What’s a good definition for ill-advised tweets? Dictionary.com might fit the bill.
In response to a Washington Post story about Mike Pence’s praise of Donald Trump:
Analysis: In Cabinet meeting, Pence praises Trump once every 12 seconds for three minutes straight https://t.co/xbz7cPPTaz
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 20, 2017
Dictionary.com came up with this bit of cleverness:
There's a word for a person who would praise someone every 12 seconds. https://t.co/FlY8TY3fJa#VP #Pence https://t.co/4KMEkV496m
— Dictionary.com (@Dictionarycom) December 21, 2017
Really, guys?
NOTE: Tweet does not apply to the years 2009-2016 https://t.co/wqDXVznMVA
— ?It's?Almost ⛄️Christmas? (@jtLOL) December 21, 2017
No, of course not.
They watched how the DC press corps treated Obama for 8 years but waited until now to pull this out? https://t.co/ydXFldGnv2
— Doug Powers (@ThePowersThatBe) December 21, 2017
But this particular tweet was just one of many:
We're so excited to announce that the Word of the Year is covfefe!
JUST KIDDING! But it is complicit. https://t.co/duT1xbaA5D#Complicit #WordOftheYear #ScaredYouDidntWe pic.twitter.com/P8fIL5LKOk
— Dictionary.com (@Dictionarycom) November 27, 2017
Some ways to describe the fantasy world Savannah Guthrie says #PaulRyan is living in: delusion, illusion, and nightmare. https://t.co/Ygzzb0PL6G https://t.co/TAP6jQpsUq
— Dictionary.com (@Dictionarycom) December 20, 2017
Popular is an adjective. It means regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general. #Trump #TaxPlan #POTUShttps://t.co/9fjrkJMOus https://t.co/DSoBi7yMKm
— Dictionary.com (@Dictionarycom) December 21, 2017
Recommended
#FakeNews: Disinformation that is disseminated.
Also Fake News: The thing that brought #Trump & #Corker together at last.https://t.co/IiWnruM6zu https://t.co/mWqzju4Fe9
— Dictionary.com (@Dictionarycom) December 21, 2017
Yawn.
What's the word for when an entity should not be political, but insists on interjecting itself into partisan issues to get clicks?
— Mo (@MartitaO) December 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/michi83/status/943952575761657856
https://twitter.com/JustEric/status/943920546135334913
Is the dictionary not even sacred anymore?
https://twitter.com/colonel_potter/status/943920179590959104
https://twitter.com/LauraTSolis/status/943944603673260032
https://twitter.com/NellieMackie/status/943923540302155777
Why get political? No longer using https://t.co/YuFP87G7EL #helloirrelevance
— Dan Foss (@dankefoss) December 21, 2017
Remind me not to use your website ever…oh, you just did…
— Random Guy (@rmasters78) December 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/nealdcarpenter/status/943920602217410560
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with an additional tweet.
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