Siina :genchu: on Nostr: I remember growing up with the knowledge that no definition should reference the word ...
I remember growing up with the knowledge that no definition should reference the word its defining.
And yet, US dictionaries be like:
"akimbo, adverb, 2: Into, in, or the position where the arms are akimbo"
thanks a fucking lot, that makes it much clearer. 10/10 dictionary.
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