Merriam-Webster has a Twitter account and likes to troll people online, apparently. The account drove politically correct scolds mad, for example, when it tweeted the following:
In some quarters, namely on university campuses across the country, this sort of careless wordplay is frowned upon. Describing another person as “crazy” or “mad” is a microaggression and an insult to the mentally ill.
A Slate editor decided to express his feelings on Twitter, but that was a mistake.
Merriam-Webster was having none of it, and responded with a savage burn.
Merriam-Webster does not give one solitary sh*t about your feelings.
TAKE THE POLL