“The term preference as used to refer to sexual orientation is widely considered offensive in its implied suggestion that a person can choose who they are sexually or romantically attracted to,” Merriam-Webster stated in a note below the definition. Its name was changed to "Merriam-Webster, Incorporated", with the publication of Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary in 1983. What in cod’s name is Macron up to picking a fight on fishing with Britain as Brexit deal closes in? [4], An American Dictionary of the English Language, Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Pronunciation respelling for English § Traditional respelling systems, Encyclopædia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite, Lists of Merriam-Webster's Words of the Year, "An American Dictionary of the English Language", "AskMeNow and Merriam-Webster Launch Mobile Dictionary", G. & C. Merriam Company Collection, Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Merriam-Webster&oldid=983789829, Book publishing companies of the United States, Companies based in Springfield, Massachusetts, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles with CINII identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 16 October 2020, at 07:40. Merriam-Webster's citation file contains more than 16 million entries documenting individual uses of words. Hence, to enable computerized access to the pronunciation without having to rework all dictionaries to IPA notation, the online services of Merriam-Webster specify phonetics using a less-specific set of ASCII characters. Copyright ©2020 Redstate.com/Salem Media. Culture critic, and video creator. 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Others, more controversial, signaled a shift from linguistic prescriptivism and towards describing American English as it was used at that time. The term implies sexuality is a choice. All Rights Reserved. Unicode accommodated IPA symbols from Unicode version 1.1 published in 1993, but did not support the phonetic symbols specific to Merriam-Webster dictionaries until Unicode version 4.0 published in 2003. News organizations should not repeat Justice Barrett's words without providing that important context. Democratic Senator Mazie Hirono berated the conservative Supreme Court nominee for using the term, claiming that it was “offensive and outdated.” The senator alleged that “anti-LGBTQ activists” use the phrase to “suggest that sexual orientation is a choice,” when it is really “a key part of a person’s identity.”. As a spelling reformer, Webster believed that English spelling rules were unnecessarily complex, so his dictionary introduced American English spellings, replacing colour with color, waggon with wagon, and centre with center. For Bisexual Visibility Day, GLAAD is praising Merriam-Webster for making the dictionary definition of bisexual a little less binary — although activists say there’s still room for improvement. The most notable change was the inclusion of the date of the first known citation of each word, to document its entry into the English language. Merriam-Webster has been accused of politicizing its dictionary after it flagged the term ‘sexual preference’ as offensive, mirroring a complaint leveled against Amy Coney Barrett during her SCOTUS confirmation hearing. The Collegiate Dictionary was introduced in 1898 and the series is now in its eleventh edition. The left can take offense to whatever they want to, and they do with reckless abandon, but when our institutions that help define our communication with one another become politically agenda-driven, then the power needs to be taken out of their hands. Defining words is supposed to be an impartial business to the groups we trust to keep track of the English language, but it would appear that the west’s most famous organization for keeping track of what words mean has an agenda. Commentator Steve Krakauer revealed that the dictionary had quietly changed its entry for “sexual preference,” declaring the term “offensive.”, As recently as last month, Webster’s Dictionary included a definition of “preference” as “orientation” or “sexual preference.” TODAY they changed it and added the word “offensive. His 1820s book contained 70,000 words, of which about 12,000 had never appeared in a dictionary before. The entry was updated on October 13, the same day of Barrett’s hearing. The outrage began with MSNBC Senior Producer Kyle Griffin suddenly finding himself outraged that Barrett would use such a phrase as “sexual preference.”. Mazie Hirono Is Confronted About Her 'Sexual Preference' Attack on ACB, Her Response Is Something Else, Major Denmark Study May Show Masks Are Largely Ineffective, 'Science' Promptly Censors It, 'Undecided' Focus Group Gives Devastating Answers for Biden on Hunter and How They'd Vote, Jaw-Dropping Report Details Chinese State-Owned Company's Partnership With Biden, Kerry Families, Trump Leads Biden to Make a Statement That Will Likely Cost Him the Election, Trump Uses Bernie Sanders to Fact Check Joe Biden Debate Claims, and It's Spot-on (Watch). In 1964, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., acquired Merriam-Webster, Inc., as a subsidiary. The Chicago Manual states that it "normally opts for" the first spelling listed.[5]. Consumers use the service to access definitions, spelling and synonyms via text message. In June, the dictionary announced that it would add the concept of “systemic racism” to its definition of “racism” in response to a complaint. The curious edit was spotted hours after Barrett was lambasted for … Many of these changes were in formatting, omitting needless punctuation, or avoiding complete sentences when a phrase was sufficient. In 1996, Merriam-Webster launched its first website, which provided free access to an online dictionary and thesaurus.[6]. Washington State Library Fights 'Racism' With SEGREGATED 'Race Sensitivity' Training? Subscribe to RT newsletter to get stories the mainstream media won’t tell you, Merriam-Webster redefining ‘racism’ to fit BLM narrative turns the dictionary into an instrument of Orwellian thought control, Oscars favorite ‘1917’ is touted as a stirring masterpiece about horrors of war. In 1831, George and Charles Merriam founded the company as G & C Merriam Co. in Springfield, Massachusetts. All Merriam-Webster dictionaries trace their lineage to this source. And now it appears that the political posturing has seeped its way into one of the world’s most prestigious English dictionaries. In 1807 Webster started two decades of intensive work to expand his publication into a fully comprehensive dictionary, An American Dictionary of the English Language. This dictionary is preferred as a source "for general matters of spelling" by the influential The Chicago Manual of Style, which is followed by many book publishers and magazines in the United States. Good at bad photoshops. The curious edit was spotted hours after Barrett was lambasted for using the phrase “sexual preference” to refer to LGBTQ Americans’ sexual orientations as she answered questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. It lines up right with the Democrats agenda. 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