9 times Merriam-Webster used dictionary definitions to shut down people on Twitter

"A subtweet is a standalone response to someone else's tweet that does not mention the other person or their tweet at all" ' that is Merriam-Webster's definition of a subtweet, something the dictionary has been named a master of.The transformation of the Merriam-Webster Twitter account began in the 2016 US Presidential Election when it started checking then-Republican nominee, Donald Trump's spelling."My boss and I spent the day obsessively refreshing our notifications and wondering if I would get fired," saidLauren Naturale, Merriam-Webster's social media manager, after firing off their first viral tweet about the Trump campaign. Happily, Naturale has not been fired and Merriam-Webster has become one of the most infamous social affairs commentators on Twitter.While the account is still primarily used to promote the dictionary and its online blogs and quizzes, it occasionally throws some serious shade.Here 9 highlights from the last year:The time they slayed United Airlines for dragging a customer off a plane.Tweet Embed:https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/851602942037819392''Volunteer' means someone who does something without being forced to do it. https://t.co/qNAcMyplhZThe time China seized a US Navy drone and Trump called it 'unpresidented'.Tweet Embed:https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/810117698558562304Good morning! The #WordOfTheDay is...not 'unpresidented'. We don't enter that word. That's a new one. https://t.co/BJ45AtMNu4Trump's tweet was later rectified with the correct spelling.It makes no exceptions for other dictionaries. No one is safe.Tweet Embed:https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/719622000055095296.@Dictionarycom There's no cream in that coffee.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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