Merriam-Webster's Dictionary mocked President Trump Donald John TrumpFederal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept. Former Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick MORE on Friday after Trump incorrectly referred to an apostrophe as a hyphen in a tweet.

Following Trump's tweet earlier in the day aimed at House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff Adam Bennett SchiffSchiff to subpoena top DHS official, alleges whistleblower deposition is being stonewalled Schiff claims DHS is blocking whistleblower's access to records before testimony GOP lawmakers distance themselves from Trump comments on transfer of power MORE (D-Calif.), the dictionary tweeted out definitions of both punctuation marks.

"For those looking up punctuation early on a Friday morning," the dictionary tweeted. "A hyphen is a mark - used to divide or to compound words. An apostrophe is a mark ' used to indicate the omission of letters or figures."

For those looking up punctuation early on a Friday morning:



A hyphen is a mark - used to divide or to compound words.

An apostrophe is a mark ' used to indicate the omission of letters or figures. — Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) September 27, 2019

Trump argued in an early morning tweet Friday that the news media changed the meaning of his tweet by removing the apostrophe from his nickname for Schiff, thereby making it look as if he had misspelled the word "little" in his tweet.

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The president unleashed a wave of furious tweets early Friday aimed at Democrats, including Schiff, in the House who this week announced an official impeachment inquiry into the president over his contacts with the president of Ukraine.

Democrats have accused Trump of using his office to pressure Ukraine's president to launch an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden Joe BidenFormer Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick Bloomberg rolls out M ad buy to boost Biden in Florida MORE, a top 2020 candidate.