Merriam-Webster ✓
@MerriamWebster · Springfield, MA · joined 15 Dec 2009
noun | a reference source containing words alphabetically arranged along with information about their forms, pronunciations, functions, and etymologies
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Remember, ‘fewer’ is generally used when you’re talking about a smaller number of things that can be counted.
Use ‘more’ when you want to indicate a larger number.
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The #WordOfTheDay is ‘pundit.’
https://t.co/SQ3Yc3PboS https://t.co/MBL2V409Fq
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'Geezer' is probably an alteration of Scots 'guiser,' which means "one in disguise."
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‘Venn diagram’ was named after English logician John Venn (1834-1923).
The first known use of ‘Venn diagram’ was in 1918.
Therefore: https://t.co/cZCxnjLWoB
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The #WordOfTheDay is ‘compendious.’
https://t.co/pYs5I8eZrP https://t.co/zW97M2mRQY
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Fascinating that german "kaiser", russian "tsar" and british "geezer" all stem from the same word
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FWIW, it's totally acceptable to bring an iced coffee to the Merriam-Webster Citation archive. https://t.co/ce0mWNeu1E
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Just spelled ‘conscientious’ correctly on the first try. https://t.co/Whl3RazMOR
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‘Doll’ probably comes from a nickname for ‘Dorothy.’
For those asking, our American Girl Doll is Molly.
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'Alarm’ was originally a call to arms.
The Italian phrase ‘all’arme!’ means literally “to arms” or “to your weapons.”
We'd still probably hit 'snooze.'
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did you know that OREO spelled backwards is OREO???
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oar = 🛶
or = ⚖️
ore = 🪨
o’er = 🎭➡️
Orr = 🏒🐻
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Ok, who has the most mortifying typo in an email/text?
Please show your work.
Top 3 get an M-W Sweatshirt.
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The #WordOfTheDay is ‘elegiac.’
https://t.co/G7JuEXxpb7 https://t.co/cQhdiZoPFd
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'O’clock’ is a contraction of "of the clock."
‘Clock’ comes from the Medieval Latin ‘clocca,’ which meant “bell.”
Church towers would ring bells to mark the passing hours.
‘Cloak’ also comes from ‘clocca’ as the garment takes a bell-like shape around the body.
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it is so funny that “o’clock” is like, the official name for that concept
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The #WordOfTheDay is ‘aggrandize.’
https://t.co/uM3Sz7GXGR https://t.co/rw6Q4vv6LS
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These are your words of the week
parallax
saccharide
anthropic
oligarch
mastodon
fanfaron
https://t.co/nqkDSrOess
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Some say that ‘latter’ should only be used in a series of 2, insisting that ‘last’ is more appropriate for a series of 3 or more.
FWIW, our evidence shows that ‘latter’ is used to refer to the last in a series regardless of number.
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The #WordOfTheDay is ‘churlish.’
https://t.co/TEIzWCqNbn https://t.co/KES0XyGmwW
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@MerriamWebster I do not think fewer of her.
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@MerriamWebster I consider it apt to replace the "but" in the sentence with "because".
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She's a 10, but she corrects people's grammar.
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Sailors used to throw logs overboard, attached to lines with knots tied at regular intervals.
The # of knots that passed through a sailor’s hands within a given amt. of time helped determine the ship’s speed.
Now, 1 knot = 1 nautical mph.
🧵⬇️
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Got unmatched after this... time to call it a day on Hinge I think. https://t.co/etTkKoJRT2
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Against accounts of the same size
71 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 1M–10M follower range. shown far beyond its own audience, and the audience reacts.
Median views40 711this account14 648median for 1M–10M
Reach, %3.47%this account0.74%median for 1M–10M
Engagement, %3.99%this account0.70%median for 1M–10M
| Metric | This account | Median for 1M–10M | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median views per post | 40 711 | 14 648 | 2.78× |
| Reach (views ÷ followers) | 3.47% | 0.74% | 4.69× |
| Engagement rate | 3.99% | 0.70% | 5.72× |
Others in this range → Compare with another account → How these benchmarks are built →
Growth & engagement
How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.
Views per post
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196.3K22 Sep
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Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.
Engagement rate per post
6.04%21 Sep
0.29%
7.80%
2.04%
7.03%22 Sep
2.08%
4.70%
3.89%
4.83%
3.96%23 Sep
6.34%
1.72%
5.04%24 Sep
1.48%
Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 1M–10M accounts is 0.70%.
What the audience does
Likes92.9%295 928 in total
Reposts3.0%9 685 in total
Replies0.9%2 967 in total
Quotes0.5%1 738 in total
Bookmarks2.6%8 376 in total
Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.
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Daily snapshots since 21 Sep 2026; the dashed line is the starting count.
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