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When I need to know the meaning of a word, I look it up in a dictionary.


William Safire


#i #know #look #meaning #meaning of

Why don’t you purchase an Italian dictionary? I will assume the expense.” “I have one,” she said, “but I don’t think it’s very good. Half the words are missing.” “Half?” “Well, some,” she amended. “But truly, that’s not the problem.” He blinked, waiting for her to continue. She did. Of course. “I don’t think Italian is the author’s native tongue,” she said. “The author of the dictionary?” he queried. “Yes. It’s not terribly idiomatic.


Julia Quinn


#dictionary #humor #italian #humor

Dictionary - opinion expressed as truth in alphabetical order.


John Ralston Saul


#expressed #opinion #order #truth

And let a scholar all earth's volumes carry, he will be but a walking dictionary: a mere articulate clock.


George Chapman


#carry #clock #dictionary #earth #mere

The much vaunted male logic isn't logical, because they display prejudices against half the human race that are considered prejudices according to any dictionary definition.


Eva Figes


#against #any #because #considered #definition

Agatha Christie n. A silent, putrid fart committed by someone in this very room, and only one person knows whodunnit.


VIZ


#dictionary #humor #swearing #humor

Webster’s—the original high definition entertainment.



Jarod Kintz


#funny #high-definition #humor #original #webster-s

elliptical, adj. The kiss I like the most is one of the slow ones. It’s as much breath as touch, as much no as yes. You lean in from the side, and I have to turn a little to make it happen.


David Levithan


#kiss #love #the-lover-s-dictionary #love

taciturn, adj. There are days you come home silent. You say words, but you're still silent. I used to bombard you with conversational crowbars, but now I simply let the apartment fall mute. I hear you in the room -- turning on music, typing on the keys, getting up for a drink, shifting in your chair. I try to have my conversation with those sounds.


David Levithan


#lover-s-dictionary #music

We are becoming so accustomed to millions and billions of dollars that "thousands" has almost passed out of the dictionary.


Everett Dirksen


#almost #becoming #billions #dictionary #dollars






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