to a lexicographer
fetus is just a term:
coined unit of sound
meaning birthed
by the 14th century
which also gave us:
abacus ability diverse
abomination
citizen slaver & slave
conservation
science & reason
credible & perverse
poetry knowing
sacred & certain
of words that would wait:
entitlement (1823)
transgender (1988)
of words to be erased:
deliciate frigorific supererogate
the news is the place to learn things
science-based
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CDC Gets List of Banned Words: Fetus, Transgender, Diversity [Washington Post]
Amy Shaw is a cardiology PA living and working in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She turned to poetry after the recent election to focus on the personal in what feels like a world coming apart at the seams.
Photo by Lysander Yuen.
