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09-07-2016, 08:49 PM
Merriam-Webster, a dictionary, mercilessly roasted a Twitter critic
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Hell hath ** fury like a dictionary scorned.
When Merriam-Webster posted an article arguing that it's fine to use "mad" as a substitute for "angry," Slate editor Gabriel Roth (https://twitter.com/gabrielroth) tweeted his own critique: perhaps Merriam-Webster was trying too hard to be chill.
SEE ALSO: These women are challenging ***ist dictionary sentence examples on Google (http://mashable.com/2016/08/26/google-***ist-dictionary-definition/)
I feel like @MerriamWebster (https://twitter.com/MerriamWebster) is turning into the “chill” parent who lets your friends come over and get high https://t.co/dM4HT2Brt2
— Gabriel Roth (@gabrielroth) September 7, 2016 (https://twitter.com/gabrielroth/status/773333205168586752)
It’s great at first, it’s nice to have friends and a place to get high, but something about it starts to feel wrong
— Gabriel Roth (@gabrielroth) September 7, 2016 (https://twitter.com/gabrielroth/status/773333451609112576) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/07/merriam-webster-twitter-roast/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Hell hath ** fury like a dictionary scorned.
When Merriam-Webster posted an article arguing that it's fine to use "mad" as a substitute for "angry," Slate editor Gabriel Roth (https://twitter.com/gabrielroth) tweeted his own critique: perhaps Merriam-Webster was trying too hard to be chill.
SEE ALSO: These women are challenging ***ist dictionary sentence examples on Google (http://mashable.com/2016/08/26/google-***ist-dictionary-definition/)
I feel like @MerriamWebster (https://twitter.com/MerriamWebster) is turning into the “chill” parent who lets your friends come over and get high https://t.co/dM4HT2Brt2
— Gabriel Roth (@gabrielroth) September 7, 2016 (https://twitter.com/gabrielroth/status/773333205168586752)
It’s great at first, it’s nice to have friends and a place to get high, but something about it starts to feel wrong
— Gabriel Roth (@gabrielroth) September 7, 2016 (https://twitter.com/gabrielroth/status/773333451609112576) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/07/merriam-webster-twitter-roast/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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