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Posted: 2016-02-26T17:26:15Z | Updated: 2016-02-26T17:41:44Z

Even the dictionary is ganging up on Republican hopeful Donald Trump .

Following his poor performance in Thursday's GOP debate, the business mogul sent out a string of garbled tweets attacking his rivals on Friday morning.

He called Florida Sen. Marco Rubio a "Leightweight chocker [sic]" twice, and wrote that it was a "Great honer! [sic]" that so many polls showed him winning the debate.

That's when the venerable dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster decided to get in on the fun.

honer: one that hones (https://t.co/76PlKG8PA6)
leightweight: We have no. idea.
chocker: https://t.co/geeDMqiS4D https://t.co/2km86hZAVQ

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honer: one that hones (https://t.co/76PlKG8PA6 )
leightweight: We have no. idea.
chocker: https://t.co/geeDMqiS4D https://t.co/2km86hZAVQ

Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) February 26, 2016

After a few hours, Trump realized he'd misspelled some of his insults and deleted them.

But not before the transparency-focused Sunlight Foundation's "Politwoops " service, which archives deleted tweets, saved them for posterity.

The screengrabbed tweets can be seen below: