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| | *It immediately caved into the [[homosexual agenda]] by adding "offensive" to its definition of "sexual preference," based on a rant by a [[liberal]] senator against judicial nominee [[Amy Barrett]]'s use of the term.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/merriam-webster-changed-definition-sexual-preference-barrett-hearing</ref> | | *It immediately caved into the [[homosexual agenda]] by adding "offensive" to its definition of "sexual preference," based on a rant by a [[liberal]] senator against judicial nominee [[Amy Barrett]]'s use of the term.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/merriam-webster-changed-definition-sexual-preference-barrett-hearing</ref> |
| | *It uses examples having [[liberal bias]], such as (for "fiat") the following: "According to the [[Bible]], the world was created by fiat."<ref>https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fiat</ref> and (for "force-feed") this: "force-feed students with the classics."<ref>1994 edition of Merriam-Webster, p. 455.</ref> | | *It uses examples having [[liberal bias]], such as (for "fiat") the following: "According to the [[Bible]], the world was created by fiat."<ref>https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fiat</ref> and (for "force-feed") this: "force-feed students with the classics."<ref>1994 edition of Merriam-Webster, p. 455.</ref> |
| − | *[[Capital]] is poorly defined as accumulated goods, or the value of those goods, or net worth. It is more commonly used to mean liquid assets such as [[cash]], [[stocks]], bonds that can be easily used to acquire [[goods]] and [[services]]. | + | *"[[Capital]]" is poorly defined as accumulated goods, or the value of those goods, or net worth. It is more commonly used to mean liquid assets such as [[cash]], [[stocks]], bonds that can be easily used to acquire [[goods]] and [[services]]. |
| | *Merriam-Webster resists including new [[conservative]] terms, such as [[judicial activism]], which dates back to 1947 and has been repeatedly used by the U.S. Supreme Court since 1967, yet is still not included by Merriam-Webster.<ref>See [[Essay:Best New Conservative Words]].</ref> | | *Merriam-Webster resists including new [[conservative]] terms, such as [[judicial activism]], which dates back to 1947 and has been repeatedly used by the U.S. Supreme Court since 1967, yet is still not included by Merriam-Webster.<ref>See [[Essay:Best New Conservative Words]].</ref> |
| | *It gives the following liberal example of use of the derogatory term "hell-bent": "hell-bent to cut taxes again."<ref>1994 edition of Merriam-Webster, p. 539 (quoting the ''New Republic'', a liberal publication).</ref> | | *It gives the following liberal example of use of the derogatory term "hell-bent": "hell-bent to cut taxes again."<ref>1994 edition of Merriam-Webster, p. 539 (quoting the ''New Republic'', a liberal publication).</ref> |