Dictionary
See also: dictionary
English
Etymology
From dictionary.
Proper noun
Dictionary
- Nickname for a swot or studious person, or one who uses needlessly complicated words.
- 1993, Fred Hartley, That Morals Thing, page 31:
- His friends called him "Dictionary." There were other names they called him that were far worse.
- 1996, Kirk H. Beetz, Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction:
- He won a scholarship to a prestigious British inspired secondary school, Government College in Umuahia, and also gained a reputation for knowledge in his home village, where they called him Dictionary.
- 2002, Bart Schneider, Secret Love, page 67:
- Hillis Brown turned toward Simon and whispered, "Hey, DICtionary[sic], don't worry, just because you sing like Johnny doesn't mean you gotta be a faggot."
- 2013, Bridgette Kasuka, African Writers, page 404:
- Meanwhile, he applied himself so diligently to his formal education that schoolmates called him “Dictionary.” This effort won him admission to a British-run boarding school with an excellent library.
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See also
- walking dictionary
Anagrams
- indicatory