http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png http://jezebel.com/tag/thesaurus http://jezebel.com/tag/thesaurus Professor Christian Kay has spent 42 years compiling the world's most comprehensive thesaurus. (Which of course means the Daily Mail refers to her as a "lingo-loving spinster.") Says she, "Scots are quite good at dictionaries." [Daily Mail]

]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5313511&view=rss&microfeed=true We received an email from Lexico Publishing Group — publishers of Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com — regarding the reader tip about Thesaurus.com's sexist entries for the word "weaker"; Lexico has let us know that it has responded to the problem via its blog. Barbara Ann Kipfer, PhD., editor and compiler of Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus, says, "Due to the way our search technology works, a search for weaker appeared to suggest that it was a synonym for female and lady. This was incorrect and has been fixed...we chose to remove 'weaker sex' as a informal/slang synonym from our site. The entries now describe current American English usage more accurately and we feel we're providing more helpful suggestions for those seeking guidance on word choice from us." It's true, it's not there anymore! Thanks for paying attention, Lexico. [Lexico]

]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=378195&view=rss&microfeed=true An observant reader was pissed off enough at Thesaurus.com to tip us off to this, and we share her rage. If you search for synonyms for the word "weaker" two main entries come up: Female and lady. [Thesaurus]

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