Removing 'bint' and 'bitch' from the dictionary would be akin to censorship, says OED
Oxford University Press has been criticised for including the terms as synonyms for 'woman'
10 March 2021 • 9:07pm
The Oxford Dictionary of English includes derogatory terms for 'woman'
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Derogatory terms for women, such as “bint” and “bitch”, will remain in the Oxford Dictionary of English because to remove them would amount to censorship, the publisher has said.
Oxford University Press [OUP] was criticised for including the terms as synonyms for “woman”, and last year updated the dictionary to signify that the words were considered offensive or dated.