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As people pointed out here, a lot of these definitions aren't correct or are logically self-contradictory (e.g. an air fryer being an airtight device). Persona
by TeeMassive 5y ago
As people pointed out here, a lot of these definitions aren't correct or are logically self-contradictory (e.g. an air fryer being an airtight device).
Personally I do not trust MW since they were caught editing definition of words for political purposes (e.g. 'sexual preference', see https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/merriam-webster-barrett-sexual/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/merriam-webster-barrett-se...). That just reeks of amateurism.
- unraveller 5y agoonline dictionary: a rolling publication with increasingly vague definitions of words, any of which their allies can quickly claim sound use of to evade scrutiny or scorn. see also fact checkers. It would take an offline only dictionary, interested in generational reputation, to care more about precision than being a tool for the political scrubbing of history.