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a reference book giving information about the meanings, pronunciations, uses, and origins of words listed in alphabetical order a wordbook of nautical slang

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Noun
  • At a time when contentious words dominate our conversations—think insurrection and fascism and fake news and woke—the need for dictionaries to chronicle and explain language, and serve as its watchdog, has never been greater.
    Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Internally, the current workspace contained not only the visible text documents but also any custom words the user added to the dictionary and any additional tForth words defined in memory.
    Cameron Kaiser, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
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  • Reading widely outside your field is a great way to expand your language, as are keeping a personal lexicon of new terms and challenging yourself to articulate complex ideas with precision.
    Yasir Hashmi, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • However, every few years, a movie enters the cultural lexicon that comes across as lived-in and accessible.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Wordbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wordbook. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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