Wednesday, April 14, 2010

lexicon check

I walked into my brother's room this afternoon to find the Scholastic Children's Dictionary I used to sift through in the second grade on his bed. I noticed the dictionary was open, naturally I look to see the what the words on the top of the page were (I've always found those words interesting).
This is what I see:
Page 270 Ingenious>Insane
Page 271 Insanitary>Insolent

So of course, I proceed to look at these definitions:
  • in-gen-ious (in-jee-nee-uhss) adjective Inventive and original, as in an ingenious plan.
  • in-sane (in-sayn) adjective 1. Mentally ill. 2. Very foolish. What an insane idea!
  • in-san-i-tar-y (in-san-uh-ter-ee) adjective Dirty and unhealthy.
  • in-so-lent (in-suh-luhnt) adjective Insulting and outspoken. Sometimes teenagers are insolent to adults.
And then I started laughing. The absurdity of these words being put on the same set of pages just got to me I guess. That, and the fact that these words seem to describe my life at the moment.

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