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dictionary

noun as in book of word meanings

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Doomscrolling, a word that can now be found in the dictionary, is the act of endlessly consuming news and content that heightens feelings of anxiety, sadness, or anger.

From Salon

Skibidi is defined in the dictionary as "a word that can have different meanings such as 'cool' or 'bad', or can be used with no real meaning as a joke".

From BBC

The Lynx erased “deficit” from their dictionary — and just about everything from the Sparks’ playbook.

Some of the words date back to the 1700s and already feature in Scots language dictionaries.

From BBC

CNN lawyers argued that the term “black market” was used to describe an unregulated activity, even though the dictionary definition describes it as illegal.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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