• triprotic@lemmy.caEnglish
      22·
      2 years ago

      In the UK there’s a card game “top trumps”:

      https://toptrumps.com/home/

      Also in various card games (with a standard 52 card deck), like bridge, beating one hand with a better hand would be said to have one hand ‘trump’ another.

      I hate that there’s a shady guy out there that has that word so tied to him.

      • MarmaladeMermaid@lemm.eeEnglish
        52·
        2 years ago

        I’ve heard that in the UK “Trump” is old person slang for a fart and has been since before the American Trump family was well known.

        • PaleRider@feddit.ukEnglish
          4·
          2 years ago

          It is indeed but it’s also used in a lot of card games to describe one hand that trumps (beats) another…

    • ryno364@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      Sometimes I think headlines try to find any excuse to put the word “trump” in. Ya know for various reasons…

      • BertramDitore@lemmy.worldEnglish
        132·
        2 years ago

        I’m aware of trump cards in card games. I’d just never heard “comes up trumps” as a turn of phrase. Made no sense to me in the context of a tv show.