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‘Toast’: From Busting Ghosts to Burning Careers

People who speculate that Donald Trump ‘s career is ‘toast’ are resurfacing a Bill Murray ad-lib in ‘Ghostbusters’

By Ben Zimmer

June 22, 2023 3:59 pm ET

Illustration: James Yang

Linguist and lexicographer Ben Zimmer analyzes the origins of words in the news. Read previous columns here.

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