Is the word 'dictionary' in the dictionary...?

[LadyB]

DON'T LOOK IT UP JUST YET!!

Answer first .... do you think it's in there? And then go check to see if you were right or not.

[rfn]

Without looking (I don't have one) - of course it is?

Dictionary is a book that defines words. Dictionary is a word, so it should be in there?

[Los Palmas 7]

Of course it is.

Although they have removed the word "gullible" because not enough people were looking it up and therefore it was deemed unnecessary.

[Simpo Two]

Los Palmas 7 said:

Although they have removed the word "gullible" because not enough people were looking it up and therefore it was deemed unnecessary.

(C) My school 1977

[Los Palmas 7]

Simpo Two said:

Los Palmas 7 said:

Although they have removed the word "gullible" because not enough people were looking it up and therefore it was deemed unnecessary.

(C) My school 1977

That's as maybe, but you wouldn't believe how many people fall for that one.

[jimothy]

Los Palmas 7 said:

Simpo Two said:

Los Palmas 7 said:

Although they have removed the word "gullible" because not enough people were looking it up and therefore it was deemed unnecessary.

(C) My school 1977

That's as maybe, but you wouldn't believe how many people fall for that one.

Mrs Jimothy for example...

[blindswelledrat]

What a ridiculous thread.
Is the word "what" in there?
Or the word "an"?
Or "idiotic"
What about "question"?
Got to be clever to get the answer to those.

[RDMcG]

DICTIONARY:,n.
A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of language and making it hard and inelastic. This dictionary,however, is a most useful work.

-Ambrose Bierce . The Devil's Dictionary.

[RobM77]

Why wouldn't it be?

[DrTre]

She's right. It's not there.
Who'd ha thunk it.

[Arese]

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dictionary

[DrTre]

Oh. There's no "K".
I need one of those books that tells me how to spell.

Edited by DrTre on Monday 7th December 16:06

[karona]

Dictionary is definitely in the dictionary. I know for certain because my second year form teacher ordered me to copy the dictionary until I found the swear word he'd heard me use in the playground.
Me being a smartarse I only copied the definition of 'dictionary'. He didn't see the joke. They used the belt (tawse) on smartarses in those bygone days.

[Neil H]

Of course it's in there, and so is 'ignoramus' coincidently.

[blindswelledrat]

karona said:

Dictionary is definitely in the dictionary. I know for certain because my second year form teacher ordered me to copy the dictionary until I found the swear word he'd heard me use in the playground.
Me being a smartarse I only copied the definition of 'dictionary'. He didn't see the joke. They used the belt (tawse) on smartarses in those bygone days.

I dont see the joke either, TBH.
How is copying the definition of 'dictionary' a logical response to being told to 'copy the dictionary until you reach the swaer word'?
Doesnt make sense.
Glad he belted you

[Justayellowbadge]

DrTre said:

Oh. There's no "K".
I need one of those books that tells me how to spell.

As you need to be able to spell to look up the word, a dkshnary isn't going to be much help there.

[Cara van man]

I must confess, I am entirely enthralled by the progress of this thread

:|

[LadyB]

I began this thread following a drunken discussion with a friend. We were amused by the irony that you would have to look up the word 'dictionary' in a dictionary to find the definition, but how could you know to use a dictionary if you didn't know the definition?

[blindswelledrat]

LadyB said:

I began this thread following a drunken discussion with a friend. We were amused by the irony that you would have to look up the word 'dictionary' in a dictionary to find the definition, but how could you know to use a dictionary if you didn't know the definition?

fk me, these dark winter nights must fly by in your house.

[DrTre]

Justayellowbadge said:

As you need to be able to spell to look up the word, a dkshnary isn't going to be much help there.

Every day I try to better myself and every day The World puts something in my way.

<sigh>