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Bad hombre v bad ombré: Trump's debate vow ignites storm of hair memes | Bad hombre v bad ombré: Trump's debate vow ignites storm of hair memes |
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The 2016 presidential debate season is now officially over – but not before things got a little hairy. | The 2016 presidential debate season is now officially over – but not before things got a little hairy. |
Donald Trump vowed to rid the country of “bad hombres” – using the Spanish word for “man” in a reference to Latino immigrants. | Donald Trump vowed to rid the country of “bad hombres” – using the Spanish word for “man” in a reference to Latino immigrants. |
“One of my first acts will be to get all of the drug lords, all of the bad ones – we have some bad, bad people in this country that have to go out ... we have some bad hombres here, and we’re going to get them out,” said Trump. | “One of my first acts will be to get all of the drug lords, all of the bad ones – we have some bad, bad people in this country that have to go out ... we have some bad hombres here, and we’re going to get them out,” said Trump. |
The internet was dye-ing to make jokes about ombré, the hairstyle with multiple shades of colour, where hair dyed darker at the roots gradually lightens. Ombré’d hair was everywhere from Beyoncé to cake in 2013. | The internet was dye-ing to make jokes about ombré, the hairstyle with multiple shades of colour, where hair dyed darker at the roots gradually lightens. Ombré’d hair was everywhere from Beyoncé to cake in 2013. |
bad ombres pic.twitter.com/CuNQMiMTJb | bad ombres pic.twitter.com/CuNQMiMTJb |
bad ombres pic.twitter.com/2aA9UYnc5B | bad ombres pic.twitter.com/2aA9UYnc5B |
I'm glad we're finally talking about #badombre. Women everywhere are afflicted! | I'm glad we're finally talking about #badombre. Women everywhere are afflicted! |
"We have some bad ombres here in this country." So Donald Trump would stop this? #debate pic.twitter.com/NtPEEvItRb | "We have some bad ombres here in this country." So Donald Trump would stop this? #debate pic.twitter.com/NtPEEvItRb |
Comedy actress Noël Wells chimed in: | Comedy actress Noël Wells chimed in: |
Also, a little late, but here's a bad ombre Donald talked about... pic.twitter.com/3mK5gjQOpv | Also, a little late, but here's a bad ombre Donald talked about... pic.twitter.com/3mK5gjQOpv |
Republican strategist and CNN contributor Ana Navarro offered up a quick Spanish lesson: | Republican strategist and CNN contributor Ana Navarro offered up a quick Spanish lesson: |
Trump said some stupidity re "Bad hombres": Spanish lesson 101: hombre=man; hambre=hunger; hombro=shoulder; ombre=Kardashian hair color. | Trump said some stupidity re "Bad hombres": Spanish lesson 101: hombre=man; hambre=hunger; hombro=shoulder; ombre=Kardashian hair color. |
Merriam-Webster also wrote up a definition between hombre/ombré after seeing a surge in definition searches on their site. | Merriam-Webster also wrote up a definition between hombre/ombré after seeing a surge in definition searches on their site. |
The number of people searching for “hombre” skyrocketed 120,000% during the hour of the debate, while ombre/ombré (leave off the accent and it’s an 18th century card game) also saw a spike, reports Merriam-Webster. | The number of people searching for “hombre” skyrocketed 120,000% during the hour of the debate, while ombre/ombré (leave off the accent and it’s an 18th century card game) also saw a spike, reports Merriam-Webster. |
hombre:🚶 a man ombré: 🌈 having colors or tones that shade into each other #debatenight | hombre:🚶 a man ombré: 🌈 having colors or tones that shade into each other #debatenight |
Of course, the shade extended to Trump’s own famously coiffed locks. | |
The only #badombre I see is this douche's hair pic.twitter.com/ghIPsHt8RU |