Andrew Doyle's recent article on activist dictionaries:
https://andrewdoyle.substack.com/p/the-activist-takeover-of-online-dictionaries?triedRedirect=true
didn't mention the first time I saw it so blatantly in 2020, when "sexual preference" was deemed as offensive language out of nowhere and then Merriam-Webster changed its definition overnight:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/10/15/amy-coney-barrett-merriam-webster-tweaks-sexual-preference-entry/3662507001/
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