The tweet, sent at 9:36 am IST, was favourited nearly 10,000 times in one minute and drew ridicule of online Trump critics. (Photo: AP)

New York: Speculations are running amok that Donald Trump was punch drunk last night as he typed out a particularly cryptic tweet with a term which has left Twitter in hysterics and baffled at the same time- 'covfefe'.

Almost instantly after the President's tweet went out, meme's and jibes began flying around wondering what on earth could a 'covfefe' actually mean.

The tweet, sent at 9:36 am IST, was favourited nearly 10,000 times in one minute and drew ridicule of online Trump critics. Here are some of the gems that are taking Twitter by storm:

Timothy Burke tweeted:

Oliver Willis posted a tweet: "And the orb, having bestowed upon you the power to smite your enemies, can be invoked using the simple code word '#covfefe '"

The Russian translation of the term 'covfefe' turned out to be this: