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Cambridge Dictionary changes definition of ‘man’ and ‘woman’
NY Post ^ | December 13, 2022 | By Joe Silverstein

Posted on 12/13/2022 10:44:42 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

But a certain supreme Court justice said she was not a biologist as a reason why she could not define what a woman is.

I wonder how farmers and ranchers are able to tell which of their animals are male or female. I’m sure not all farmers and ranchers have a degrees in biology. Yet somehow they are able to figure it out. I wonder how they do that.

Sarcasm......


21 posted on 12/13/2022 11:31:05 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Here is what they can’t change:

XX
XY

FACT.


22 posted on 12/13/2022 11:36:51 AM PST by cranked
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Then we’ll change the definition of a Cambridge dictionary.


23 posted on 12/13/2022 11:39:22 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

ah, but , now what is the definition of a female or a male ?

-fJRoberts-


24 posted on 12/13/2022 11:48:11 AM PST by A strike ("The worse, the better." - V.I.Lenin (& Schwab & Soros)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Idiots.


25 posted on 12/13/2022 11:52:51 AM PST by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“an adult who lives and identifies as female though they...


I see the Cambridge Dictionary has also altered the definition of pronouns as well.


26 posted on 12/13/2022 11:53:59 AM PST by hanamizu
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To: Boogieman

“‘now states that a woman is “an adult who lives and identifies as female’

When are they going to define an adult?

wy69


27 posted on 12/13/2022 11:55:38 AM PST by whitney69
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To: EvilCapitalist

XY chromosomal DNA is male but can be identified as being female.
XX chromosomal DNA is female but can be identified as male.
Makes perfect illogical sense, not to mention virtually impossible.
Now if they can ever transition from the XY strands to XX (and vise versa) on the cellular level, well now we would have something really special.


28 posted on 12/13/2022 12:03:17 PM PST by tflabo (Truth or tyranny )
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To: whitney69

“When are they going to define an adult?”

That’s easy:

“Adult: a human being who is over the age of 18 and doesn’t vote Democrat.”


29 posted on 12/13/2022 12:06:16 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: Magic Fingers

Since we can’t see chromosomes, we have to inspect the nether regions of the body.

If there is a tallywhacker there your sex is MALE!

It there is no tallywhacker there your sex is FEMALE!

Stop using the word “gender,” to identify sex. It is a word that is used in some languages that assign “gender” to objects, not the science of biology!


30 posted on 12/13/2022 12:07:06 PM PST by BatGuano (2020 = Stolen Election. Believe it! Molon Labe.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
I once had a female boss (best boss I ever had) 20 years back and we were chatting about the different experiences of women at work. I made a comment then that ideally there would be no difference but even on the phone where we have no visual cues and neither party knows anything about the other, if you have a conversation and someone asks you afterwards if it was a man or a women you instantly know the answer and if you don't you are somewhat disturbed by it, it's that hardwired. She agreed, it's fundamental and can't be ignored.

Fast forward to today, my betters tell me I don't know anything anymore, least of which that which is obvious.

31 posted on 12/13/2022 12:59:10 PM PST by pepsi_junkie ("We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. F. B. I. is tending in that direction." - Harry S Truman)
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To: Boogieman

“Adult: a human being who is over the age of 18 and doesn’t vote Democrat.”

Not if you ask a liberal. They think they are the only ones capable of making all the calls for everyone, adult enough. So your definition is good for half the people in the country, right or wrong.

wy69


32 posted on 12/13/2022 1:23:33 PM PST by whitney69
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

As was discussed a couple days ago, it’s time to scrounge around thrift shops for older editions of dictionaries, encyclopedia sets, etc.


33 posted on 12/13/2022 1:24:59 PM PST by MayflowerMadam
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What they have done is to relegate themselves to irrelevant.


34 posted on 12/13/2022 1:32:46 PM PST by Blue Collar Christian (I'm a nationalist. I'm white. How does that make me racist?)
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To: whitney69

“Not if you ask a liberal.”

But we don’t ask children their opinions, because they’re stupid.


35 posted on 12/13/2022 1:33:59 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: Mean Daddy

Really?


36 posted on 12/13/2022 1:44:38 PM PST by Blue Collar Christian (I'm a nationalist. I'm white. How does that make me racist?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

These large dictionaries appeal to people who have a love for
words. Changing thousands of years old definitions by weirdo
woke flakes isn’t going to increase a love for the company
that will betray 99% of the populace’s understanding of what
a man and woman are.

In one hundred years, historians will be unearthing the bones
of people and finding only two sexes. Male and female, as
they were born.


37 posted on 12/13/2022 2:09:24 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the U S of A, and to the {Const'l} REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Cambridge Dictionary altered their definitions of the words “man” and “woman”.

Cambridge Dictionary was already destined for the dustbin of history and is now following the going broke - get desperate - go woke - go more broke model.

38 posted on 12/13/2022 2:40:47 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: BatGuano

“Since we can’t see chromosomes, we have to inspect the nether regions of the body.”

Well, they are small - but chromosomes can be seen.

“If there is a tallywhacker there your sex is MALE!
It there is no tallywhacker there your sex is FEMALE!”

External genitalia usually reflect the genetic makeup, but there are anomalous situations where they don’t.

“Stop using the word “gender,” to identify sex. It is a word that is used in some languages that assign “gender” to objects, not the science of biology!”

I don’t use “gender” to identify sex. FWIW, my degree is in “the science of biology”.


39 posted on 12/13/2022 3:07:46 PM PST by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
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To: ConservativeWarrior

It’s Gender not Sex. It’s what’s between your legs that defines Gender - not what’s between your ears!


40 posted on 12/13/2022 3:45:42 PM PST by TNoldman (AN AMERICAN FOR A MUSLIM/BHO FREE AMERICA. (Owner of Stars and Bars Flags))
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