http://tribunist.com/news/merr...r-parkland-shooting/

"Here’s their revised definition. Assault Rifle: noun: any of various intermediate-range, magazine-fed military rifles (such as the AK-47) that can be set for automatic or semiautomatic fire; also : a rifle that resembles a military assault rifle but is designed to allow only semiautomatic fire.

The entry was updated March 31, 2018."

This isn't a time to ignore the many tentacles of the enemy, my friends.

Now here’s a book worthy of burning. Political correctness comes to the dictionary...

The liberal disease is every where.

As I told a somewhat liberal work contact..."Call it what you want, but it stays in my safe, and always will."

I'm starting to know what Custer felt like. This really sucks. When they open my safe after the apocalypse, I hope they don't get triggered.

I can call my cat an icecream scoop, but that doesn't make it true.

“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.”

“The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.”

Neither Merriam nor Webster make the fucking laws.

This needs a rational response, by numerous people. Their website has a place to contact them.

My thoughts, not clarified yet -

This “redefinition” takes a trusted publication into the political arena and will alienate almost 50% of their customer base.

By not understanding the difference, they are either ignorant or have a political inclination. Either position gives doubt to their credibility as a provider of absolute truth. If they have made one mistake, then there must be others. Result? Now they are no longer to be trusted.

A simple comparison? They are saying Fords and Chevys are the same. While there are many similarities, they are NOT.

Repercussions?

They will lose credibility and business.

They have entered the slime of politics, which will be hard to extract themselves from.

By painting with the “broad brush” the politicians already involved are likely to become encouraged to outlaw or defend their position. Muddying the waters on the subject will strengthen polarization even more.

The civilian AR is not the military M16. Just like a Ford is not a Chevy.

Please, take these thoughts SIG members, elaborate, condense, rethink, reword and make your words be heard. Rewriting dictionaries is not to be taken lightly -

Find “contact us” at the bottom of the page

https://www.merriam-webster.com/

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Originally posted by smschulz:
The liberal disease is every where.

quote:

Originally posted by CQB60:
Now here’s a book worthy of burning. Political correctness comes to the dictionary...

They entered the political arena when Trump was elected. They have been after him from the start. They take shots at any conservative in the news - never say a word about liberals.

https://moneyish.com/ish/10-ti...rolled-donald-trump/

http://time.com/4774687/merria...ump-hillary-clinton/

The liberal playbook: if you're losing, change the rules during the game.

What was the previous definition?

HK Ag

You can also let 'em know what you think on their Facebook page and Twitter feed:

Merriam-Webster on Facebook

Merriam-Webster on Twitter

I sent a polite email asking about other words having incorrect meaning, since they can not get one right, are the rest wrong as well, and I could not trust them anymore as a source.

Good, that means we can carry a belt fed gun, and we are all good.

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Here’s their revised definition. Assault Rifle: noun: any of various intermediate-range, magazine-fed military rifles (such as the AK-47) that can be set for automatic or semiautomatic fire; also : a rifle that resembles a military assault rifle but is designed to allow only semiautomatic fire.

Isn't that rich - first lesson of defining a word: don't use that same word in your definition of the word.

So...there is an "assault rifle" and then there is also a "military assault rifle"?

And it's still vague - what, exactly, is "intermediate range" in this definition? Or "various"?

Political patsies.

Jeezus...now even the friggin' dictionary has manifested into Liberal, fake news tripe.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.”

“The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.”

Nice.

From the folks that decided bootylicious is a word.

Little pieces falling into place. Someday some ignorant lawmaker will use this new definition to prove his point. The ignoramuses that believe him will be validated and action will be taken accordingly. Will it be effective? Who knows, but the room feels smaller.