[cainin04]

I have noticed that the online dictionary's have decided to include "gay marriage" under the term "marriage."

Does anyone have a dictionary around their house? I do not think that the def. included "gay marriage."

I believe this is something new that has just been added!

[cainin04]

I just looked in a kid's Dictionary and it does NOT include the part about gay marriage. Here is what it says in the kids version. 1 a : the state of being married : WEDLOCK b : the legal relationship into which a man and a woman enter for the purpose of making a home and usually raising a family But here it is in the regular dictionary... 1 a (1) : the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law (2) : the state of being united to a person of the same sex in a relationship like that of a traditional marriage comes from http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary

[escapefromboston]

I recall a radio host talking about how one day he checked some online dictionary and it had the basic definition of marrige (man and woman) and then the next day they changed it.
I don't have any proof of this , but I do remeber it being brought up.

It's newspeak! (I guess, I haven't read orwell since high school)

[NYer]

I believe this is something new that has just been added!

That is why they re-issue dictionaries on a regular basis - to add new 'words' and 'definitions'. It's just a matter of time until the children's dictionary catches up. If I were you, I would hold onto the kid's dictionary your child is presently using :-)

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

You've got some real politcal clout when you can get dictionary publishers to rewrite basic definitions.