The screenshots shown suggest they switched to a different dictionary source (dictionary.com to "Oxford Languages").
For my part, I don't know how I feel about dictionaries including metaphorical meanings among their definitions. I imagine printed dictionaries would swell up if they did.
The screenshots shown suggest they switched to a different dictionary source (dictionary.com to "Oxford Languages").
Yup, and I checked, it has been that single definition for years. But Google switching what they're using in this case, at this time, is still absolutely shit-teir behavior. You have to go down pretty dang far to even find it, too. You pass Merriam-Webster, Dictionary, Cambridge, Vocabulary, Collins, Britannica, and more. All of these include either non-literal definitions or at least examples. You have to bypass all that to get to what Google is currently using. That's intentional, and it's malicious.
No matter how you feel about metaphorical definitions, Google is pulling a fast one here, for vicious and political means.
I was going to mention that too. In order to get the definition they did, they had to skip at least eight other far more reputable sources for the word.
To put this in easier terms, they're a half a step from using urban dictionary as an actual dictionary source when they have to dig this deep.
That’s pretty much their SOP. Once the election is over or this narrative drops from the spotlight they’ll switch back to whichever source supports the current narrative.
The screenshots shown suggest they switched to a different dictionary source (dictionary.com to "Oxford Languages").
For my part, I don't know how I feel about dictionaries including metaphorical meanings among their definitions. I imagine printed dictionaries would swell up if they did.
Yup, and I checked, it has been that single definition for years. But Google switching what they're using in this case, at this time, is still absolutely shit-teir behavior. You have to go down pretty dang far to even find it, too. You pass Merriam-Webster, Dictionary, Cambridge, Vocabulary, Collins, Britannica, and more. All of these include either non-literal definitions or at least examples. You have to bypass all that to get to what Google is currently using. That's intentional, and it's malicious.
No matter how you feel about metaphorical definitions, Google is pulling a fast one here, for vicious and political means.
I was going to mention that too. In order to get the definition they did, they had to skip at least eight other far more reputable sources for the word.
To put this in easier terms, they're a half a step from using urban dictionary as an actual dictionary source when they have to dig this deep.
That’s pretty much their SOP. Once the election is over or this narrative drops from the spotlight they’ll switch back to whichever source supports the current narrative.
Feelings on that aside, if they just switched it now, they're clearly doing it on purpose for shit reasons.
Personally though, I prefer all common usages of a word be listed.
Printed dictionaries of any merit have always included metaphorical meanings for words like this, though. That's why they have value.
That's... Almost the whole point of why I have the coffee table-sized, 15-year-old one that I do, for precisely that reason...