Politics

Trump Accidentally Tweeted The Word ‘Moot’ And Australians Are Losing It

I don't think that word means what you think it means.

by Rob Stott  3 October 2019

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Sometimes one little letter makes a world of difference. As was the case overnight when US President Donald Trump accidentally tweeted the word ‘moot’ instead of ‘moat’. But before we get to the moot, let’s talk about the moat, because that’s pretty wild too.

It’s been a pretty rough week for Trump as an impeachment inquiry that could end his presidency begins, and news leaked of a strange request to our own prime minister, Scott Morrison. But perhaps the strangest story of all was Trump’s desire to dig a large moat along the United States’ southern border.

According to a report in the New York Times, Trump toyed with the idea of digging the moat to deter illegal immigration from Mexico. He allegedly wanted to fill the moat with snakes and/or alligators. And while that may sound cartoonishly evil, there’s a much darker side to the story. The president also apparently wanted to electrify the border wall, place flesh-tearing spikes on top of it, and shoot immigrants in the legs.

This wasn’t just a fleeting idea, either. According to the Times report, administration officials actually tried to find out how much these measures would cost. Naturally, the report caused quite a stir in the US yesterday.

Trump has since denied any suggestions he wanted to dig an America-sized moat.

Then, as is his wont, Trump took to Twitter to once again deny the story. And here’s where the moot comes in. In a now-deleted Tweet, Trump strongly denied any claim that he attempted to build a ‘moot’ along the border.

Trump Moot

And as connoisseurs of Australian slang would know, the word ‘moot’ has a slightly different meaning here.

According to Urban Dictionary, moot (noun) is a “Vagina – slang word originating possibly in Australia (it has been used there for at least 20 years or more). Pronounced like the ‘foot’ at the end of your leg.”

Anyway, please don’t fill your moot with snakes or alligators.