Sorry Babylon Bee, the Not the Bee team is taking another of your clever satire ideas and adding it to the pile of things we wish were still satire but are now just fulfilled prophecies.
For context, do you remember that sketch the Bee did about spelling the word "woman" at a spelling bee competition?
It's real now.
The National Spelling Bee has officially added "womyn" as a feminist alternative spelling of the word "women."
'All of the words used in the Scripps National Spelling Bee program are pulled from our official dictionary, Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary. During competition, our policy is to accept any correct spelling listed in our official dictionary that isn't marked archaic or obsolete. The alternate spelling "womyn" is therefore included on our study list because it is listed as an alternate spelling for "women" in Merriam-Webster,' a spokesperson said.
'In building our study lists, we aim to include alternate spellings for any words that have them listed in Merriam-Webster. The Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary is the final authority and sole source for the spelling of all words offered in competition.'
But for all the mainstream-media journalists here looking for your next story idea, don't worry, Merriam Webster left the definition of "womyn" super vague.
Variant spelling of women — used in some feminist contexts.
There you have it!
That should give any potential contestants all the context they need to know to add a "y" instead of an "e."
Meanwhile, we'll add another point to The-Babylon-Bee-prophecies-fulfilled column.
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