Rabid Feminists Prove The Dictionary Correct

[EzraLB]

"The [Oxford English Dictionary] publisher, part of Oxford University Press, was taken to task by the Canadian anthropologist Michael Oman-Reagan, after he noticed that the word 'rabid', defined by the dictionary as 'having or proceeding from an extreme or fanatical support of or belief in something,' used the example phrase 'rabid feminist.' Oman-Reagan tweeted about it to the publisher, suggesting they change it."

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/j ... ist-gender

"Oman-Reagan, who is doing a PhD at the at Memorial University of Newfoundland, also highlighted other “explicitly sexist usage examples” in the dictionary; including “shrill” – defined as “the rising shrill of women’s voices”– and “psyche” – for which the example sentence is, “I will never really fathom the female psyche”. “Grating”, defined as “sounding harsh and unpleasant”, was illustrated with the phrase “her high, grating voice”, while the adjective “nagging” used the example phrase “a nagging wife”.

[Kentucky]

Whatever happened to rabid dogs? lol. I use the word sometimes, to describe a rabbi or the actions of a rabbi i.e. rabbi'd or just rabid.

Mark