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Cambridge dictionary drops new definition of the word ‘woman’

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Coconutmeg · 13/12/2022 06:56

It’s quite long to get in a t -shirt though.

Cambridge dictionary drops new definition of the word ‘woman’
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Ericaequites · 13/12/2022 07:58

What else would you expect from Cambridge when they can’t even list the cases for a Latin noun logically?

howmanybicycles · 13/12/2022 07:57

minimarshmallowsmore · 13/12/2022 07:55

It's a dictionary. It aims to reflect how language is used. People do use the word "woman" in that way. So they put it in the dictionary.

Only a tiny minority use it in that way

minimarshmallowsmore · 13/12/2022 07:55

It's a dictionary. It aims to reflect how language is used. People do use the word "woman" in that way. So they put it in the dictionary.

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Coconutmeg · 13/12/2022 07:43

picklemewalnuts · 13/12/2022 07:41

Come now, OP! Words have meanings Wink

Ah the ambiguity of all these words!! Grin

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BCBird · 13/12/2022 07:42

Ffs. I want out of this shit show😫 I can't and don't want to keep up. 🙈it such a minefield. I hope work dont ask us to say what pronoun we prefer

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Coconutmeg · 13/12/2022 07:42

I really shouldn’t have said ‘drop’

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picklemewalnuts · 13/12/2022 07:41

Come now, OP! Words have meanings Wink

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Coconutmeg · 13/12/2022 07:40

hallouminatus · 13/12/2022 07:24

Is there a new definition of "drop"?

Doh of course. That is open to misinterpretation. I mean as in ‘put out’ online (like Netflix or drop box)

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ExiledElsie · 13/12/2022 07:39

hallouminatus · 13/12/2022 07:24

Is there a new definition of "drop"?

I misunderstood as well, I initially thought it meant they had ditched a new definition.

Tontostitis · 13/12/2022 07:39

Disgusting

Jkrforever · 13/12/2022 07:39

I had thought the OP meant they had removed it, not added it.

what a joke.

Frapped · 13/12/2022 07:37

The modern use of 'drops' in this situation proves why language is so important!

cosmiccosmos · 13/12/2022 07:35

Bloody ridiculous but at least they have done the same to the definition of man.

howmanybicycles · 13/12/2022 07:33

So most of us are now 'people formerly known as women' and not woman because most cunty types don't identify as women?

TeenDivided · 13/12/2022 07:32

By drops you mean 'provides' as in 'drops in' as opposed to the more commonly understood 'leaves out' or 'no longer uses?'

Helleofabore · 13/12/2022 07:25

Fuckwittery

hallouminatus · 13/12/2022 07:24

Is there a new definition of "drop"?

TheMarzipanDildo · 13/12/2022 07:11

Sexist twattery.

bellinisurge · 13/12/2022 07:10

So many wankers

SallyLockheart · 13/12/2022 07:05

That’s appalling. Just looked up female ….. 😯

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