Merriam-Webster vs. Dictionary.com

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“I like my sugar with coffee and cream”
–Adrock
From “Intergalactic”

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If you zoom and enhance the image, you can see that there’s no optimism in the literature, either.

I think it’s a statement about how you can’t always get what you want.

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PEDANTIC DRIVE: ENGAGED

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We’ve always been at war with Roget.

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Me, I like my coffee with grappa.

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Urban Dictionary’s spokesperson, Mr. Ignatius M. Gay, has released the following comment regarding this war of words: “Face it…ur both dillweeds lol!”

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I thought this was going to be a thread about which authority is more popular, or accurate, or something like that. The reality is better!

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Between the two of them I would still bet on the Oxford English Dictionary. Don’t mess with a madman’s book.

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That is literally one of the few cases where being a dictionary pedant is appropriate.
Kudos!

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I thought “women in overly-long-sleeved sweaters with coffee” would be a thing like “women laughing with salad”. It’s not.

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right, until you know who took the plums you were saving for breakfast.

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those are some nice cream-colored sheets.

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I’ll have Stroh 80 in mine.

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Did they dance back!? Oh, no. It’s on.

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I’d like my Kory Stamper straight up, please.

And uh, by the way, Pemberly is misspelled. It’s Pemberley. Hello!

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Maybe that’s why the book is sitting on the bed unfinished and the coffee is undranked. Read the quote as a complaint about the service and it makes perfect sense.

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Maybe it’s a statement about how a woman can’t even enjoy a coffee and a book without being criticised for her choices?

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