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2025-06-26 21:04:53 [Shopping] Source: Openness Information Network

Sunday night's presidential debate,Jerome Deeds Archives the second overall debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump this election season, and the action unfurled in a fast and furious manner.

SEE ALSO: This dictionary Twitter account had the best lexicographical burns of the debate

And, lucky for America, Merriam-Webster and its lexicographers were, once again, live-tweeting the action and showing where the candidates and America were lacking in vocabulary skills.

Unfortunately, it was mostly America that needed fact-checking on words.

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Aleppo or "a lepo"?

For instance, it seems America had a Gary Johnson moment.

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"Demagogic" vs "Demogorgon"

Other answers were more straight-forward, such as when Hillary Clinton called Donald Trump "demagogic."

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But this is the Internet and the Internet had some fun.

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"I have the best words"

There was also the issue of Trump's words (he has said before he has the best ones). Thankfully, Merriam-Webster was there to clear up one point of confusion.

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Word soup

As the dust settled from the contentious debate, the list of spiking searches showed what viewers had on their mind the most -- and the words they needed to double-check.