I hate dictionaries
January 24, 2010
They almost always force you to look up some other form of the word because the definition they gave you includes the word itself.
For example:
fungible:
n.
Something that is fungible - usually used in plural
Gah! Gee, tha6nks a lot, dictionary. That's the most useful definition ever! Now I have to look up the adjective!
Granted, in this case, I was looking for the adjecttive anyway, but the noun form appeareed first, so I read that instead.
It's just annoying sometimes how you need to look things up twice, essentially, to get the actual meaning of a word.
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bloomer - January 24, 2010 (05:11 PM) What dictionary was this? |
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wolfqueen001 - January 24, 2010 (07:39 PM) The online Meriam-Webster one. (www.m-w.com) Though, I've found instances of this in all dictionaries, so it's hardly specific to that one. |
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bloomer - January 25, 2010 (12:36 AM) Well, to be smug, my non online Shorter Concise Oxford (10 inches of dictionary) does not use the word 'fungible' anywhere in its definition of fungible. |
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zippdementia - January 25, 2010 (08:18 PM) I don't think I've used the word fungible enough in my life. |
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