Who knew the dictionary was so spicy? We find ourselves refreshing the Merriam-Webster Twitter page as much as possible as they continue to blast out hilariously pointed tweets at the United States leadership for the enjoyment of the masses. Here is our list of the saltiest tweets they’ve posted to date:
1. Following Donald Trump’s tweet
Merriam-Webster responded with:
Wakes up.
Checks Twitter.
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Regrets checking Twitter.
Goes back to bed.— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) May 31, 2017
2. Who could they possibly be talking about?
Today's #WordOfTheDay is 'abdicate'https://t.co/8bNvclyX5B pic.twitter.com/78kNkYuTpy
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) May 30, 2017
Good morning! Today's #WordOfTheDay is 'abdicate' https://t.co/8TlMUVjxJ1 pic.twitter.com/uvdptksnS2
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) May 30, 2017
3. His staff aren’t even safe from the dictionary.
?A fact is a piece of information presented as having objective reality. https://t.co/gCKRZZm23c
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) January 22, 2017
4. Frequent POTUS misspellings provide endless material for their Twitter.
'Councel' is by far our most looked up misspelling today.
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) May 18, 2017
5. Following the unprecedented tweet from the president.
Good morning! The #WordOfTheDay is…not 'unpresidented'. We don't enter that word. That's a new one. https://t.co/BJ45AtMNu4
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) December 17, 2016
6. When Trump claimed to have invented the phrase “priming the pump”, the dictionary came back with the facts.
'Pump priming' has been used to refer to government investment expenditures since at least 1933. https://t.co/VfkGwwzZRC
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) May 11, 2017
