Doc & Skip’s ‘#WordsThatDontDescribeHillary’ Hashtag Trends, Prompts Reaction from The New York Times

Conservative radio hosts Doc Thompson and Skip LaCombe rankled the New York Times and many on the left Tuesday when a hashtag they created started trending on social media.

TheBlaze radio hosts created the hashtag, "#WordsThatDontDescribeHillary," as "a reaction" to Lena Dunham's request for the media to stop using certain words when describing Hillary Clinton, Thompson said.

Thompson and LaCombe read part of Dunham's list of the words that she said she wants banished from using to describe the Democratic frontrunner. The duo suggested listeners create a new list of words that don't describe the Democratic frontrunner and post them on Twitter with the hashtag "#WordsThatDontDescribeHillary."

Can you add to the list of #WordsThatDontDescribeHillary#WhatILearnedToday

— Doc Thompson (@DocThompsonShow) January 26, 2016

Giving listeners and Twitter followers an example, Thompson tweeted the one word many people believe does not describe the candidate.

#WordsThatDontDescribeHillary honest

— Doc Thompson (@DocThompsonShow) January 26, 2016

TheBlaze Radio audience responded.

@SKIPdaZIP @DocThompsonShow #WordsThatDontDescribeHillary kind, religious, beautiful

— GrumpySeamstress (@dindog22) January 26, 2016

#WordsThatDontDescribeHillary Accountable pic.twitter.com/O8ltqHETGp

— Some Other Sarah (@FoundersGirl)

January 26, 2016

#WordsThatDontDescribeHillary: Presidential.

— Ben Carson's Bus (@healerhauler) January 26, 2016

Even James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal joined the fun.

#WordsThatDontDescribeHillary Has anyone mentioned eleemosynary?

— James Taranto (@jamestaranto) January 26, 2016

Taranto's word, "eleemosynary" is an adjective, meaning "charitable."

Within minutes, the hashtag was trending and stayed a hot topic for a few hours.

The New York Times also took notice of the trending hashtag and posted a piece on its Women In The World vertical.

Conservatives seize on Lena Dunham's sexism accusations with #WordsThatDontDescribeHillary https://t.co/nKmvUJaOlu pic.twitter.com/sh8Tueei1O

— Women in the World (@WomenintheWorld) January 26, 2016

The Times piece took exception with one of Thompson's tweets about Mrs. Clinton, declaring his use of the word "cankles" to be sexist.

#WordsThatDontDescribeHillary Cankle-less

— Doc Thompson (@DocThompsonShow) January 26, 2016

Doc and Skip start talking about Dunham's language demands and kick off the hashtag challenge, starting at the 11:38 mark of this clip.

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