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floating island

noun

  1. a dessert consisting of boiled custard with portions of meringue, whipped cream, or whipped egg whites and sometimes jelly floating upon it or around it.

  2. a floating mass of earth and partly decayed vegetation held together by interlacing roots, as on a lake: usually formed by the accumulation of plant litter; sometimes artificially built on wooden platforms, as in Asia.



floating island

noun

  1. a floating mass of soil held together by vegetation

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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of floating island1

First recorded in 1630–40
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Last week when Netflix announced its three-special deal with Tony Hinchcliffe, the comic who referred to Puerto Rico as "a floating island of garbage" at Donald Trump’s pre-election Madison Square Garden rally, my reaction was the same as how I greeted that on-sale email for C.K.’s tour.

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There was Trump’s bonkers Madison Square Garden rally, situated in a state that Harris will end up winning by double digits, where some sophomoric comedian cracked jokes about how Puerto Rico is a ā€œfloating island of garbageā€ and Trump himself made some of his most outlandish remarks of the campaign.

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The racial grievance remained – undocumented immigrants were still described as criminals and even people ā€œpoisoning the blood of our country;ā€ Puerto Rico was described as a floating island of trash—but it was better couched in issue-specific terms.

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You know, the roast comic who appeared at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden nouveau Bund rally and called Puerto Rico a ā€œfloating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean.ā€

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Trump is running around the country holding rallies where speakers refer to the Democratic nominee for president as ā€œthe Antichrist,ā€ call Puerto Rico—an island full of birthright American citizens—a ā€œfloating island of garbage,ā€ and then turn it over to the headliner, Donald Trump, to declare that Democrats are ā€œthe enemy within,ā€ a completely insane claim that he has been making for years with virtually no consequence.

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