I'm sure President Trump expects to be trolled on Twitter, but he probably wasn't expecting it from Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary. On his Inauguration Day, they tweeted this:
According to their site, "Welp" is "a synonym of the interjection well, which is used to express surprise or signal the beginning of a comment or discussion ('Well, what have we here?' 'Well, you're never going to believe this, but...'). But welp has a sense of resignation and finality that well often doesn't have." Interesting that on the very day that Trump took office, the dictionary folks had a sense of resignation, huh?
Then, they added a new word, "snollygoster," which is "a shrewd and unprincipled person, especially an unprincipled politician.”
What a coincidence. Then, they turned their focus on the first woman to run a successful U.S. presidential campaign, Kellyanne Conway. She told the Washington Post that "she doesn’t consider herself a feminist 'in a classic sense' because the term is associated with being 'anti-male' and 'pro-abortion.'” This, of course, is a belief that many people have. However, on the same day Merriam-Webster tweeted out this:
Also the Washington Post reports that "In a now-viral tweet sent shortly after Conway's heated exchange with NBC's Chuck Todd on 'Meet the Press,' Merriam-Webster defined the word 'fact,' responding to a spike in searches following Conway's interview."
I guess the dictionary from this point forward will include definitions, synonyms, etymologies, and a hefty dose of snark.


