Rec | LOOK UP DEFINITIONS

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Even if you think you know a word. I do this all the time when I am reading and writing. I do it to double check that I am using a word in the right context, or to double check that I want to use this word in this context. Maybe by looking up the definition I will see a synonym that I like better. Or maybe I’ll learn a new definition / alternate use for that word. I make myself mini dictionaries in my journal and my notes app

@ugliestbinch

Feb 12, 2025

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@ouns

I think it is a gemini placements thing, to look in the dictionary for meanings of the word 😅 I do that as well

Feb 13, 2025

@ugliestbinch

ouns I hate to kill your vibe but I have not a single Gemini placement. Mostly water and fire signs tbh

Feb 13, 2025

@softshelled

I do this too! Shoutout to my most recent word lookup ‘nonplussed’. I’ve always used it and read/heard it in the context of unbotheredness. Had no idea that it’s a homograph, with the other definition being almost the complete opposite *i’m pretty nonplussed about it*

Feb 13, 2025

@sniffle

My brain forces me to do this. Whenever I see a word I’m not 100% sure on, then I can’t do anything until I search up its definition. I used to have a really cool dictionary bookmark about a decade ago - a bookmark with buttons on it to search up definitions on a small screen.

Feb 12, 2025

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