Sassy Merriam-Webster Trolls Trump On 'Foe'
The increasingly saucy writers behind the Merriam-Webster Dictionary Twitter account have zapped Donald Trump for calling the European Union a “foe.”
“I think the European Union is a foe,” Trump said Sunday in a CBS interview on “Face the Nation.” “What they do to us in trade. Now you wouldn’t think of the European Union, but they’re a foe.”
Merriam-Webster appeared to be just as stunned as Americans — and Europeans — were. But the president did use the word “foe,” and yes, the dictionary assured in a tweet, the definition of “foe” remains the same.
📈To everyone looking it up: yes, 'foe' still means what you think it means. https://t.co/Bq1oqTkXqq
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) July 15, 2018
Particularly cheeky was the dictionary’s use of the word in a sample sentence: “Many considered him a foe of democracy.”
Twitter fell head-over-heels in love. One tweet offered the dictionary a drink. Another tongue-in-cheek comment asked Merriam-Webster who the hell she thought she was, dictating word definitions.
Can we offer the dictionary a drink? Because it sounds like you guys need one about as much as we do. 🍸
— hedgie🦔 (@erinaceid) July 15, 2018
This is why I joined Twitter...Just for moments like this. I ❤️ you!
— MySimpleAss (@MySimpleAss1) July 15, 2018
The amount of sass in this tweet
— Bitter Cashier (Joseph) (@sassyfrassyass) July 15, 2018
— A. Ledgly-Graham (@ItsAnnaGraham) July 15, 2018
Your excellent tradition of expert trolling continues, I see. Carry on. 😎
— Renee Legierski (@MamaRenee4) July 15, 2018
Well played. Well. played. pic.twitter.com/3RJEegbrvm
— nice4what (@tabs2468) July 15, 2018
I love you @MerriamWebster ! ❤️👍😝
— Heather Manchester (@purplewombat9) July 15, 2018
Your examples tho. 🙌🏼🙌🏾🙌🏿 pic.twitter.com/4tgx4eRH3Y
— GraceLovesGlitter (@GraceJens) July 15, 2018
Treason still means what we think it means too
— This is not normal 🇺🇸🗽🌱 (@Marmas110189) July 15, 2018
— Catherine Grams 📚🎶🏒 (@CatherineGrams) July 15, 2018
“Who the hell is Merriam Webster and what gives her the right to tell America which words are okay to use?” https://t.co/QdNyN93OXE
— eTruePolitics (@eTruePolitics) July 15, 2018
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