Wednesday, April 9

I hope someone hacked their site..

Feministing is part of my morning routine; I drink my coffee at my desk, read the news, and read the blog. It's a good way to get fired up for the day! Usually I wouldn't bother reposting someone I found on the site.. but one of this morning's links was extra worrisome. I followed the link to see if it was a joke or a mistake, and it's all true! If you go to thesaurus.com and type in weaker you get:

2 results for: weaker

1-2 of 2 results


Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: female
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: woman
Synonyms: amazon, babe, beauty, broad, cheesecake, chichi, cupcake, cutie, dame, doll, dowager, duchess, femme, filly, fox, frail, gal, gentlewoman, girl, hussy, kid, lady, madam, mama, matron, old bat, old lady, old woman, petticoat, piece, pinup, seductress, she, she-stuff, shrew, siren, sis, skirt, temptress, ten, tomato, weaker sex*, wench, wren
Antonyms: boy, male, man
Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.3.1)
Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved.

* = informal or slang

Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: lady
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: woman
Synonyms: adult, babe, bag, baroness, bitch, broad, butterfly, contessa, countess, dame, doll, duchess, empress, female, gal, gentlewoman, girl, little woman, mama, mare, matron, missus, mistress, noblewoman, old bag, old lady, old woman, petticoat, princess, queen, queen bee, rib, squaw, sultana, weaker sex*
Antonyms: man
Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.3.1)
Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved.

* = informal or slang




I hope that someone hacked their site and changed the entry. Otherwise, thesaurus.com should be ashamed of this incredibly demeaning and misogynist definition.


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