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A person who takes it upon themselves to correct the grammar of not only their close friends but also causal acquaintances, often at the expense of disregarding surrounding circumstances.
Friend:
"Dude, where was you last night?!? I saw your girl at the club getting all up on some other dude. She totally left with him and his buddy, yelling something about a threesome."

Word Officer:
"Don't you mean, 'where were you last night?'?"

Friend:
"Dude, who are you? The Word Police??"
by Mike Larkin April 13, 2006
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A portmanteau of carpe diem, a Latin phrase that means “Seize the Day!” and DM, which stands for Direct Messages. This word means seizing the day via DMs.
Dude 1: Bro I just got Arnold Schwarzenegger’s number!
Dude 2: Carpe DM, bro, Carpe DM.
by LolWut098 December 30, 2020
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A person compelled to correct written or verbal word usage for political correctness
Hey man, she said you can't use that term because it "offensive".

"Scoffed again by the word police"
by pie r squared October 16, 2020
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