“Correct” English is a very silly thing to get hung up on. I’ll repeat myself: if it’s correct enough for Dickens and Shakespeare, the two of us can probably suffer it.
(I’ve also never heard any English dictionary make a claim of linguistic completeness, so “it’s not in Merriam-Webster” doesn’t strike me as an important standard.)
Re:Inclusive Coding Bot on GitHub
by at_a_remove on Thursday April 07, 2022 @11:00AM
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It isn't an important standard for really obscure words. However, if Merriam-Webster forgot something like "him," you would look askance.
We both know this. Why pretend?
In other words, the dictionary added it 3 years ago due to political pressure. It's never been correct English, and it still isn't.