• set_secret@lemmy.world
      21·
      2 years ago

      Weird the US slang version comes before the actual definition. Someone needs to edit that Wikipedia article.

      Every other dictionary (Including US ones)

      gangbang /găng′băng″/

      noun

      1. Sexual intercourse forced upon one person by several others in rapid succession.
      2. Sexual intercourse involving several people who select and change partners.
      3. Sexual intercourse involving more than two persons, especially with a high proportion of men.
      4. A street gang attacking random people on the streets and/or committing gang crimes.

      intransitive verb

      1. To participate in a gangbang, either consensually or as an aggressor.
      2. To participate in violent gang-related activities.
      3. To subject (someone) to a gangbang.
      • force@lemmy.world
        11·
        2 years ago

        Whether a term is characteristic of a certain dialect or region isn’t generally considered all that much when it comes to order on Wiktionary, unless it’s an “obscure” dialect. I contribute a lot to Wiktionary (mainly for languages other than Modern English though) and there are few rules on the specific the order of definitions, it’s mostly just common definitions above uncommon definitions (but this isn’t even a hard rule).

        Editing it to change the order for your reason specifically might be considered vandalism, as it’s typical and allowed for entries to be like this and it’s common for little disputes like that to cause editing wars (although that’s admittedly far more common on Wikipedia, since many Wiktionary contributors are actually linguists and are less controversial).

        That being said, someone actually did intentionally move the “gang member” definition above the other one, so there’s clearly some sort of difference in opinion.

        If you want it changed, the course of action you should take is starting a discussion about it. It’s a good way to get a community consensus.