Dictionary Redefines 'Poverty' to Include Banks, CEOs

Merriam-Webster, producers of books with the world's most uninventive storylines, announced today an update to the definition for "poverty." The current dictionary entry defines the word as "the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions." Today's revision corrects the language to the more inclusive "the state of one receiving government support."

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