People Are Changing One Letter In Famous Book Titles To Parody Trump
"A Crockwork Orange."
On Thursday afternoon, #RuinABookTitleInOneLetter started trending on Twitter. The hashtag challenged people to change one letter in the title of a famous book to completely change its perceived meaning.
At first, people made general jokes about classic books.
Moby's Dick #RuinABookTitleInOneLetter
But things quickly turned political as many began using the hashtag to make jokes about President Trump.
Bride and Prejudice #RuinABookTitleInOneLetter
A Crockwork Orange #RuinABookTitleInOneLetter
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The Secret Life of Pees #RuinABookTitleInOneLetter #peetape
Lord of the Lies #RuinABookTitleInOneLetter
Fifty Shades of Cray #RuinABookTitleInOneLetter
The Rat in the Hat #RuinABookTitleInOneLetter
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Some people also took the opportunity to make jokes about other political figures, like Steve Bannon.
Mystic Liver #RuinABookTitleInOneLetter
And Mike Pence.
War and Pence #RuinABookTitleInOneLetter
Ann Coulter.
Ann of Greed Fables #RuinABookTitleInOneLetter
To be fair, TWO letters were changed in this title.
Barack Obama.
The Audacity of Dope #RuinABookTitleInOneLetter
And Joel Osteen.
Are You There Gold? #RuinABookTitleInOneLetter
Well played, Twitter.
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Jarry Lee is the Deputy Books Editor for BuzzFeed News and is based in New York.
Contact Jarry Lee at jarry.lee@buzzfeed.com.
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