The Word ‘Curtain’ Will Be Taken Out of the Dictionary

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English dictionaries will remove the word “curtain” from all future editions.


From now on curtains will be called “material that hangs in a window or other opening as a decoration, shade, or screen.”

“I am extremely happy that we have done this,” said Roger Dingle, the chief editor of the Oxford English Dictionary. “I always thought that ‘curtain’ was a very ugly word.”


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