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A California man is facing years behind bars after threatening to bomb Merriam-Webster over its updated gender definitions. According to the Department of Justice, 34-year-old Jeremy David Hanson pleaded guilty to the charges in federal court last week, about five months after he was arrested for sending hate-fueled messages to the publishing company. Prosecutors say the Rossmoor […]
A California man was arrested this week for making anti-LGBTQ threats against dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster. The Department of Justice announced on Friday that Jeremy David Hanson, 34, of Rossmoor, has been charged with one count of interstate communication of threats to commit violence. Back in October, Rossmoor allegedly sent a series of “threatening messages and comments […]
Dictionary.com added over 300 news words, terms, and revised definitions, some of which are a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Among them are terms like “long COVID,” which it defines as “a condition characterized by symptoms or health problems that linger or first appear after supposed recovery from an acute phase of Covid-19 infection.” The term “long hauler” is […]
Kennedy Mitchum, a 22-year-old black woman from Florissant, Missouri, sent an email to the editors at Merriam-Webster last month to ask that their definition of racism be updated and include a mention of systemic oppression, CNN reports. While Mitchum didn’t know how likely it was that she would receive a response, the recent Drake University graduate felt compelled to just try after conversations she had […]
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