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Merriam-Webster dictionary updates definition of 'bisexual' to be inclusive

The Merriam-Webster dictionary just updated its definition of ‘bisexual’ to make it more trans-inclusive

Emma Powys Maurice - September 24, 2020

Dictionary.com LGBT+ words

Dictionary.com adds raft of LGBT+ words – including ‘Pride’ and ‘asexual’ – to ‘eliminate heterosexual bias in language’

Lily Wakefield - September 2, 2020

scrabble slurs

Homophobic, transphobic and racist slurs could finally be banned from the official Scrabble dictionary

Lily Wakefield - July 7, 2020

Latest Posts

Merriam-Webster hit back at criticism of the new definition

Ben Shapiro just got publicly owned by the Merriam-Webster dictionary

Nick Duffy - September 20, 2019

Merriam-Webster has become the latest dictionary to affirm the use of singular they for non-binary people

Merriam-Webster dictionary adds gender-neutral ‘they’ pronoun

Nick Duffy - September 18, 2019

A game of scrabble.

Scrabble adds ‘genderqueer’ and ‘transperson’ to dictionary

- May 2, 2019

'Once Upon A Time In America' cast member James Woods attends the 52nd New York Film Festival at Walter Reade Theater on September 27, 2014 in New York City.

The dictionary has destroyed actor James Woods for an anti-trans tweet

Josh Jackman - February 15, 2019

Current Affairs

Japan’s leading dictionary has added in a definition of LGBT, but it’s not quite right

Jasmine Andersson - January 16, 2018

Dictionary (Pixabay)

The Ultimate LGBT Glossary: all your questions answered

PinkNews Staff Writer - November 27, 2017

Merriam-Webster included a gender-neutral pronoun before you were born

Josh Jackman - March 16, 2017

‘Size queen’ and ‘butt plug’ added to Oxford English Dictionary

Joseph McCormick - July 7, 2016

Caitlyn Jenner

Transgender named as 2015 Word of the Year

Joe Williams - November 5, 2015

Do 56k people really think penises can ‘convert’ lesbians?

Joseph McCormick - August 29, 2015

Mx and ‘manspreading’ added to Oxford Dictionary

Joe Williams - August 27, 2015

Oxford English Dictionary adds ‘cisgender’ along with ‘twerk’

Joseph McCormick - June 25, 2015

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