Doug Emhoff s title Second Gentleman has been added to the dictionary
Talia LakritzJan 29, 2021, 03:17 IST
Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff.Jonathan Ernst-Pool/Getty Images
Merriam-Webster added Doug Emhoff s title Second Gentleman to the dictionary. The term is not new, but it s finally common enough to have met our entry criteria, Merriam-Webster wrote.
Emhoff responded on Twitter: I might be the first, but I won t be the last.
Doug Emhoff s title as Vice President Kamala Harris husband is now official.
As the first-ever male spouse of a vice president, there was some speculation leading up to the inauguration about what title Emhoff would use. In December, Harris confirmed to CNN s Jake Tapper that he would be called the second gentleman. Now that Harris is officially in office, Merriam-Webster announced that the term Second Gentleman has been added to the dictionary.
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Vice President Kamala Harris will soon be residing on the grounds of the Naval Observatory in northwestern Washington, D.C., in a home occupied by several of her predecessors. Kamla Harris will reside at Number One Observatory Circle. (Saul Loeb/AFP Getty Images)
Harris, 56, will live in the 19th-century home with her husband, Doug Emhoff, 56, at Number One Observatory Circle. She’ll be the eighth vice president to reside in the Queen Anne-style home, which was made the official house of the sitting vice president in 1974, according to the White House’s official website.
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From CNN s Aditi Sangal
The coronavirus pandemic will be President-elect Joe Biden s top priority after he is sworn in later today, the incoming White House press secretary Jen Psaki told CNN.
“Hundreds of thousands of Americans, obviously, have lost their lives, but many more millions have lost their jobs. And these are two intertwined crises,” she said. “I would expect that coronavirus getting it under control, addressing it, communicating with the public about it is going to continue to be front and center for him in his agenda,” she said.