Lexico BlogWordy & worthy musings about all things Lexico.Addressing Our Weaknesses- April 9, 2008 Hi, I&8217;m Barbara Ann Kipfer, PhD., editor and compiler of Roget&8217;s New Millenium Thesaurus. The synonym &8220;weaker sex&8221; appears in many thesauruses for terms like woman, lady, and female. It is considered an informal, possibly derogatory, synonym for those words. Due to the way our search technology works, a search for weaker appeared to ...http://www.lexico.com/blog/2008/04/09/addressing-our-weaknesses/ Catching Up- April 2, 2008 Have you heard the news Audio pronunciations are now free on Dictionary.com. Look up a word and click on the speaker icon to hear how to say it. Illustrations are free now too. And we won&8217;t bother you with pop-under advertising anymore. Sorry it took us so long to get back to you. When faced with a challenging ...http://www.lexico.com/blog/2008/04/02/catching-up/ |