According to Merriam-Webster.com, “for more than 180 years, Merriam-Webster has been America’s leading provider of language information.” That’s quite a distinction. Millions and millions of people have turned to them over the years for the final say in word definitions.
But apparently Merriam-Webster has been trying to find another means of distinguishing themselves. It’s 2022, after all. They’ve been around for nearly two centuries.
Well, after long and careful consideration, it looks like this is what they’ve come up with:
It was bound to happen. Merriam-Webster has changed its dictionary definition of "female" to appease the trans activists. pic.twitter.com/qWnslvPjSd
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) July 19, 2022
“Having a gender identity that is the opposite of male.” In other words, if you’re a man who decides that he’s now a woman, you’re female. At least according to the folks at Merriam-Webster.
Never mind that the trans activists have always insisted that sex and "gender identity" are two different things. If they can rewrite the dictionary then they can certainly redefine their own made up jargon as they please.
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) July 19, 2022
If you visit Merriam-Webster’s homepage right now, “female” is listed near the top of the list of “Top Lookups.” We, like so many others, were intrigued by Matt Walsh’s initial tweet and decided to see Merriam-Webster’s definition for ourselves, and, sure enough, we saw what Walsh saw.
But "male" and "female" aren't OPPOSITES.
Biologically, they're COMPLEMENTARY.
What ridiculous nonsense. https://t.co/zoNqwbteYq
— Matt Cover (@MattCover) July 19, 2022
It is ridiculous nonsense. And you don’t even have to think about it too hard before you’re able to see the flaws in Merriam-Webster’s definition.
What is a male?
— (☞ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)☞PositiveComments (@TheDailyCommint) July 19, 2022
Precisely my thought.
To define a Female you need to define what a male is and take the opposite of that.
And a male is (drumroll) the opposite of female?Welcome to the HBTQXYZ/woke infinity (not so) logical loop.
— iallus (@iallus) July 19, 2022
What should really have you scratching your head is that if you scroll down a lot further on the page, you’ll come to the “medical definition”:
According to that definition, an individual that can — barring biological or medical issues — get pregnant is female, and distinct from an individual that produces sperm, who is male. And women and girls are distinct from men or boys. Not sure why that’s considered a “medical definition” as opposed to just “the definition,” but at least Merriam-Webster still has it right somewhere on their page, albeit near the bottom where most people likely wouldn’t notice it.
@MerriamWebster are science deniers. https://t.co/rkBdqZvPWC
— 🇺🇸ULTRA MAGA AF🇺🇸 (@mattminyard) July 19, 2022
The rot runs so deep that we can't even trust the people who define our words for us anymore… Smfh @MerriamWebster https://t.co/gUfOc8Z8m3
— KFed's Burner (@FedsBurner) July 19, 2022
If Merriam-Webster wants to tweak the definitions of certain words in order to keep up with the woke, that’s certainly their prerogative. But if that’s indeed the case, they need to change the definition of themselves to “pathetic sellouts.”
