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    Merriam-Webster‏Verified account @MerriamWebster 11 May 2017

    📈Lookups for 'showboat' are up 631,566%.https://www.merriam-webster.com/news-trend-watch/trump-comey-is-a-showboat-20170511 …

    12:52 PM - 11 May 2017
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    26 replies 226 retweets 627 likes
      1. Charlotte C  ❄️‏ @obvnotacomedian 11 May 2017
        Replying to @MerriamWebster

        When I was a kid, I never dreamed there would be a day when I could call a dictionary "sassy," but here we are.

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      1. Michael Ashton‏ @Farkenbarger 11 May 2017
        Replying to @MerriamWebster

        This is what @POTUS does ShowBoat!Look at me,ain't I great."How do you think I am, I'm President!"Look at his speech at the Easter Egg Roll

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      1. Katie Walsh‏ @katie4walsh 11 May 2017
        Replying to @MerriamWebster

        You guys must be having a blast

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      1. It'sNancyOrNada‏ @VALMomOf3 11 May 2017
        Replying to @MerriamWebster @GottaLaff

        People are so dumb that they had to actually look up what a showboat is? Good Lord.

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      2. Laffy‏ @GottaLaff 11 May 2017
        Replying to @VALMomOf3 @MerriamWebster

        Ha!

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      1. Jake Guttormsson‏ @jakeguttormsson 11 May 2017
        Replying to @MerriamWebster

        Boy, this Comey firing is really stirring up some great vocabulary words!

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      1. Rockatte  🌹‏ @rockatte 11 May 2017
        Replying to @MerriamWebster

        🎶"Old man river...that old man river...🎶

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      1. Michele Kuperus‏ @mikup941 11 May 2017
        Replying to @MerriamWebster

        Who's the Captain Now?

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      1. T.P. Ottawa‏ @Hope4OCT 11 May 2017
        Replying to @MerriamWebster

        Because Donald Trump cannot help himself. That comment is probably one of the few truthful things he has said. He hates sharing limelight

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      1. #FREEDOM‏ @gmachrisc 11 May 2017
        Replying to @MerriamWebster @Davidlaz

        J.C.! #Trump #, U say the most absurd things. There's no1 in the world as bigly a SHOWBOAT & GRANDSTAND than U! Comey made errs but u r ASS

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      1. Dorothy Domingo‏ @clayartist2 11 May 2017
        Replying to @MerriamWebster

        Now I have "Old Man River" stuck in my head. Thanks!

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      1.  ✨mizlisa19 ✨‏ @mizlisa19 11 May 2017
        Replying to @MerriamWebster

        Please mail that nimrod a copy

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      1. Guessikarra 1.5b‏ @Nexykat 11 May 2017
        Replying to @MerriamWebster

        *chuckles* (see next tweet)

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      1. Ron Jenkins‏ @RonAJenkins 12 May 2017
        Replying to @MerriamWebster

        Nautical meets political meets lexicographical meets statistical.

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      1. megan mckee‏ @mckeeDESIGN 12 May 2017
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        megan mckee Retweeted Merriam-Webster

        trolling Trump gets more fun by the second.https://twitter.com/MerriamWebster/status/862757209670901760 …

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        Merriam-WebsterVerified account @MerriamWebster
        📈Lookups for 'showboat' are up 631,566%. https://www.merriam-webster.com/news-trend-watch/trump-comey-is-a-showboat-20170511 …
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      1. Cadmandu‏ @Cadmandu 11 May 2017
        Replying to @MerriamWebster

        631,566% ? Is that a new record?

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      1. Stranded in KY‏ @StrandedinKy 11 May 2017
        Replying to @MerriamWebster

        This is not good for society when people must look up showboat.

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      2. MC Pastoret‏ @brittyknows 12 May 2017
        Replying to @StrandedinKy @MerriamWebster

        Curious, smart people look up words they know very well for all sorts of reasons. For more on this, read "Word by Word," by @KoryStamper .

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      1. Melanie Lavelle‏ @Mglavelle 11 May 2017
        Replying to @MerriamWebster @danahull

        😂

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