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Sunday, March 01, 2009

Funny how they differ in meanings between the RSS feed and the website

Today's Dictionary.com word of the day was pedant.

The meaning as given in my news feed:
pedant: person holding books in esteem


The real meaning in all its shading, as given on their website:
pedant \PED-nt\, noun:
a person who makes a show of detailed knowledge, esp. relying on books; also, a narrow-minded teacher or scholar


World of difference, hmm?

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