sexist language
41Miko Miyazaki — Superherobox caption=Miko Miyazaki (after losing her Paladin powers), drawn by Rich Burlew. comic color=background:#8080ff character name=Miko Miyazaki real name= publisher=Giant In The Playground debut= The Order of the Stick #120, first… …
42Generisches Maskulinum — Ein generisches Maskulinum (eine verallgemeinernde männliche Form eines Wortes) liegt dann vor, wenn bei Personenbezeichnungen, insbesondere bei Berufsbezeichnungen und Substantiven, die den Träger eines Geschehens bezeichnen (Nomina agentis),… …
43insulting — in|sult|ing [ınˈsʌltıŋ] adj very rude and offensive to someone ▪ insulting remarks insulting to ▪ Sexist language is insulting to women. >insultingly adv …
44piece — piece1 W1S1 [pi:s] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(amount)¦ 2¦(part)¦ 3¦(single item)¦ 4¦(small amount)¦ 5¦(land)¦ 6 fall to pieces 7 go to pieces 8 smash/rip/tear something to pieces 9 pull/rip/tear somebody/something to pieces …
45guy — I [[t]gaɪ[/t]] n. 1) inf a man or boy; fellow 2) off cvb inf Usually, guys. inf persons of either sex; people: Do you guys want to go out tonight?[/ex] 3) why (often cap.) an effigy of Guy Fawkes burned in Britain on Guy Fawkes Day 4) brit.… …
46crucial — 1. Crucial means ‘decisive, critical’, and is often used as a more effective and more expressive alternative for important or significant: • There are four crucial stages in cheesemaking J. G. Davis, 1976 • I understand that you must edit letters …
47mankind — is pronounced with the stress on the second syllable when the meaning is ‘the human species’ and with the stress on the first syllable in the less usual sense ‘male people, as distinct from female’. In the first meaning, humankind is now often… …
48manpower — see sexist language …
49dingbat — A dumb person. The term was frequently used by ARCHIE BUNKER to describe his wife on the 1970s situation comedy All in the Family. It is considered crude and sexist language …
50Gender-neutrality in languages with grammatical gender — implies promoting language usage which is balanced in its treatment of the genders. For example, advocates of gender neutral language challenge the traditional use of masculine nouns and pronouns ( man , businessman , he , and so on) when… …
