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Madeleine Albright Out-Burns Conan O’Brien on Twitter

Madeleine Albright Out-Burns Conan O’Brien on Twitter

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Conan O'brien wearing a muscle suit and Madeline Albright speaking at the 8th Annual Clinton Global Citizen Awards(2) Getty Images

October 23, 2014 7:28 PM EDT

It started as a joke, but we’re hoping it could lead to a full-on Twitter war for the ages. Conan O’Brien tweeted his Halloween costume idea on Thursday:

I picked out my Halloween costume. I’m going as “Slutty Madeleine Albright.”
— Conan O'Brien (@ConanOBrien) October 23, 2014

The image of the red-headed comedian dressed up as the first female Secretary of State was funny enough, but then Albright hit back at O’Brien saying that she, too, was mulling a celebrity costume:

.@ConanOBrien I'm considering going as hunky Conan O'Brien - but that might be too far fetched.
— Madeleine Albright (@madeleine) October 23, 2014

Albright 1, O’Brien 0.

And it looks like this social media brawl may expand, as Conan implied:

.@Madeleine YES - My first twitter war with a former Secretary of State! You're next, George P. Shultz!
— Conan O'Brien (@ConanOBrien) October 23, 2014

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Write to Eliana Dockterman at eliana.dockterman@time.com