First let me say, we don't need no stinkin updates to any dictionary. Nothing has changed! A woman is still and adult female with reproductive organs, and the ability to give birth to another human. Something Trans gendered,Homosexuals,perverts who are born male, cannot do.They will remain male (although perverted) for the rest of their miserable life. (Refer to lipstick on a pig comparison.) I am, starting to worry about the definition of Man though! There seems to be a shortage of them. Especially in the two worthless parties sent to DC to represent Real Men and Women.
The Cambridge Dictionary has updated its definition of the words “man” and “woman” to be more inclusive of trans people.
A spokesperson for Cambridge University Press and Assessment, which publishes the dictionary, told the Washington Post on Tuesday that the reference book’s authors “carefully studied usage patterns of the word woman and concluded that this definition is one that learners of English should be aware of to support their understanding of how the language is used.”
While Cambridge’s first definition for the word “woman” remains “an adult female human being” (which, we might add, does not necessarily exclude trans women anyway), the secondary definition now reads “an adult who lives and identifies as female though they may have been said to have a different sex at birth.” In addition, the entry for “man” now includes a similar definition, encompassing “an adult who lives and identifies as male.”
Although these changes happened quietly in October, the U.K. daily newspaper The Telegraph, which has gained a reputation for repeatedly publishing transphobic articles, covered the change this week, sparking renewed interest in the alteration, particularly around the definition of “woman.”
