In the past year, the Merriam-Webster Dictionary Twitter feed has grown exponentially, grabbing users with its quizzes and hints of sarcasm in a way no one thought a dictionary could do.
Now with 428,000 followers (okay, it's nothing compared to Bieber or Bernie Sanders, but how many do you have?), the feed has dived into blending language and definitions with popular news stories of the day. It's even been nominated for a Webby Award for best social media writing, alongside Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and Barack Obama's playlist on Spotify.
Last week, Merriam-Webster's Twitter lent a hand to Ivanka Trump after she said she didn't know what 'complicit' meant, and this week it's the United Airlines story that's swept the nation:
📈'Volunteer' means “someone who does something without being forced to do it.” https://t.co/qNAcMyplhZ— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) April 11, 2017
Ooooh, zing! You know United has it bad when even dictionaries think they can muscle up and take a few shots at you.
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