(LifeSiteNews) — Woke words are now part of competitive spelling for children.
The famous Scripps Spelling Bee has announced that it will accept “womyn” as an alternative spelling for the word “women.”
“Womyn” is a fictitious, grammatically incorrect term invented by feminists in the 1970s that symbolically removes the suffix “man” in an attempt to make it free from masculine influence.
Scripps included “womyn” in a list of officially approved words for third graders who want to prepare for its annual tournaments.
Social media was abuzz following the announcement.
“You can’t make this up,” famous X account Libs of TikTok said on the platform.
You can’t make this up. Scripps National Spelling Bee Competetion says third graders can spell the word “women” as “womyn”
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— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) December 11, 2024
Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was similarly blown away.
Scripps National Spelling Bee is now allowing for an alternative spelling of the word “women”.
They approved of “womyn” to avoid having the word “men” in the spelling.
Can’t even make this up.
— Charlie Kirk 🇺🇸 NEWS (@CharlieKNews) December 14, 2024
A spokesperson for Scripps told Fox News Digital that it made the decision because the alternative spelling is included in the Merriam-Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary.
“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 person said.
Scripp’s decision to permit “womyn” as an acceptable spelling is not the first time nonsense words have been promoted in the United States.
In 2021, Democratic Congressman Emmanuel Cleaver absurdly ended his opening prayer to the House of Representatives by using the word “Awoman” instead of “Amen.”
GOP Representative Guy Reschenthaler correctly pointed out on X that Amen is Latin for “so be it” and that it is “not a gendered word.”
“Unfortunately, facts are irrelevant to progressives. Unbelievable,” he said.
Scripp’s 100th annual tournament is scheduled to take place in May 2025, which is twenty-years after this journalist won the Sacred Heart of Jesus school’s spelling bee competition.