A midnight tweet from President Donald Trump has social media trying to find a meaning in the mysterious term ‘covfefe’.
Trump tweeted just after midnight on Wednesday: “Despite the constant negative press covfefe.”
The tweet immediately went viral and became one of the president’s more popular posts before it was taken down after nearly six hours online. Trump poked fun at the typo, tweeting around 6 a.m., “Who can figure out the true meaning of “covfefe” ??? Enjoy!”
Was it a malapropism or a typo? Was it that the president was falling asleep and the autocorrect (in another language) just did the job?
The term became a top trending item on Twitter, with many users supplying tongue-in-cheek meanings. One user joked that “covfefe” is already a popular name for babies in states that voted for Trump. Silicon Valley executive Andrew Crow went as far to change his last name on Twitter to “Covfefe.” Jimmy Kimmel lamented that he’ll never write anything funnier than the term.
Dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster checked in with an eye-rolling tweet about people looking up “covfefe” on its website. Dozens of definitions have been submitted the Urban Dictionary website, which crowdsources meanings for slang terms.
The president returned to his normal Twitter routine later in the morning by slamming Democrats over the probe into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election.
Here are some of the most viral #Covfefe tweets thus far:
#Covfefe – a global internet meme that brings 7 billion people into complete agreement pic.twitter.com/L98vXlOYxC
— Jack Tweets 🇺🇸 (@jackTweets11) May 31, 2017
What the market givfefe, it takfefe away #covfefe $DAX pic.twitter.com/P4FMnm6wJB
— Sylvain Asimus (@Phinamics) May 31, 2017
True that #covfefe pic.twitter.com/kH4DaDxPgn
— Ali (@SpookyAly) May 31, 2017
#Covfefe now available at Starbucks, instant (fake) coffee, served in a paper cup with a blob of orange lard floating on top.
— Wheelman (@MrTeamster) May 31, 2017
This is #covfefe translated from Russian. pic.twitter.com/1Im7ZzLO0Y
— Kristina Wong ❄️ (@mskristinawong) May 31, 2017
The small Welsh village of #Covfefe has found worldwide fame at last. In case you’re wondering it’s 4 miles north of Machynlleth pic.twitter.com/DsTkgQUnZ5
— Welsh Bollocks (@welshbollocks) May 31, 2017
#Covfefe was fun until I saw Trump pulled out of the #ParisAgreement. Trump is the biggest terrorist of all time. He’ll kill generations. pic.twitter.com/x9eKMCNIQJ
— Cornelia (@PaladinCornelia) May 31, 2017
#covfefe is basically a regular cup of coffee, but instead of adding cream or sugar, you just add liberal tears. pic.twitter.com/eo8GN8tXDN
— The Columbia Bugle (@ColumbiaBugle) May 31, 2017
#Trump is now being mocked on European public transport, by @Eurostar train staff. Quite a #Covfefe pic.twitter.com/ZbrYuylpBf https://t.co/8vOiLX63jO
— Bojan Pancevski (@bopanc) May 31, 2017
Prediction: #Covfefe will be put into Websters dictionary.
— Based Monitored 🇺🇸 (@BasedMonitored) May 31, 2017
This……😂😂😂😂 #Covfefe pic.twitter.com/iqafEghNBp
— Mr Nobody (@banned_kid) May 31, 2017
I love Twitter #Covfefe pic.twitter.com/BJRCMHA40A
— Brian Fraga (@BfragaHN) May 31, 2017
Oh, Edinburgh. Never change. #covfefe pic.twitter.com/QC5hMsTb1e
— Lily Calder (@paperstainedink) May 31, 2017
“A #covfefe is a yiddish term for ‘I gotta go to bed now’: Sen. @AlFranken explains Trump’s late-night mystery tweet https://t.co/nKhan4RZEN pic.twitter.com/3cniDYqa10
— CNN (@CNN) May 31, 2017
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