Merriam-Webster doesn't have time for Kellyanne Conway's nonsense
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary is back at it, weighing in on the latest political doublespeak coming from President Donald Trump and his aides.
This time, it's putting spokeswoman Kellyanne Conway on blast for her "alternative facts" claim.
On Sunday, following Conway's ludicrous statement regarding the Trump administration's inauguration attendance claim, the dictionary tweeted out the following as the word "fact" was trending on its site.
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There's a lot going on here to unpack.
The use of the word "objective" immediately undermines Conway's statement, which suggests facts are subjective. They are not.
The description of the article straight-up calls out Conway for trying to pass off "false statements."
In said linked post, the writer says, "fact is generally understood to refer to something with actual existence," implying that, once again, Conway's magical "alternative facts" present information that doesn't exist.
That's pretty mighty for a dictionary but given these are the same people that called 2016 "surreal," it's not totally unexpected. The dictionary also relayed the fears of a Trump presidency based on searches and kept its Twitter game strong during the debates and Election Day.
Twitter was impressed.
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