Even Merriam-Webster Is Making Fun Of Trump’s Misspelled Tweets

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at the University of Iowa Field House, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016 in Iowa City, Iowa. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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After Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump tweeted and deleted a number of egregious spelling errors on Friday, the makers one of the most widely used English language dictionaries jokingly gave him some benefit of the doubt.

Merriam-Webster tweeted that one of Trump’s misspellings – “honer” instead of honor – is indeed a real word in their dictionary. But for “chocker,” Trump’s take on the word “choker,” the brand only linked to its entry for “nope.”

There was also no such luck for “leightweight,” a fake word Trump used to describe Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) after Thursday night’s presidential debate.

Trump went on a tear during the debate, hurling a laundry list of insults at his opponents. There was no word on whether they were spelled correctly in his head.

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  1. Being mocked by a dictionary really says it all.

  2. Avatar for ohboy ohboy says:

    In order to make an article making fun of his misspelled tweets, you have to print his tweets in your article.

  3. Avatar for mantan mantan says:

    bitch·y
    ˈbiCHē/
    informal
    adjective
    adjective: bitchy; comparative adjective: bitchier; superlative adjective: bitchiest

    (of a person's comments or behavior) malicious or unpleasant.
    "bitchy remarks"
  4. As a UPenn alum, I will simply point out the Trump was a transfer student…

    (and apologies all around for any hint of snobbery!)

  5. You had me at “mocked by a dic”

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