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by American idle on March 11th, 2007
Still do, in fact. Once I look up a word, I can't stop! It's like, "oh, look at THAT one", or, "I didn't know THAT'S what that meant". I'm such a nerd sometimes!
by Esteban-- Smartest Pumpkin on March 11th, 2007
My review: The Webster 4th Home Edition, short on plot (the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc) and heavy on the true meaning (the idea that is intended). and it is in alphabetical order (The order of the characters of the alphabet ) A must read.
by Talimze on March 11th, 2007
I haven't in a while. I used to copy words out of the dictionary. I'd just sit there with my paper and copy the words plus the definitions for fun. Ya know, during the weekend.
by Tinkabelle on March 11th, 2007
Reading the dictionary wasn't exactly fun for me, but I made it entertaining by looking up one word and while reading the definition, I'd find a word in that definition that I wanted defined and while reading THAT definition, find another word inside the definition that I needed defined...I'd learn about 10 new words in 5 short minutes.
by nullpointer on March 4th, 2007
haha.. that is strange. i did when i was young. to know about all new words i heard and searched for their synonyms. you know like f*** or s** or similar stuff. hehe :D
by Brian I on March 11th, 2007
I started to once, but I found that it was explained in so much detail I couldn't remember the plot.
by FadingxSmiles on March 11th, 2007
I never actually go all the way through, but I'll pick it up occasionally and flip through the pages.
I'm constantly trying to improve my grammar and vocabulary. I carry around a notebook that I write unfamiliar words in, as well as words I have heard many times and never bothered to look up, or words I know, but had forgotten about.
by Bluerose on March 11th, 2007
Yes. Okay, next question.
by anonymous on March 11th, 2007
yes i have, and i learned some interesting words
by Nice on March 4th, 2007
I do it all the time.
by Firebrand on March 19th, 2008
Yes I frequently do dip in and out of dictionaries.
by CousinVinny on March 19th, 2008
Man, WHERE do you LIVE?
is it really that BAD? LOL
by Galeanda on March 19th, 2008
Yes and I still love to look things up and read around it, explore root meanings and away I go:-)
by AntigoneRising on November 30th, 2007
Yes, and encyclopedias, too.
by HappyGoLucky on July 1st, 2007
All the time.
by golly on June 17th, 2007
yes, all the time! in an actual book, electronic and even on-line! as im looking for my word i see others that look too interesting to miss so i go to look them up as well. next thing i know ive been there for an hour or more. im even getting excited about words just writing this....how sad am i????? ha ha ha
by Ace of Hearts on May 1st, 2007
Yep, I even used to carry around this huge Encyclopedic Dictionary at school.
by steelhamster@aol.com on March 23rd, 2007
I have, and to spoil the ending.... the zebra did it ;-)
by meggaroo on March 23rd, 2007
Yes. :D
by Emmagirl wants to leave and not leave... on March 22nd, 2007
You would say! I found out about sex from the dictionary!!!!!!!!
by Stronghart on March 22nd, 2007
Always. And I date-mark the words that i look up. then five years later when I look up the same word, I get to kick myself in the a--.
by R U Sirius on March 15th, 2007
No, but I've copied it by hand once.
And man was that fun!!
by Jodie44 on March 12th, 2007
Yeah, when I was a kid I'd read Webster's. Now I read the Devil's Dictionary X. It's full of irreverent and cynical entries like:
Amsterdam:
a European city holding the ridiculous notion that the intoxicating yet relatively harmless substance, marijuana, should be a peaceful means of profit for the government and the community, rather than an excuse to spend billions of tax dollars on a futile war against its own people and constitution; the world’s own insane asylum.
and
mistake:
1. sixty seconds unpaid at work.
2. a vow of allegiance to a nation.
3. the loan of anything to a friend.
4. an honest remark to a woman.
~~~~~~~~~
http://sedition.com/ddx/
by hijklmno on March 12th, 2007
Of course. I was doing it just before I came online.
by Volt on March 12th, 2007
Yes, I have.
by Anonymous on March 11th, 2007
As a kid I read dictionaries and encyclopedias for fun. I wanted a library dictionary just like the great big ones that had every word imaginable in print. I drooled over them. Then I discovered the dictionary of theories, and Blacks dictionary of Law. Now that I have my dictionaries I can't see anything without my reading glasses.
by Aelfward on March 11th, 2007
Yes.
Its called having time on your hands. Or being bored. Or being insatiably curious.
by ptrask on March 11th, 2007
Although I have never read a dictionary for fun, I used to read encyclopedias for fun all the time. I started with Encyclopedia Brittanica Jr. that my parents had a set of when I was young. I moved on to Encyclopedia Brittanica at about age twelve. Nowadays, I go on Wikipedia when I want a little fun reading. My favorite sport on Wiki is to find errors in the articles.
by unknown on March 11th, 2007
Yes, my brothers and I would have contests to see who could define the most words. We read the encyclopedias too. By the way singwell congrats on becoming a Sage.:)
by gerrik on March 11th, 2007
Yeah to enhance my vocabulary i would have picked a word each week and tried to use it as much as possible, where possible lol.
by Bluerose on March 11th, 2007
Maps too. Just love letting some of those foreign places roll of my tongue.
Just me then. Oh well, I can live with that.
by onejan84 on November 10th, 2008
Absolutely! I try to learn a new word every day.
by Merfish on November 1st, 2008
Years ago with my mother, yes.
She still reads it sometimes.
by Cirque-Sara on October 17th, 2008
Definately! I love to.
by Big on September 21st, 2008
Ha Ha! Me and my friend once drank a bottle of Everclear and read the dictionary. Does that count? I don't remember what it said, but it still was fun.
by david tennants not so secret admirer on September 6th, 2008
i think we have all looked up dirty words as a kid for fun.
by wolverine_X on September 4th, 2008
my sister did with her friends but only to find words you wouldn't find in a dictionary.
by BabyRoo on April 30th, 2008
Indeed I have. :)
by FreshApples on March 20th, 2008
i used to do it all the time!~
by Nick on March 19th, 2008
I do so all the time. There are great special dictionaries out there that have very entertaining stories in them. But I also like to read in Webster's dictionary. I do so daily for five minutes or so.
by LoyalTubist-CountryClub Life in Mindanao on March 19th, 2008
I do it all the time. It's amazing how many words I mispronounce.
by Mantra on March 19th, 2008
Yeah, I'm still dumb.
by homlesspoet on January 20th, 2008
Yes, and now thanks to the dictionary, I have a very expanded vocabulary.
by ohthunderbelle doesnt dance she boogies on January 19th, 2008
All the time. Words are a passion of mine.
by nemo1990 on December 30th, 2007
I've looked up a few words out of curiousity .. haven't read the whole thing though!
by Ed the Jetpacking Headbanger on December 18th, 2007
Yes and our Funk & Wagnall encyclopedia set.
by Mr n Mrs M... on December 18th, 2007
Im sure she is quite capable of reading it on her own.
by LoveWaffle on December 18th, 2007
Yes! The origins of the word Orgasm come from the latin, meaning 'swelling'. I love funny books :D
by Goldberry on November 30th, 2007
Russian- English dictionary, I `can`t stop reading if I need to find even just one word
by WolfWarrior on October 5th, 2007
not for fun, but if i hear a word i dont know, i look it up. then i see more words in the dictionary i dont know, and from there, i start skimming through, reading words i dont know. but usually after that, i forget them.
Can i play ISO files in Rosetta Stone?
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nerds of the world unite! :-)
by singwell-is off researching a lot on March 11th, 2007
cool............
by American idle on March 11th, 2007
singwell don't be nasty lots of really cool people read the dictionary - like me for instance...
by Empress of Everything Ever on March 12th, 2007
Same here. Funny how that works out.
by Castrate on March 23rd, 2007
hey, I include myself in the title...however, I think of myself as very cool. I have quite a collection of dictionaries and thesauruses, in a number of languages...
by singwell-is off researching a lot on April 6th, 2007
Ok singwell, that's going too far...lol...you are making the rest of us look, well, um....dumb! Cut it out! LOL
by Empress of Everything Ever on April 6th, 2007
I would agree,Its kind of adictive once you start =)
by ram on April 18th, 2007
I've read the whole dictionary
end of discussion
by Anonymous on October 4th, 2009