Today's word of the day is 'roasted' - transitive verb - to subject to severe criticism or ridicule.
Donald Trump strung together a series of attempts at sentences on Twitter after the Republican presidential primary debate on Thursday, so Merriam-Webster's Twitter account hopped in to point out that many of the words Trump was saying were not, in fact, words.
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Bearing witness to this total onslaught of the English language, Merriam-Webster was physically unable to stand by quietly and let Trump's 6.39 million followers believe "chocker", "leightweight", and "honer" were words he used correctly.
honer: one that hones (https://t.co/76PlKG8PA6)
leightweight: We have no. idea.
chocker: https://t.co/geeDMqiS4D https://t.co/2km86hZAVQ— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) February 26, 2016
Trump has since taken down the offending tweets, but once you get roasted by Merriam-Webster, it's pretty tough to just sweep it under the rug.
@MerriamWebster @kittenwithawhip a dictionary that talks smack is my favorite— Nishta Mehra (@BlueJeanGourmet) February 26, 2016
@BlueJeanGourmet @MerriamWebster I choked on my coffee. Or maybe I chocked. Who even knows anymore?— Kat Kinsman (@kittenwithawhip) February 26, 2016
@MerriamWebster You are my favorite dictionary forevermore.— Deanna Hoak (@DeannaHoak) February 26, 2016