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kpete

(71,986 posts) Wed Sep 25, 2019, 10:53 AM Sep 2019

MerriamWebster

'Transcript': 🎙 a typed copy of dictated or recorded material

'Memorandum': 📝 an informal report or message

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MerriamWebster (Original Post) kpete Sep 2019 OP

I love the way Merriam Webster trolls him consistently. dewsgirl Sep 2019 #1

But, but--- Trump knows all the best words! nt Atticus Sep 2019 #2

But, but--- Trump knows all the best words! nt Atticus Sep 2019 #3

Pro Tip: Merriam-Webster didn't post this for Trump's edification gratuitous Sep 2019 #4

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)

1. I love the way Merriam Webster trolls him consistently.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Wed Sep 25, 2019, 11:19 AM

Sep 2019

Atticus

(15,124 posts)

2. But, but--- Trump knows all the best words! nt

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Wed Sep 25, 2019, 11:37 AM

Sep 2019

Atticus

(15,124 posts)

3. But, but--- Trump knows all the best words! nt

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Wed Sep 25, 2019, 11:38 AM

Sep 2019

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

4. Pro Tip: Merriam-Webster didn't post this for Trump's edification

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Wed Sep 25, 2019, 11:39 AM

Sep 2019

Please, oh ink-stained wretches of the Fourth Estate, use the right word for that gobbledy-gook paper the White House released. You should know the difference between a transcript and a memorandum. Use the right word, please.

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