Community Notes corrects Merriam-Webster, which claps back: "We are the dictionary."
DevDminGod · x · 2026-10-17
A Community Note fact-checked Merriam-Webster's snarky reply to a user, explaining that the dictionary's etymology follows established linguistic scholarship: "goodbye" is an alteration of "God be with you," and the "good" in greetings has separate origins unrelated to "God." Merriam-Webster then responded with a succinct "We are the dictionary," earning 35K likes. The exchange went viral as a "fire response" moment.