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Oxford Dictionary Removes ‘Outdated’ Words Following Campaign By Group Which Slammed Verstappen

Three words have been removed from the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary after a successful campaign by Mongol Identity, a Mongolian advocacy group which vociferously criticised and campaigned against Max Verstappen after he called Lance Stroll a “mongol” last year. The group launched its latest campaign on World Education Day on 24 January and told Formula1News.co.uk that the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary has agreed to remove “mongol”, “mongoloid”, and “mongolism”. READ: Giovinazzi Expects Leclerc & Sainz To Be At Ferrari For A ‘Few Years’ 'Having reviewed the evidence for the words ‘mongol’, ‘mongoloid’, and ‘mongolism’, we have decided to...
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