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Oxford Dictionaries amends 'sexist' definitions of the word 'woman'
Publisher labels ‘bitch’ as offensive but some equality campaigners are not satisfied
www.theguardian.com
Labels have been applied to terms identified as “derogatory”, “offensive” or “dated”, such as the word “bitch” and “bint”, which are listed as synonyms for the word woman.
But she remained “disappointed” that the word bitch – defined as a “spiteful, unpleasant, or disliked woman” – continued to be listed as a synonym, albeit now labelled as “offensive”.