The third and final U.S. presidential debate went over “bigly” on social media, sending users into a frenzy over nasty women, bad hombres and Donald Trump-inspired book reports.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump sparked the most search engine activity during the debate, with his use of the word "bigly" (yes, it's a word), and his stance on the war in Iraq. Google Trends tweeted that 70 per cent of the debate-driven traffic on its search engine was related to Trump, while 30 per cent was related to Hillary Clinton.
Abortion, immigration and guns were among the top five most-searched issues during the debate. Many also looked up WikiLeaks in connection with Clinton, and "women" in association with Trump.
Trump inspired one of the most divisive hashtags after he interrupted Clinton to call her a "nasty woman." Trump supporters embraced the term as another way to attack Clinton.
She's ok with late term abortions #nastywoman
— Mary Anne (@maryannemercog) October 20, 2016
Watching idiot feminists try to reclaim #nastywoman as a compliment.
— Space Bunnyopoulos (@Spacebunnyday) October 20, 2016
My sides!
Clinton backers tried to turn the hashtag around by embracing it as a backhanded compliment.
Well behaved #nastywomen always makes history #TrumpBookReport
— E (@esheikh_) October 20, 2016
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Proud to be a #Nasty woman! #BGSD #ImWithHer #NastyWomenMakeHistory
— Kimberly Code (@kimberlycode) October 20, 2016
When they go low, we go vote! #NastyWomenMakeHistory #nastywomenvote
— Anne Born (@nilesite) October 20, 2016
Single #nastywoman seeks single #badhombre for sipping wine, long walks on the beach, good conversation.
— terisaylor (@terisaylor) October 20, 2016
Nasty Woman is code for: intelligent, confident, hard-working, prepared, experienced. #debatenight #nastywoman
— Nasty Woman Radida (@RadidaG) October 20, 2016
Others laughed at Trump's use of the term "bad hombres" to refer to Mexicans in the U.S.
Like, bad-bad? Or bad-good? #badhombres
— America Ferrera (@AmericaFerrera) October 20, 2016
Trump saving us from #badhombres #debates pic.twitter.com/HtYDcVeoHY
— LeahLaO (@LeahLochoa) October 20, 2016
Time to get rid of the #badhombres #debate pic.twitter.com/Fjys0ifd55
— Will Ferrell (@Will___Ferrell) October 20, 2016
Sometimes I forget this is a presidential debate and not an SNL skit #badhombres
— Ian Mayberry (@ian_mayberry) October 20, 2016
A few users poked fun at the term by creating the hashtag #BadOmbres – a reference to hair colour that is generally darker at the roots and then gradually lighter toward the ends.
We are very seriously trouble with all the #BadOmbres says #Trump during the #Debate. #ImWithHer pic.twitter.com/yxSDwvYyCt
— Kristina Casey (@KristinaCasey) October 20, 2016
#GoodTrumpPolicies : getting rid of #BadOmbres pic.twitter.com/GvncotsjeK
— Trisha Bateman (@Trisha_Bateman) October 20, 2016
St. Louis politician Antonio French spawned perhaps the most enduring hashtag of the night, by comparing Trump's answers on foreign policy to "a book report from a teenager who hasn't read the book. 'Oh, the grapes! They had so much wrath!" His joking tweet received more than 7,000 retweets, and spawned a flood of #TrumpBookReports on famous works of fiction, written in Trump's manner of speaking, or referring to some of his past verbal miscues.
Oedipus. Tremendous leader. The best. I've always said that if Jocasta were my mother, perhaps I'd be dating her. #TrumpBookReport
— kyla crowther (@whatkylasaid) October 20, 2016
Lady Macbeth was a nasty woman. She wouldn't be my first choice, believe me. #TrumpBookReport
— David Shoare (@davidshoare) October 20, 2016
Gatsby? He wasn't great, never won anything. What a loser. I'll make Gatsby great again. #TrumpBookReport
— joanne vibes (@karmandabynes) October 20, 2016
Hogwarts Tremendous place They built a wall to keep out the Muggles, I have so much respect I have property there #TrumpBookReport
— Jack Gallagher (@jack_gllghr) October 20, 2016
Alice is hot. Maybe in ten years I will be dating her. Just grab her by the Cheshire Cat. Make Wonderland Great Again! #TrumpBookReport
— Gary Foss (@garyvfoss) October 20, 2016
#TrumpBookReport the Dictionary. It's got a lot of words. But my words are better. I have the best words. Everybody says so.
— Scott Nelson (@hatrik10) October 20, 2016
Pinocchio? He's no puppet. No puppet. You're the puppet! #TrumpBookReport
— White Rabbit Object (@audiewhitaker) October 20, 2016
Look, I don't know Voldemort. He said nice things about me. If we got along with the Death Eaters, wouldn't be so bad. #TrumpBookReport
— big nose betty (@mayapraff) October 20, 2016