"Origins of words" by Susie Dent, Countdown 07/12/17 (covfefe)

This year, on the long list of Oxford's Word of the Year was one word that is a very rare example of a new coinage that achieved huge currency everywhere without anyone have a clue what it meant. And it goes back to 30th May when late at night on social media President Trump made one of the most famous typos of all time. He did what he often does at odd hours - he sent a tweet. This one was a bit pizzling. It said, "Despite the constant negative press covfefe" And everyone thought, "Ok, five minutes later he'ii delete it, he'll realise". But he didn't. And it stayed there for a very long time. Ensue complete chaos as people were desperately trying to wonder what it meant, but to have a bit of fun with it as well, of course. Some people made political statements, so one cola company said, "We have no plans to add covfefe to our cola.If you want the taste of incopetence, there are other sodas available". And then there was also a train company that said, "Due to covfefe on the line, our trains will be running a bit late today". And so it went on, everyone having a bit of fun with it. Nobody knows what it means. His Chief of Staff said that it actually did mean something and the President knew exactly what it was. But who knows? And other people say that it played to the greatest strenght of the internet, which was given meaning to be meaningless. But whatever covfefe means, if it gets in the dictionary, I will be fascinated to know what its definition is.