Trump cryptic tweet 'covfefe' trending on Twitter

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Not for the first time, a Donald Trump tweet has lit up the internet. But this time, users the world over have been left scratching their heads over "covfefe": a bizarre word apparently created by the president.



"Despite the constant negative press covfefe," read the US leader's now deleted short tweet sent early Wednesday.

SCREENGRAB

Who can figure out the true meaning of "covfefe" ??? Enjoy!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 31, 2017

Was it an acronym? A secret message? Or just a typo?

Wags around the world weighed in with biting sarcasm, and #covfefe quickly became the top trending item on Twitter.

I just deleted a tweet because I spelled covfefe wrong. so that's where we are now.

— 💀 damned sinker 💀 (@dansinker) May 31, 2017

what makes me saddest is that I know I'll never write anything funnier than #covfefe

— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) May 31, 2017

I'm thinking #Aqenbpuu if it's a boy and #Covfefe if it's a girl. pic.twitter.com/NAcMclHuie

— delix (@exdli) May 31, 2017

Comments included a mock Google translation of "covfefe" from Russian into English as "I resign," and comments like "Drain the covfefe" - a play on Trump's promise to "drain the swamp" in Washington.

This is #covfefe translated from Russian. pic.twitter.com/1Im7ZzLO0Y

— Kristina Wong 🍆 (@mskristinawong) May 31, 2017

To avoid confusion, the Regent's English Language Center in London wrote: "To all of our English language students, we can confirm that 'covfefe' is not an English word. Yet."

To all of our English language students, we can confirm that "covfefe" is not an English word.

Yet. #Covfefe

— Regent's English (@regentslingo) May 31, 2017

Urban Dictionary on the other hand...

Brilliant pic.twitter.com/EZEJJRU0wM

— Florian Irminger (@FlorianIrminger) May 31, 2017

At 0830 GMT it had more than 105,000 retweets and had been shared 35,000 times, according to Twitter figures.

Since entering office, Trump has used Twitter to issue declarations on everything from Arnold Schwarzenegger's TV performance to an alleged "MASSIVE trade deficit with Germany."