Dictionarese

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of dictionaryese. alt-of, alternative, uncountable

    "With my average classes, once the word has been correctly guessed, I put its meaning on the board in the vernacular, rather than in "dictionarese.""

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"With my average classes, once the word has been correctly guessed, I put its meaning on the board in the vernacular, rather than in "dictionarese.""

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