The online dictionary Dictionary.com currently has some “example sentences” next to the definition of the word “homeschool” that are insulting to say the least:
.@dictionarycom Thanks for letting #homeschool families know what you think of us. Good to know where the jerks are. http://t.co/omW0HIuRoD
— April Thompson (@oddlysaid) August 11, 2014
Dear @dictionarycom, it's summer vacation for this #homeschool mom, too. I got time to kill. Jackasses. http://t.co/vtZZTdJkUr
— April Thompson (@oddlysaid) August 11, 2014
.@abekadigital http://t.co/Kms6NKeOs9 doesn't think much of #homeschoolers. Sure you want to give them money? http://t.co/omW0HIuRoD
— April Thompson (@oddlysaid) August 11, 2014
Others were in disbelief as well:
Really, @dictionarycom? Are these appropriate example sentences for the word "homeschool"? http://t.co/mT3Yxd8uF0 pic.twitter.com/1Kaj8BKwqD
— Gina Denny (@ginad129) August 11, 2014
Wow. @Dictionarycom tells you how they really feel about Homeschooling.http://t.co/OA9MEp1ypFpic.twitter.com/hvXqEfdwag
— Adam (@gpia7r) August 11, 2014
@mdrache @oddlysaid @dictionarycom pic.twitter.com/vrurgovsom
— Sarah (@sarah_wxtx) August 11, 2014
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/498910652829016065
I was homeschooled. I sleep next to a dictionary. Always have.
But this is you, @dictionarycom: pic.twitter.com/idCWBwcPki
— jaen (@EverDilettante) August 11, 2014
Additionally, searching the word with a hyphen, “home-school,” will bring up this matching quote:
Gee, somebody’s got a problem with home-schooling.
I don’t like firing people because of their beliefs; maybe let someone not inclined to epithetic outbursts to describe us, @dictionarycom.
— jaen (@EverDilettante) August 11, 2014
(h/t @GabrielMalor)
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