Wednesday, February 27, 2008

HILARIOUS DICTIONARY ENTRIES

Don't ask me what I was doing, but I laughed at this for several minutes. Cheers to Webster's for holding nothing back.

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Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: poofter
Part of Speech: n
Definition: a male homosexual; also, an emasculated male; also called poof
Example: Stop babying him like that! You're going to turn him into a poofter!
Etymology: 1889; fr. poof
Usage: British disparaging slang

Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.7)
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Of course the word came from France, the country that invented poofters. I also found it entertaining that the dictionary entries around "poofter" also came off just a little bit gay, as if poofter was slowly infecting the English language. Hey poohbah, you don't want to hang around that poofter too much, it might rub off on you HEYYYOOOO. Here is one of the top Google Image Search results for "poofter":

"So, did you see the new 'Poof'?"

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