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# Merriam-Webster Just Schooled This Dinosaur in an Ill-Advised Twitter Feud

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by 

[Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/)


## Ashley Hoffman


Jun 13, 2017 3:38 PM UTC

by 

[Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/)


## Ashley Hoffman


Jun 13, 2017 3:38 PM UTC

[Merriam Webster](http://time.com/4774687/merriam-webster-dictionary-politics-donald-trump-hillary-clinton/) has carved out a distinct niche on social media as a swift [political commentator](http://time.com/4743660/donald-trump-dictionary-words-poll-merriam-webster/) on Twitter. It’s latest target, however, was not a politician, but an extinct animal.

The animal in question, SUE the T.rex, is part of an exhibit at Chicago’s Field Museum. The short-lived Twitter battle began Monday, when the dinosaur’s publicity account posed a poll to the Internet: what type of fresh dinosaur content would followers like the account to post? Out of all the possible poll responses, “Random feuds” edged out “Velociraptor hatin'” as the winner.

> [](https://twitter.com/SUEtheTrex/status/874089686796562432)

And so it was on. The social media team behind the Tyrannosaurus handle selected a target: Merriam Webster.

The dictionary? Yes, the dictionary. The account, which rolls deep with 526,000 followers, boasts a [witty sense of humor](http://motto.time.com/4729330/merriam-webster-social-media-team-donald-trump/) and has the ability to make headlines on the daily with a single well-timed tweet.

The world’s largest dinosaur, the T. Rex is a fearsome, meat-eating creature with nearly 26,000 followers to its name. But it was still no match for the social media team at Merriam Webster.

> [](https://twitter.com/SUEtheTrex/status/874242192906358786)


Suffice it to say that the dinosaur promptly got owned when Merriam Webster clapped back with the facts about the proportion of the Rex’s arms.

> [](https://twitter.com/MerriamWebster/status/874337759372210177)

The internet was quick to react as the two accounts went tweet to tweet.

> [](https://twitter.com/Jessica%5Fin%5FIowa/status/874342822903779328)

> [](https://twitter.com/DrJoeHanson/status/874372273393807365)


> [](https://twitter.com/SUEtheTrex/status/874359133721513985)

> [](https://twitter.com/AstronomerEric/status/874409263719960582)

The museum retweeted one user’s observation that, in fairness, it was a dictionary’s game.

> [](https://twitter.com/AggleDetector/status/874362888613486597)


And made up for its public loss with a joke.

> [](https://twitter.com/SUEtheTrex/status/874601078133805056)

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