#Webster's Dictionary

[artplusrandomstufff]

So, this is something I've wanted to do since literally second grade. Dictionary drawings. I'm not going to tell you which word each page is, because that's fun to me. And it should be obvious. It'll take a while, but I'm going to do EVERY page in my 501 page Websters dictionary I got for free in third grade, ripping out the pages one by one. I'm going to release them in incriments of five.

This is pages 1-5. I have pages 6-24 also finished so expect all that soon. Anywho's, super excited. Hope you like it! :D <3

[webstersnewcollegedictionary3rd]

WORD OF THE DAY

purse seine (sān) noun. A fishing seine pursed or drawn into the shape of a bag to enclose the catch.

[abellinthecupboard]

The Hunt

Somewhere in the rolling hills and farm country that lie beyond speech Noah Webster and his assistants are moving across the landscape tracking down a new word. It is a small noun about the size of a mouse, one that will be seldom used by anyone, like a synonym for isthmus, but they are pursuing the creature zealously as if it were the verb to be, swinging their sticks and calling out to one another as they wade through a field of waist-high barley.

— Billy Collins, Questions About Angels (1999)

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

[anal-bravery]

Y'all. Kraft just erected an 8 foot tall monument to its own mayonnaise outside of Merriam Webster's HQ in Springfield in an effort to make "Moist" Merriam Webster's word of the year. It feels like an article from the fucking Onion but this is real life

[gentsma]

An Incomplete List of 2024 Additions to the Merriam-Webster

bingo card noun … 2 slang : a list of possible, expected, or likely scenarios — usually used in the phrase on one's bingo card

bussin’ adjective, African American English slang : extremely good : excellent; especially : delicious, tasty

chef’s kiss noun : a gesture of satisfaction or approval made by kissing the fingertips of one hand and then spreading the fingers with an outward motion — often used interjectionally

cold open noun : a scene of a film or television episode that precedes the title sequence or opening credits and that typically takes place in medias res

cromulent adjective, informal + humorous : acceptable, satisfactory

doggo noun, slang : dog

doomscroll verb : to spend excessive time online scrolling (see scroll entry 2) through news or other content that makes one feel sad, anxious, angry, etc.

edgelord noun, slang : someone who makes wildly dark and exaggerated statements (as on an internet forum) with the intent of shocking others

jorts plural noun : shorts made of denim or jean : jean shorts

nerf verb 1 informal : to reduce the effectiveness of (something, such as a character, attribute, or weapon) in a video game; broadly : to make (something) less useful or effective 2 informal : to lightly bump (another car) in an automobile race

padawan noun, informal : a young person especially when regarded as naïve, inexperienced, etc.

rage quit verb : to suddenly stop participating or engaging in (something) in a fit of anger and frustration : to quit (something) in anger

rizz noun, slang : romantic appeal or charm

simp verb, informal : to show excessive devotion to or longing for someone or something

smashburger noun 1 : a hamburger patty that is pressed thin onto a heated pan or griddle at the start of cooking; also : a patty (as of beans or ground turkey) prepared similarly 2 : a sandwich featuring one or more such patties

[one-time-i-dreamt]

Elon Musk tried to buy the letter X but Merriam-Webster found out and chased him around, trying to smash him with a giant dictionary.

[literaryvein-reblogs]

Word List: Sick

beautiful words with the word "sick" to try to include in your next poem/story

Airsick - affected with motion sickness associated with flying

Brainsick - mentally disordered

Carsick - affected with motion sickness especially in an automobile

Cropsick - sick from excess in eating or drinking

Fossick - to search about; rummage

Greensick - in pathology: refers to chlorosis (i.e., an iron-deficiency anemia formerly common in adolescent girls that may impart a greenish tint to the skin)

Heartsick - very despondent; depressed

Homesick - longing for home and family while absent from them

Lovesick - longing for, marked by, or expressive of a desire for romantic love

Oversick - excessively unwell

Seasick - motion sickness experienced on the water

Sickbay - a compartment in a ship used as a dispensary and hospital; broadly: a place for the care of the sick or injured

Sickbed - the bed on which one lies sick

Sickle - an agricultural implement consisting of a curved metal blade with a short handle fitted on a tang

Sicklily - in a sickly manner

Sickroom - a room in which a person is confined by sickness

If any of these words make their way into your next poem/story, please tag me, or leave a link in the replies. I would love to read them!

More: Word Lists

[chaotic-neutral-knitter]

guy at work today was being kind of weird about Midwestern accents at me during team lunch ("can you say something in your accent?" "explain it to me") and then of course he dropped the "I don't think we [Californians] have accents, we speak with the correct pronunciation, so we don't have an accent."

and I swear to god the other coworker (wonderful Persian woman who tells me about her cats and her garden, I knew two weeks into the job that I loved her) eating lunch with us saw the fucking health bar pop up over my head and heard my fight music start. bc she laughed right as I leaned in with the polite smile of someone who is about to be a menace and asked him who gets to decide which way of speaking is the "correct" one.

[ectonurites]

writing tumblr posts is easy because i can be as incoherent as i want and a certain number of people will probably like it anyway (<3) however writing emails makes me feel like i'll be hunted for sport if i phrase anything in a suboptimal way

[wronghands1]

[artplusrandomstufff]

Okay, it's been a second. Here's dictionary pages 6-10. We'll be in the a words for a while.

[balladofthe101st]

don't know how to feel about the men taking the piss of webster in the original draft of the last patrol compared to the final screenplay/them picking on him in the series 😭😭😭

[shesmore-shoebill]

"there's a word for that, isn't there?" "anxiety." "yes."

[harveywritings92]

{Ghost is attending The neighbouring towns founder’s day celebration with R/n, they’re watching a play reenacting the towns founding.]

The actor playing the town’s founder: “A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.”

Ghost:...

Ghost: Embiggens? I never heard that word before I moved here.

R/n: I don't know why. It's a perfectly cromulent word.

Ghost: I’ve never heard that word before either!

[slyandthefamilybook]

this is the funniest possible response