The Oxford Children's dictionary is getting dumbed down in a very tragic manner. It appears "raven" is getting offed in favor of "MP3 Player" (quoth the MP3 player, Nevermore!); where once we had a kingfisher, instead we have voicemail; and say adieu to the lonely beaver--we have shoved him out in favor of that omnipresent word so en vogue these days: tolerant.
How sad.
"How do we squash the prejudice against female presidential nominees, which
has always been with us, but became even worse after Kamala Harris got
whomped by Donald Trump?"
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Asks Gail Collins in a column with a title that asks a different question, "Where,
oh Where, Will the First Female President Come From?"
Maybe it would be ...
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