50 Of The Funniest And Most Honest “Definitions” Of Everyday Words Explained In This Crowd-Sourced Online Dictionary
As a linguist, I gotta say, dictionaries are hella interesting, not just because of the obscure etymologies or weird words you can find in them, but because of the rare and unheard of meanings that ordinary everyday words can have.
But then the internet one-ups the lexical game and becomes home to collaborative dictionaries that deal with words you wouldn’t see in traditional dictionaries. No, I’m not referring to the Urban Dictionary, but that’s a treasure in and of itself too. I’m talking about the HipDict.
HipDict is a crowd-sourced dictionary that redefines regular, everyday words with meanings that make much more sense in reality. While most dictionaries define words in concept, HipDict focuses on the spirit and nails it spot-on.
We have already covered entries from this dictionary on several occasions, like on this one and on this one, but it’s growing, and so we present to you new and unique entries in this lexical compendium.
Scroll down, vote on your favorites, and why not share some of your definitions to otherwise very mundane words in the comment section below!
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Eldest child : the one who does all the chores and gets no love and no attention.
I'm shamelessly overly truthful. But that's okay. I wouldn't want to work with someone who prefers dishonesty and plays games.
I want to start a petition to add 8 extra hours in a day to do whatever we want
Oh my gosh wait- it actually does! Except I hear the person ordering in like a French accent
And you also get their salary, right? *chuckles nervously without real hope*
Netflix definitely needs a filter to block: 1) Movies I've already seen and don't want to see again 2) Movies I started watching and decided were crap 3) Gratuitous gore 4) Incredible stupid $hit
Yes. Also seems to be a point for some (myself included) when you start using a foreign language more than your native tongue and you completely forget words in your own language before mastering the new one. You would feel stupid, if you could remember a word - any word- for that feeling.
It's also quite funny when you know French, German, Swedish, Italian, and English and constantly smash together sentences with all sorts of the language.
This. When I try to use Swedish or German, I just end up smashing Swedish, German and English together. None of these are my first language, and it’s hard to keep these languages in correct order. 😂
Load More Replies...I have been forgetting more and more words in my native language, unwillingly replacing them with English words.
What your native language, Ryan? Your first name suggests Irish/Gaelic and your last French.
Load More Replies...I speak english, portuguese, spanish, italian, french, and arabic. I try to have some conversations with myself in these languages or else I would be byelingual. (sometimes i scare people when Im talking to myself in a different language)
Cat: a small but powerful murderer so adorable that you love, house, and feed it. See also: Stockholm Syndrom.
March 2022: The time when we start watching Cats (2019) because there's nothing else and we have to resort to Taylor Swift Furry Edition
I have a cousin who married the same guy thrice. Now she says that was 2x stupid.
Or a gif that expresses my reaction perfectly, but doesn't misappropriate another race and is from a celebrity I like.
BEST FRIEND: The person who tells you your problems are more than she can handle and then hands you a piece of paper with the name and phone number of someone she’s had recommended by a different friend. Based on a true story!
Alternate definition, the hours of school in which feel like an eternity.