Showing posts with label dictionary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dictionary. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Take your feet off of that dictionary please. Who do you think you are?*

So, in search of further validation, I too went to the dictionary for the exact definition of 'good' (Take that hoity-toity Christians. You're not the only ones who know how to use a dictionary [does anyone really know how to spell hoity-toity?]). It turns out there are 31 definitions of the word, not just the one that was listed on the "Smart Card."

Here are the ones that I'm going to go ahead and say apply to me:
  1. satisfactory in quality, quantity, or degree of high quality
  2. excellent well-behaved genuine
  3. not counterfeit
  4. not spoiled or tainted
  5. (of the complexion) smooth; free from blemish
  6. sufficient or ample
  7. satisfactory for the purpose conforming to rules of grammar, usage, etc.;
  8. correct
  9. full (this one only applies after meals)
  10. loyal
  11. fairly large or great
  12. free from precipitation or cloudiness
  13. fertile

Go ahead, pick one and use it in a sentence. I'll go first:

Is that Native Minnow in the fridge still good?

*and no, I'm not above using cheesy lyrics from children's songs that Japanese teenagers like to listen to in order to have a title that matches the post