DICTIONARY. COM word of the year. Woman

[BruceAndNosh]

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/13/dictionarycom-word-of-the-year-woman
Apologies if this is a duplicate thread

Dictionary.com has chosen "woman" as its word of the year, noting that the term was "inseparable from the story of 2022". The decision "reflects how the intersection of gender, identity, and language dominates the current cultural conversation", the online lexicon said.

It also talks about the "ever evolving discourse over the definition of the word".
Funny how there's no discourse over the definition of the word "man". Why might that be I wonder?

There was an article in the Telegraph today (sorry, sent as a screenshot to my phone) about the Cambridge English Dictionary changing the definition of 'woman' to include anyone who identifies as a woman. The definitions also talk about transitioning.

Fortunately no one I know has ever used the Cambridge English Dictionary — and I work in publishing, where we use various dictionaries. I'm wondering if the Cambridge dictionary is in use in schools. There's something about it that looks as if it's aimed at younger non-professional users.

Thread on the Cambridge dictionary here, inc. link to piece in the Times today.

Cambridge dictionary updates definition of woman www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/4697194-cambridge-dictionary-updates-definition-of-woman

Well, that Guardian article wasn't as twisted as I anticipated!

What I found fascinating, is the previous words of the year and the seeming progression to now.

2022 Woman
2021 Allyship
2020 Pandemic
2019 Existential
2018 Misinformation
2017 Complicit
2016 Xenophobia
2015 Identity
2014 Exposure
2013 Privacy
2012 Bluster
2011 Tergiversate (‘equivocate/abandon a belief or principle’)
2010 Change

This will always be bizarre.