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There's no such thing as the "White House Council,Watch Vidocq Online" but that didn't stop Donald Trump from a morning tweet naming the nonexistent group.

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The president eventually deleted the tweet and replaced it a few hours later with the proper spelling of the homophone — so "council" became "counsel": Don McGahn is White House Counsel.

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The ever sassy online presence of Merriam-Webster took the president's mistake as a teachable moment. The social media team for the dictionary broke down the meanings of the two words, with emoji, showing how Trump's tweet about former acting Attorney General Sally Yates made more sense if she was talking to a singular legal advisor.

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A quick online search brings up the Wikipedia page for White House Counsel. No WH Council page exists — yet. A parody page is sure to pop up soon, which will only confuse Trump more the next time these words come up again.

The people at Merriam-Webster weren't the only ones to notice the mistake. Plenty of others tweeted about it immediately, and some even commiserated.

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