Dictionary

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Dictionary

1. 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.

• walking dictionary

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