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Iclearwater Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary

Little Roctket Man

Trump, a reality star turned convention busting President, has dubbed Kim "Little Rocket Man" and threatened to rain fire and fury over North Korea, raising fears of a devastating war across the world's last Cold War frontier.---CNN

Hello,

Does anyone know what "Little Rocket Man" implies?

Thanks!

  

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It's fairly literal. "Rocket Man" because of the missile launches. "Little" is disparaging.

— GPY

  • It's fairly literal.
  • "Rocket Man" because of the missile launches.
  • "Little" is disparaging.
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It's fairly literal. "Rocket Man" because of the missile launches. "Little" is disparaging.

(The term "Rocket Man" has been used in various contexts -- see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_Man ; for me, the most famili

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