This, unsurprisingly is where the perpetually-growing dictionary resides. It aims to provide a contemporary guide to language and its usage. Mostly it is just here to ensure that those lost for the meaning of a particular word may find the truth they seek.
As this is a freely available resource, any contributions are welcome. Thanks for coming this far. However, your journey has only just begun.
- Book - from “b’hook” or “claw of fate” - a lure once used by ancient libraries to tempt people to enter them, where the head librarian would then be free to sacrifice them to their favourite god. Many modern libraries however have not thought any further beyond the luring and so people are able to escape from them, and very often with the book that the library sought to tempt them with. This gives an alternative possible reason for the Hooke Library being so called - it is a reminder of the origin of book.
- Cereal killer - a person or entity who either:
- Pours milk on cornflakes very early on and then leaves
them to get soggy.
or: - Opens a packet of cornflakes, eats them once and then leaves the packet not quite properly closed so the flakes slowly become rather less than crispy - dead.
- Pours milk on cornflakes very early on and then leaves
them to get soggy.
- Serial killer - a person or entity who has already seen the (episode/whole series)* of a drama on television and then proceeds to announce to anyone else watching the show with them exactly how the plot unfolds and all the character twists before the other viewers in close proximity to them have had a chance to find out for themselves.
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