Dictionary trolls Conway by defining the word ‘fact’

The Merriam-Webster dictionary trolled White House adviser Kellyanne Conway on Sunday by providing its definition of the word “fact.”

“A fact is a piece of information presented as having objective reality,” it said in a tweet.

A fact is a piece of information presented as having objective reality. https://t.co/gCKRZZm23c

— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) January 22, 2017

{mosads}The dictionary noted on its website that searches for the word “fact” spiked after Conway’s Sunday morning use of the phrase “alternative facts” during an interview NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

“You’re saying it’s a falsehood. And they’re giving, Sean Spicer, our press secretary, gave alternative facts to that,” Conway told Chuck Todd, referencing the White House’s claim about crowd sizes at President Donald Trump’s inauguration.

Todd pushed back against Conway’s use of the phrase.

“Look, alternative facts are not facts,” he said. “They’re falsehoods.”