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    Merriam-Webster‏Verified account @MerriamWebster 11 May 2017

    Yeah, we enter it.https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laugh%20up%20one's%20sleeve …

    1:43 PM - 11 May 2017
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      1. SeamstressFF  🌊‏ @SeamstressFF 11 May 2017
        Replying to @MerriamWebster

        You rock. You might want to do a post on "schadenfreude" next.

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      1. MelanieK‏ @makriese 11 May 2017
        Replying to @MerriamWebster

        Your social media team deserves a raise!

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      1. Kimberly Savino‏ @KimSavinoJoyce 11 May 2017
        Replying to @MerriamWebster

        Who thought I'd laugh so hard at a dictionary Twitter?

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      1. impeachment is imperative‏ @judihayes 11 May 2017
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        Does it sound better in the original Russian?

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      2. Gabrielle‏ @GabiSchel 11 May 2017
        Replying to @MerriamWebster

        So this exists?!?! :(

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      3. Lawrence D  ❄‏ @AngryPaperboy 11 May 2017
        Replying to @GabiSchel @MerriamWebster

        Yes, bummer. He got one right

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      4. Shelly Homesteals‏ @MidwifeKrysis 11 May 2017
        Replying to @AngryPaperboy @GabiSchel @MerriamWebster

        I believe they entered it in

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      1. FreeBeer isn’t Free‏ @kaatskillz 11 May 2017
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        Marry me?

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      1. Andrew Chou, CFP‏ @AndrewBChou 12 May 2017
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        Making dictionary sexy again. One tweet at a time.

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      1. Kate‏ @ktrsBklyn 11 May 2017
        Replying to @MerriamWebster

        Can a country have or wear sleeves, tho?

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      1. Sherry‏ @stemeakabrunson 11 May 2017
        Replying to @MerriamWebster

        See this is why I have to stop following you guys! Have me wasting $$ spitting out my drink I just bought! 😂😂

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      2. I'm Suzi Poppins, y'all!‏ @SoozleMcDoozle 11 May 2017
        Replying to @MerriamWebster

        Move over, http://Dictionary.com . I have a new wordy love.

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      3. Reluctant NewsJunkie‏ @13BeckyBlack 11 May 2017
        Replying to @SoozleMcDoozle @MerriamWebster

        had me as soon as I joined Twitter. Bright spot in my day.

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      1. KL‏ @KLadig 11 May 2017
        Replying to @MerriamWebster @Lee_in_Iowa

        Trump calls dibs on inventing it.

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      1. susie helton‏ @susie_helton 11 May 2017
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        You Merriam-Webster are my idol ❤

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      1. Czikimonkey‏ @Czikimonki 11 May 2017
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        I love you.

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