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Neil deGrasse Tyson holds no thoughts back on Twitter, and Merriam-Webster has had enough.
On Thursday, the astrophysicist decided to tweet a complaint about about the word “awesome,” which he is clearly sick of and believes is overused by today’s youth.
Merriam-Webster, master of language and throwing shade, was promptly alerted of the tweet, and responded the only way fit.
“In my day, the word ‘Awesome’ was reserved for things like curing Polio and walking on the Moon, not for food or TV shows,” Tyson tweeted, and UGH, dude, could you be slightly less of a grumpy old man nerd, please? Read more…
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