Viral Video Adds New Light To "Volunteer"

Dictionary maker Merriam-Webster is  trolling United Airlines over a viral video of a passenger being  forcibly removed from a flight.  

Merriam-Webster said lookups for the  word "volunteer" jumped 19-hundred percent after United explained the  incident by saying that the passenger was removed after the crew "looked  for volunteers" on an overbooked flight.  

The video that went viral  shows police literally dragging the screaming passenger off the plane at  Chicago's O'Hare Airport.  Merriam-Webster noted both on Twitter and  its website that a "volunteer" is defined as "someone who does something  without being forced to do it." 


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