Odd, PoliticsFrom Covfefe to Hollyweed: Weird news grabs headlines in 2017 by Reuters: Oddly Enough • December 22, 2017 NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's Oval Office style dominated U.S. headlines in 2017, but readers were particularly perplexed by his use of the word "covfefe," in what turned out to be one of the oddest news stories of the year.