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Merriam-Webster decides to annoy everyone with the Word of the Year
Hot Air.com ^ | November 29, 2021 | JAZZ SHAW

Posted on 11/29/2021 2:33:39 PM PST by Kaslin

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To: Kaslin

Peter Sokolowski, Merriam-Webster’s editor-at-large, is a fool. Merriam Webster was a good dictionary before it changed the definition of “marriage” in order to please the men who were traumatized as boys and remain acting like boys.


21 posted on 11/29/2021 4:37:19 PM PST by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson.)
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"Brandon"
22 posted on 11/29/2021 4:40:33 PM PST by Mark (Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? Homer Simpson)
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To: Fester Chugabrew

I looked up “bamboozle” in the dictionary and it said,

A quiz or game show narrated by Drake Ramoray.


23 posted on 11/29/2021 4:40:42 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Antoninus

In this case it’s Merriam-Webster’s Newspeak. Volume DCLXVI


24 posted on 11/29/2021 4:47:46 PM PST by TigersEye (Ray Epps didn't kill himself.)
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To: Kaslin

I thought they’d pick woke


25 posted on 11/29/2021 4:50:03 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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"I thought they’d pick woke"

...or "bespoke". 2 words I'm really tired of hearing.

26 posted on 11/29/2021 4:51:41 PM PST by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: Steely Tom

I expect it to be Dr. Faulci.


27 posted on 11/29/2021 5:32:15 PM PST by rwa265
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