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09-27-2016, 06:40 AM
This dictionary Twitter account had the best lexicographical burns of the debate
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Twitter was out in force delivering its verdict on the first presidential debate Monday, but some of the most devastating burns came from an unlikely source: the dictionary.
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Merriam-Webster's Twitter account, which usually tweets words of the day, decided to deliver its verdict on some of the lingo deployed by the two candidates during the 90-minute debate.*
OK, it was mostly Trump's words. OK, it was all Trump. This was how his rambling word salad went down with the nation's lexicographers. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/26/dictionary-debate/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
They got a bit upset when he dropped the "braggadocious" bomb
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Twitter was out in force delivering its verdict on the first presidential debate Monday, but some of the most devastating burns came from an unlikely source: the dictionary.
SEE ALSO: Trump's debate sniffles are louder than his words (http://mashable.com/2016/09/26/trump-debate-sniff-sniffles/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Merriam-Webster's Twitter account, which usually tweets words of the day, decided to deliver its verdict on some of the lingo deployed by the two candidates during the 90-minute debate.*
OK, it was mostly Trump's words. OK, it was all Trump. This was how his rambling word salad went down with the nation's lexicographers. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/26/dictionary-debate/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
They got a bit upset when he dropped the "braggadocious" bomb
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