Dictionary.com’s word of the year is ‘woman,’ though site is unsure of actual definition
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Dictionary.com this week made "woman" the word of the year, though the site said it was uncomfortable being the "last word on what defines a woman."
The word of the year posting noted there was a surge in searches for the word "woman" during the Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court confirmation hearings. The article stated, "Specifically, the surge in lookups came after she was asked by Senator Marsha Blackburn to provide a definition for the word woman." Scott Whitlock is an editor for Fox News Digital.
Dictionary.com asserted that the questioning at the hearing indicated that "we are all faced with questions about who gets to identify as a woman (or a man, or neither). The policies that these questions inform transcend the importance of any dictionary definition—they directly impact people’s lives."
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