Words that begin with X – a followup

26 Feb

Posted by: Geoff in: Rant

Seems like this post about words beginning with X has garnered a small response, mostly consisting of the below argument:

BAAAAAAWWWWWW, WHER AM MEANINGZ?!?

To which my response is:

Use a dictionary, you idiots.

Every time I hear someone say ‘what does ____ mean’, it makes me want to beat them over the head with a lead block. What is so very hard about going to a bookshelf and picking up a dictionary, using Google to look it up and find a dictionary page or even just going straight to www.dictionary.com for it? Is it beyond you? Does the simple act of copying a word and then pasting it into a little box tax your brain so much you need a good lie down afterwards?

If you still can’t grasp this amazing new concept, then I suggest you take yourself down to your local waste processing plant and throw yourself in the compacter. It’s for your own good. Well, and ours.

3 Responses

oDMY WPEWOQ
26|Feb|2009 1

wHAT THE HECK YOU DOPE DONT ENCOURGE PEOPLE TO COMMIT SUCIDE
Geoff
27|Feb|2009 2

I think if you decided to kill yourself off the basis of an opinion piece blog post, then you deserve everything you get.
Emily
27|Jan|2010 3

I appreciated your post, and I like your follow up as well. I do believe I have to post it on my fridge. The next time someone asks me how to spell something, or what this means, all I have to do is point. A further follow up to your arguement, looking up words teaches you how to spell words you might not know. A nice list would be ten great reasons that frequent use of a dictionary is an affordable luxury. Maybe more would make use of any of the resources you listed. Thanks for the list, it will come in handy for cram sessions just before a scrabble match.

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