[Ads-l] Twitter exchange: Merriam Webster vs Slate

[MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY RDECOM AMRDEC (US)]

An interaction between co-workers about 30 years ago:

Dan:  Don't get mad, Steve.
Steve:  Oh, I'm not mad.  If I was mad, you'd be holding your nuts.

> 
> This particular mental aberration (less common today than formerly) can be traced to a  deep, unconscious love for whoever first urged the
> sufferer never to say "mad" when they mean "angry"; in many cases it was accompanied by an injunction that only birdbrains do so.
> 
> Such sufferers wish to appear quietly superior. They do not wish to be perceived as birdbrains.
> 
> Ironically.
> 
> JL
> 
> On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 1:57 AM, ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com
> > wrote:
> 
> > BuzzFeed posted an article about a sharp exchange on twitter between
> > an editor at Slate and the official Merriam Webster twitter account.
> > Further below are the germane tweets.
> >
> > Website: BuzzFeed News
> > Timestamp: Sept. 7, 2016, at 3:04 p.m.
> > Article: People Can’t Get Over The Dictionary’s — Yes, The
> > Dictionary’s — Savage Clapback
> > Author: Tasneem Nashrulla (BuzzFeed News Reporter)
> >
> > http://bzfd.it/2cCGf0f
> >
> > [Begin tweets]
> > Merriam-Webster ‏@MerriamWebster Sep 6 It's fine to use mad to mean
> > "angry"—even if doing so makes some people mad.
> >
> > Gabriel Roth ‏@gabrielroth Sep 6
> > I feel like @MerriamWebster is turning into the “chill” parent who
> > lets your friends come over and get high
> >
> > Gabriel Roth ‏@gabrielroth Sep 6
> > It’s great at first, it’s nice to have friends and a place to get
> > high, but something about it starts to feel wrong
> >
> > Gabriel Roth ‏@gabrielroth Sep 6
> > If no one’s making rules for us, it means we’re responsible for our
> > own decisions, and we feel kind of ambivalent about that tbqh
> > 325 retweets 513 likes
> >
> > Merriam-Webster ‏@MerriamWebster Sep 7 @gabrielroth No one cares how
> > you feel.
> > 14,909 retweets  26,059 likes
> >
> > Ziwe ‏@ziwe Sep 7
> > @MerriamWebster @gabrielroth this is an iconic drag [End tweets]
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