Talk about some literary shade! The Twitter accounts for Merriam-Webster and Dictionary.com got into a mildly aggressive tiff on Monday, April 11, and the Internet went wild in nerdy glee.
On Monday afternoon, Dictionary.com tweeted a soul-warming photo of a woman clasping a mug of coffee in her two hands while sitting atop a pile of pillows with an open book next to her.
Superimposed on the image was a quote by Pemberley by the Sea author Abigail Reynolds.
— Dictionary.com (@Dictionarycom) April 11, 2016
“I like my coffee with cream and my literature with optimism,” the quote reads.
A little over an hour later, the Merriam-Webster dictionary Twitter account took a friendly jab at Dictionary.com for its very obvious error.
“There’s no cream in that coffee,” the account sassed.
.@Dictionarycom There’s no cream in that coffee.
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) April 11, 2016
Twitter, naturally, immediately reacted.
. @MerriamWebster @Dictionarycom pic.twitter.com/6uMWYsipUg
— Kenan ?️? (@kenan917) April 11, 2016
.@MerriamWebster @Dictionarycom pic.twitter.com/qkqHvlV3bU
— I said miggs not hot (@miggiesmalls) April 11, 2016
RT @MerriamWebster: .@Dictionarycom There’s no cream in that coffee. #EbrojiMoments pic.twitter.com/TfXmLRVbF6
— charlie ✊? wright (@ch) April 12, 2016
https://twitter.com/RuthieFri/status/719885669808545793
https://twitter.com/19amish/status/720361484094603264
Instead of engaging in a days-long back-and-forth a la some of Hollywood’s elite, however, Dictionary.com opted to take the high road in two tweets, effectively putting an end to the calmest Twitter beef ever.
“@MerriamWebster Abigail Reynolds wrote variations of Jane Austen novels. So, this image is a variation of her quote,” Dictionary.com tweeted, along with a gif of Neil Patrick Harris in How I Met Your Mother. “#YourAreAbsolutelyRight ;)”
Case closed.
