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minus-squareExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up36arrow-down2·2 months agoI’m too dumb to get this one…why is this funny?
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up104arrow-down1·2 months agoMerriam-Webster is literally the dictionary, and Brian is trying to correct them on what is and is not a word.
minus-squareExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up38arrow-down6·2 months agoYes that part I get, but I don’t get the reply from the Merriam Webster account and why that is funny
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up38·2 months agoTheir response is “Brian…”. Like “let me hold your hand whole I say this” It looks weird because they tagged him first
minus-squareBeMoreCareful@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoAh, that was a tag. I’m too unfamiliar with Twitter lol.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down1·2 months agoDude’s arguing with the dictionary.
minus-squareExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down21·2 months agoLike I already wrote in a different reply, that part I get, it’s the Merriam Webster response that doesn’t make sense to me.
minus-squareGeth@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down2·2 months agoSo you’ve learned today that you can just say someone’s name as an equivalent to an exasperated "bro… "
minus-squarejballs@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoI feel bad you’re getting down voted, because I was thinking the same thing. If the reply was just “Brian.” I suppose it would have made more sense to me. But since they tagged his full name first, it was throwing me off.
minus-squareConfused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoThe difference is you’re acknowledging it now that you get it. Other person is just being deliberately obtuse. The downvotes are entirely appropriate.
I’m too dumb to get this one…why is this funny?
Merriam-Webster is literally the dictionary, and Brian is trying to correct them on what is and is not a word.
Yes that part I get, but I don’t get the reply from the Merriam Webster account and why that is funny
Their response is “Brian…”. Like “let me hold your hand whole I say this”
It looks weird because they tagged him first
Ah, that was a tag. I’m too unfamiliar with Twitter lol.
Dude’s arguing with the dictionary.
Like I already wrote in a different reply, that part I get, it’s the Merriam Webster response that doesn’t make sense to me.
So you’ve learned today that you can just say someone’s name as an equivalent to an exasperated "bro… "
I feel bad you’re getting down voted, because I was thinking the same thing. If the reply was just “Brian.” I suppose it would have made more sense to me. But since they tagged his full name first, it was throwing me off.
The difference is you’re acknowledging it now that you get it. Other person is just being deliberately obtuse. The downvotes are entirely appropriate.