In the current versions of the Oxford English Dictionary, the synonyms for 'woman' include some eye-poppingly sexist words: b***h, besom, piece, bit, mare, baggage, wench, petticoat, frail, bird, ...
At least not in the Oxford English Dictionary, the arbiter of the English language, which has stripped sexism from the definition of “woman.” The definition no longer contains usages examples such as, ...
I may as well be a biased reviewer of David Crystal's books given that Words in Time and Place is the 30th book by the author to find a place on my special Crystal shelf. The importance of this latest ...
After writing reviews for CrackBerry.com for almost year and a half, one would think that I would have run out of words a long time ago.Well..... I guess I did! Unless you're a wordsmith, a thesaurus ...