The Twitter account for Dictionary.com on Sunday mocked Stephen Bannon for the way he defended President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE’s manner of speaking.

The former White House chief strategist said in an interview with ABC's "This Week" that he does not believe that Trump has frequently lied.

"He says things that are not true all the time," host Jonathan Karl said to Bannon, referring to Trump.

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"I don't believe that," Bannon responded. “I think he speaks in a particular vernacular that connects the people in this country."

But Dictionary.com hit back over the former Breitbart News chairman's use of the word "vernacular."

“Vernacular means ‘expressed or written in the native language of a place,’ ” the online dictionary wrote on Twitter. “It is not a synonym for telling the truth.”

Vernacular means "expressed or written in the native language of a place." It is not a synonym for telling the truth. https://t.co/5vg53Ga3or https://t.co/u8tQ0L1Vik — Dictionary.com (@Dictionarycom) June 17, 2018

Bannon said on “This Week” that accusing Trump of lying is “another thing to demonize him.”

Trump has been criticized for repeatedly making false or misleading statements. Last month, CNN used gumballs to represent the 3,001 false statements that an analysis said Trump had made since taking office.