11 times this dictionary magnificently trolled Donald Trump
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary account on Twitter has a history of trolling the Trump administration, including the time they helped out Ivanka when she was unsure of the meaning of complicit.
This week, as the US Department of Homeland Security was claiming immigrant children were being kept in excellent conditions, when the whole world could see them being treated appallingly, Merriam-Webster tweeted this:
In the 1938 play 'Gas Light,' a man tries to make his wife lose her grip on reality by dimming the lights in the house and insisting she's imagining things. https://t.co/bZSu7v0y0O
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) June 18, 2018
People instantly appreciated the relevance.
The dictionary is trolling the Trump regime again. https://t.co/r5rGykCe7Z
— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) June 19, 2018
https://twitter.com/4everNeverTrump/status/1008858488510898181
The dictionary throwing major shade at Kirstjen Nielsen and her evil boss.#TrumpLiesMatter #FamiliesBelongTogether #TrumpsKidnappingChildren https://t.co/xfxIbLTAtX
— Jackie 🌊🌊🌊 (@LiberalMmama) June 19, 2018
Because they’re worth seeing again, here are the 11 most epic burns.
1. The time Donald Trump tweeted the word “covfefe”
Wakes up.
Checks Twitter.
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Uh…
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📈 Lookups fo…
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Regrets checking Twitter.
Goes back to bed.— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) May 31, 2017
2.
When he claimed to have invented the phrase “priming the pump”
The phrase 'priming the pump' dates to the early 19th century.
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) May 11, 2017
3.
After Trump mentioned “bad hombres” and people thought he’d said “ombres”
hombre:🚶 a man
ombré: 🌈 having colors or tones that shade into each other #debatenight— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) October 20, 2016
4.
In response to a spike in a relevant search
📈 Lookups for 'misogyny' spiked after Trump's victory. https://t.co/Y1nrjCce4S
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) November 10, 2016
5.
To quash the possibility of “alternative facts”
*whispers into the void* In contemporary use, fact is understood to refer to something with actual existence. https://t.co/gCKRZZm23c
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) January 24, 2017
6.
After rumours circulated that people were being paid to applaud
If you're part of a group that's paid to applaud, you're a 'claqueur'. https://t.co/EX96vGLGDz
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) January 24, 2017
7.
After Samantha Bee called Ivanka a “feckless c**t”
📈'Feckless' has been among our top ten lookups for three weeks straight. https://t.co/oyDdW8REUX
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) June 20, 2018
8.
Because Trump had misspelt “unprecedented”
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
9.
When Trump’s Holocaust Memorial Day speech made no mention of Jews
📈'Holocaust' is trending again. It is understood to refer especially to the Nazis' mass murder of European Jews. https://t.co/SpAZ9kiKrn
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) January 30, 2017
10.
When Kelly-Anne Conway described Feminists as “anti-male”
📈'Feminism' is defined as "the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities." https://t.co/Zjf7CAPUjL
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) February 23, 2017
11.
In response to Trump describing negative stories about him as “fake news”
As of this writing, 'negative' is not yet a synonym of 'fake.' https://t.co/obsCKNu3RH
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) May 9, 2018
In fact, Merriam-Webster must have the gift of prophecy, because before the election results had even been calculated, they did this:
We've updated our Twitter header in honor of the election. pic.twitter.com/mOFT8sUlVD
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) November 7, 2016
Never a truer word …
