Mary Bowerman

USA TODAY Network

Searches for the definition of “fact” spiked on Merriam-Webster Sunday after counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway said, “alternative facts” were used to assess the size of Trump's inauguration.

“Fact is a piece of information presented as having objective reality,” Merriam-Webster tweeted Sunday night with a link to information on the spike in searches following Conway’s use of “alternative facts.”

On Sunday, Conway told NBC's Meet the Press that press secretary Sean Spicer used “alternative facts” when he said that “this was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period.”

During the interview, Meet the Press host Chuck Todd shot back at Conway, saying "Alternative facts are not facts. They are falsehoods."

Trump aide Conway: Spokesman Spicer used 'alternative facts'

As expected, people on social media went buck wild after Merriam-Webster reminded Conway the definition of fact.

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