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[–] lokalhorst@feddit.org 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

That's what people usually mean when they talk about the clitoris, you are right.¹ But we are talking about a language vocable in a dictionary here, not about colloquial language. Sign language is not something like an auxiliary language, but a natural one. This is why we can expect from a sign language dictionary that it uses the precise terms. My wife is working as a sign language interpreter and she very often has to prepare vocabulary before a job, then she uses these sites as a dictionary. Common jobs are medical consultations, but also medical conferences are possible. Then she needs precise terms. She doesn't speak ASL so I can't ask her about this specific sign, it could be that it can be used for both meanings.

Please don't get me wrong, I don't want to win an argument here. I just want to give another perspective!

¹I guess people mean this because the term is older than the knowledge about the anatomy of what it describes. People often just don't know. This is something that can change.

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, I totally get that sign language is a real language.
It's that I don't expect a dictionary to have the same level of precision as a medical dictionary or encyclopedia. It similarly talks about kidneys as a pair of organs on the right and left of the abdomen, and the liver as a large organ in the upper abdomen.
No mention that the kidneys are made of nephrons, their connection to the bladder or role regulating osmotic equilibrium.

[–] CrimeIsLegalNow@ani.social 1 points 9 hours ago

Absolutely devasting A+P 1 shade getting thrown right now 🍿