Sir Ryan Bemrose on Nostr: Reminder: Merriam-Webster is not the arbiter of communication. The language is too ...
Reminder: Merriam-Webster is not the arbiter of communication. The language is too important to give anyone that responsibility.
For many years, they had the mission to faithfully report on it, but each time they unilaterally change a definition for political reasons, they stray a bit farther from that mission.
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