Two rival dictionaries are arguing on Twitter and it’s wonderful
It’s all kicking off on literary Twitter, after Merriam-Webster threw some serious shade at dictionary.com after they posted a quote by the ‘Jane Austen-inspired’ author Abigail Reynolds.
It didn’t take long for other people to pile in on the pedantry-beef, with a mixture of dictionary references and reaction gifs.
@MerriamWebster @Dictionarycom pic.twitter.com/QL3YwATXRo
— Ruthie (@RuthieFri) April 12, 2016
.@MerriamWebster @Dictionarycom pic.twitter.com/qkqHvlV3bU
— Miguel (@miggiesmalls) April 11, 2016
. @MerriamWebster @Dictionarycom pic.twitter.com/6uMWYsipUg
— Kenan (@kenan917) April 11, 2016
.@MerriamWebster @Dictionarycom pic.twitter.com/0jYCwFhBWD
— Chris Mercado (@CMercado5) April 13, 2016
Dictionary.com responded in a snarky and defensive way.
@MerriamWebster Abigail Reynolds wrote variations of Jane Austen novels. So, this image is a variation of her quote. pic.twitter.com/YmalztcNZL
— Dictionary.com (@Dictionarycom) April 11, 2016
So there we have it, dictionaries fighting on a social network. At least you wouldnt get libraries acting in such an undigified manner. Oh, wait…
@ShetlandLibrary In. Your. Face. pic.twitter.com/0cmOusnlQI
— Orkney Library (@OrkneyLibrary) March 5, 2016