What Is Covfefe? Trump’s Twitter Typo Breaks The Internet

What could ‘covfefe’ mean? We may never know.

US President Donald Trump sent the internet into a meltdown on 31 May, when he tweeted: “Despite the constant negative press covfefe...”

What Does He Mean?

Did he mean to use the word “coverage”? You never know with Trump.

It may just have been a typo, but the damage had been done. Twitter had a field day with this new word, that in all likelihood, will be used in Trump references for a long time to come.

Here are some of the reactions:

The Pope to Trump: "Do you have any sins you would like to #covfefe?" pic.twitter.com/Q38m64UqWo

— Lisa❄️ (@lisadw323) May 31, 2017

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

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

Clearly #covfefe needs to be next @benandjerrys flavor. Coffee ice cream w/ hot chunks of national shame & a swirl of existential dread.

— Shannon Coulter (@shannoncoulter) May 31, 2017

The #covfefe tweet happened two hours ago and there's already an entry on Urban Dictionary. I love Internet. pic.twitter.com/90cUS4Azke

— Shivam (@ShivamChatak) May 31, 2017

Me trying to sleep knowing #covfefe is still in the wild. pic.twitter.com/sDY44yCPgQ

— Robert Doty (@dohteeafk) May 31, 2017

Uh oh guys. I think we might be in trouble. #covfefe pic.twitter.com/CVZAFM3IlQ

— Nicron Creations (@NicronCreations) May 31, 2017

This is the way the world ends.
This is the way the world ends.
This is the way the world ends.
Not with a bang but a covfefe.

-T.S. Eliot

— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) May 31, 2017

As of 31 May, Google already has 58,900 search results for a word that did not exist up until a few hours ago. Don’t be surprised if ‘covfefe’ is included in the Oxford dictionary soon.