The Dictionary

Lately, I've been finding the dictionary a very interesting and informative experience. So was Fruit Ninja with the Fruit Facts. But back to dictionaries.

I think dictionaries are probably underrated as books because people find them boring. False. There are many endlessly fascinating words which can be found within the confines of the dictionary. I think what people lack is a really comprehensive dictionary. The "My First Dictionary for Children" isn't going to cut it. I use the Concise Oxford Dictionary and it's really fun just to flick to a random page and look for an overwhelmingly complex word and find out its meaning and then use it in a sentence so that you look and sound like a genius.
Example: "Walter is nuciverous" which really just means "Walter is nut-eating". But it sounds so much better. Also, "Walter is non-nuciferous", which means "Walter is non-nut bearing".
There are also many archaic insults in the dictionary which can be used to confound your verbal opponents e.g. "You're such a ninny" with ninny meaning a foolish or simple-minded person.

Here are some words which I would like to use in these sentences more often. Look them up for yourself (but please don't use dictionary.com, it is the destroyer of the procurement of words):

Wilson has prognathous.
Some people have very obscure sobriquets.
Meet at the top right socle of the library.
Please pass the fondant.
I admire the craquelure that is prevalent within Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa.

That is all.