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Why does the definition of spiral include the word spiral?
Posted on 3/9/18 at 12:04 am
Posted on 3/9/18 at 12:04 am
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary
My daughter had me quiz her on her vocabulary words and I about lost it over this revelation. A very important rule of language is that you cannot use a word to define itself.
WTF has happened to our academic society? You freaking lazy bastards!
What is the definition of black? Something black in color? Or something round? Something round in shape? OMG!!
Can you tell me any other words that define themselves besides spiral?
quote:
2 : a single turn or coil in a spiral object
3 : something having a spiral form as: a : spiral galaxy b (1) : a spiral flight
My daughter had me quiz her on her vocabulary words and I about lost it over this revelation. A very important rule of language is that you cannot use a word to define itself.
WTF has happened to our academic society? You freaking lazy bastards!
What is the definition of black? Something black in color? Or something round? Something round in shape? OMG!!
Can you tell me any other words that define themselves besides spiral?
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Posted on 3/9/18 at 12:06 am to rebeloke
this is so rebeloke of you
Posted on 3/9/18 at 12:15 am to rebeloke
S**t
Smells like s**t, looks like s**t, tastes like s**t = it is s**t.
Smells like s**t, looks like s**t, tastes like s**t = it is s**t.
Posted on 3/9/18 at 12:15 am to rebeloke
OED, baw. It is more likely to satisfy your spiral into academia.
Posted on 3/9/18 at 12:44 am to rebeloke
You should send them a harshly worded letter and include a correct definition that you first post here. If next year we see that it worked, that would bring you up from a 0 to a 0.3.
Posted on 3/9/18 at 12:45 am to rebeloke
quote:
adjective
1.
winding in a continuous and gradually widening (or tightening) curve, either around a central point on a flat plane or about an axis so as to form a cone.
You didn't post the #1 definition
Posted on 3/9/18 at 1:02 am to rebeloke
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