Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/12/11/the-merriam-webster-dictionary.html
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I was hoping the word was “sphincter”.
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The “they”, have always been a mysterious group.
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That’s what they want you to think.
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I cut out the gendered pronouns a while ago on the BBS (I still use them at work) and I feel great.
There’s this part of me deep down that was preparing to get into a fight meeting of minds with someone who was offended that I didn’t specify their gender with a pronoun, but that has never happened (probably because this isn’t a Jordan Peterson fan board).
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Will it never end? Asking for a friend…
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That’s what they say.
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I put that in the que for that very purpose, may the Gods smile on you today.
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This is stupid.
Said they.
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There’s still time to make “defenestration” the word of the year. Quick, somebody throw Donald Trump out a window.
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You’ll summon them.
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" The Merriam-Webster dictionary’s word of the year is…"
…spelled incorrectly?
(a poor global English spelling variations joke there)
Did someone speak my name?
BWAHA-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Prepare to be Gish galloped as you have never been Gish galloped before!!!
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If the JD fanboys come along, then I’ll tell them that I have a selection of far less polite alternatives. Or I’ll call them what they want, just as long as they do the same for everyone else.
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I’m thinking about them right now!
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It is extremely tempting to always refer to Peterson as “she” but I realize that people would take that as defamation of women rather than commentary on how absurd it is to willfully misgender someone, so I refrain.
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I must:
Now seriously, I’m more than okay with this.
I’ve personally been using using “they” as a singular pronoun for ages, anyway.
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As long as nobody posts a Limp Bizkit “he said, she said, bullshit” gif then no worries.
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If they do, they shall be shunned; that ‘band’ is the epitome of not “being cool.”
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