covfefe",[77] described by the publisher as "a nonfiction book that boldly serves as part of a movement to attain knowledge and freedom while rejecting racism and harmful ideologies".[78]
Stellaris, a game created by Paradox Interactive in May 2016, listed the "Covfefe" star system name as an in-game Easter egg. [79]
The video game Minecraft has a splash text on the title screen referencing covfefe. [80]
A public art project started in January 2018 by an American artist Diana Weymar, documenting Trump's twitter mishaps, features covfefe-themed art.[81]
A December 2018 art rug design "Caught in the Covfefe" by a textile artist Polly Webber is immigration themed and "portrays a border patrol officer taking a young girl from her undocumented mother, who pleads in Spanish, 'Don't take my daughter!'"[82]
In 2019, make-up artists for RuPaul's Drag Race designed a wig called "Covfefe" for the show.[83]
The Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library, a project of The Daily Show, features a piece dedicated to covfefe.[84]
In December 2018, Ed Martin released an adult coloring book Covfefe Christmas Coloring Book Comic with song .[85][86]
Numerous "Covfefe Song" videos are featured at YouTube.[87]
A poem The Rise of the COVFEFE by Philadelphia poet James Feichthaler is inspired by the covfefe tweet.[88]
In scholarly research
A number of scholarly papers discussed the Covfefe tweet in relation to President Trump's use of social media and the corresponding effects on language and culture.[89][90][91][92][93]
See also
Other theories
Other writers report that cov fe'fe is Arabic for "I will stand up" and is used in certain religious rituals. They claim that this result comes from Google Translate, but this is not true at this time of writing.
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