Little warning: If you’re going to come at the Merriam-Webster dictionary on Twitter, you best not miss or they will own your candy ass.
Here’s how this all innocently began…
It's fine to use mad to mean "angry"—even if doing so makes some people mad. https://t.co/Z5ClzvAnaZ
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) September 7, 2016
Pretty basic, right? Well, it was, until a man named Gabriel Roth decided to make a comment about it. Or rather, several comments…
https://twitter.com/gabrielroth/status/773333205168586752
https://twitter.com/gabrielroth/status/773334389409316864
https://twitter.com/gabrielroth/status/773335094694207488
It was at that point the dictionary had had enough and dropped this tremendous burn on Mr. Roth…
No one cares how you feel.
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) September 7, 2016
OUUUCH.
The reactions may have been even better than the ownage itself…
— CCCXXVI Bvreav Chief (@326BureauChief) September 7, 2016
https://twitter.com/SirCanuckles/status/773513577437147137
This needs to go in the dictionary as an example of ownership.
— Mark R. Yzaguirre (@markyzaguirre) September 7, 2016
I love you.
— Allie Mac Kay (@alliemackay) September 7, 2016
https://twitter.com/ziwe/status/773694642860781568
And of course…
— Christine Wang (@christiiineeee) September 8, 2016
According to Elite Daily, Merriam-Webster’s editor at large, Peter Sokolowski said this about the tweet…
In the spirit of Twitter, people can sometimes play a little rough, but we assure you that Merriam-Webster’s banter was done in the spirit of good fun and that no harm was intended by any comments made.
And just like that the dictionary gained a new follower.