dicktionary of mean
- noun
- NSFW
:
dictionario de insultos
- Whenever she wanted to insult someone, she consulted her trusty dicktionary of mean.
Examples
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That comeback was classic—did you memorize the dicktionary of mean?
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The dicktionary of mean has some hilarious insults.
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His jokes sounded like they came straight out of the dicktionary of mean.
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Have you seen the latest dicktionary of mean?
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His jokes sounded like they came straight out of the dicktionary of mean.
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Whenever she wanted to insult someone, she consulted her trusty dicktionary of mean.
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That comeback was classic—did you memorize the dicktionary of mean?
Synonyms
A joking name for a long list of insults
How Insulting
- NSFW
- Offensive
155
3.4
- Offensive
313
1.3
- Offensive
4
4.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
dicktionary + of + mean
The phrase is a playful blend suggesting 'dictionary' + 'of mean', so a learner who knows 'dictionary' and 'mean' could plausibly infer it denotes a collection of mean remarks. However, the nonce spelling 'dicktionary' relies on English slang/punning (the element 'dick') and creative morphology that is culture-specific and not predictable from standard constituent meanings, so the expression is not fully transparent.
Etymology
Dicktionary of mean is a joking image of a private book full of rude lines. Imagine someone flipping through their own 'dictionary' to find a sharp insult, so dicktionary and mean make you think of a source of nasty comebacks. So it means 'a collection of harsh or insulting remarks'.