--- description: Merriam-Webster said it regretted entering the storm of confusion sparked by President Donald Trump's late-night "convfefe" tweet title: Merriam-Webster Couldn’t Even Deal With President Trump’s ‘Covfefe’ Tweet image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt581eb7b39dd17d57/6988cf80bc6cfcee6c3e198d/donald-trump7.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Donald Trump](/tag/donald-trump/) ## Donald Trump Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Merriam-Webster Couldn’t Even Deal With President Trump’s ‘Covfefe’ Tweet  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 31, 2017 12:36 PM CUT  President Trump speaks at a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day, May 29, 2017 in Arlington, VA. President Trump speaks at a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day, May 29, 2017 in Arlington, VA.Olivier Douliery—Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 31, 2017 12:36 PM CUT [Merriam-Webster](http://motto.time.com/4729330/merriam-webster-social-media-team-donald-trump/ "undefined") on Wednesday regretted entering the storm of confusion sparked by [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4799145/donald-trump-covfefe-meme/ "undefined")‘s late-night “convfefe” tweet. The dictionary company, which has [developed a reputation](http://time.com/4774687/merriam-webster-dictionary-politics-donald-trump-hillary-clinton/ "undefined") for political snark on social media, said it regretted checking Twitter and discovering what people were looking up in the dictionary after Trump’s apparent typo. “Despite the constant negative press covfefe,” Trump wrote in a tweet shortly after midnight on Wednesday, leaving the internet hanging. Hours later, he deleted the tweet and challenged his followers to [figure out its true meaning](http://time.com/4799145/donald-trump-covfefe-meme/?xid=homepage "undefined"). “Who can figure out the true meaning of “covfefe” ??? Enjoy!” he wrote. But even Merriam-Webster might not be up to the task. > [](https://twitter.com/MerriamWebster/status/869782666572443648) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4799171/merriam-webster-donald-trump-covfefe/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4799171/merriam-webster-donald-trump-covfefe/"},"headline":"Merriam-Webster Couldn’t Even Deal With President Trump’s ‘Covfefe’ Tweet","datePublished":"2017-05-31T12:36:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T05:10:59.171Z","description":"\"Regrets checking Twitter. Goes back to bed.\"","url":"https://time.com/4799171/merriam-webster-donald-trump-covfefe/","keywords":["Donald Trump","Social Media","White House","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt581eb7b39dd17d57/6988cf80bc6cfcee6c3e198d/donald-trump7.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt581eb7b39dd17d57/6988cf80bc6cfcee6c3e198d/donald-trump7.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Memorial Day Is Commemorated At Arlington National Cemetery","caption":"Memorial Day Is Commemorated At Arlington National Cemetery","creditText":"Olivier Douliery—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4799171/merriam-webster-donald-trump-covfefe/","name":"Merriam-Webster Couldn’t Even Deal With President Trump’s ‘Covfefe’ Tweet"}}]}] ```