Thursday, October 28, 2010

I can FEEL you mocking me, Dictionary.com

So I was reading a really great blog and I came across this word:

RECONNAISSANCE

Not liking the thought of reading on without first knowing what that word means, I went on to Dictionary.com to find out the meaning. And this is what I got:

Excuse me? I asked for "reconnaissance" and you gave me "the act of reconnoitering"? WTF? I asked for an explanation, not the....verb or whatever of "reconnaissance". That's like....me asking what is 2+2 and you happily tell me it's 5-1. And now I have to type in "reconnoitering" to find out what "reconnaissance" means. Sheeeeeesh.

I gave the monitor screen a very very sour look. Fine, Dictionary.com, if you wanna play, I will play along with you. I cast a look around my table for ideas on stupid words to input into the search engine. Ah-ha! A sticker. I typed "sticker" into the search engine:


Wait, what? A person or thing that sticks? So does that mean a sticker is "a person" or "a person that sticks"? Either way, it doesn't make much sense.

I frown at the computer screen. I'm starting to think that the team behind Dictionary.com are all a bunch of young, baby-faced interns who can't be half-assed about the accuracy of the meanings. Probably figuring nobody in their right mind would look up such moronic words (heyyyyyy.......)

All right, Dictionary.com, let me give you one more chance. How about..."computer"? I typed that in too and got:


PUH-LEEZE. I think it's already saying a lot about how stupid I am if I don't even know what is a computer. And you throw in a bunch of cheem descriptions and alternative names for a computer, how am I supposed to get that? You might as well say "YOU ARE USING ONE, DUMBASS".

Very funny, Dictionary.com. What next? Let me see one last time how annoying you can really get:
SIGH.

If you ask me, I think the dudes over at Dictionary.com are just plain lazy.