Defining words
Believing that I have a fairly good command of the English language (even if not spelling, right Jon?), I was quite surprised when I recently learned that a term I’ve always thought to be a proper English word in fact is not.
Upon checking in various dictionaries I found that the non-word ‘gullible’ either isn’t listed at all or is said to be a slang term.
Quite surprising.
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But it is!!
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gullible
Lauren,
Are you sure? How did you spell it?
HA! Anyone who read this and thought, “What?!? Noooo… Is it?!?” was the proverbial fish on the hook. Not that you got ME. Nope, not at all… Well… ummm… maybe a little. Well played, sir. ;)
Credit for the concept behind this little prank rightfully goes to everyone’s favorfite prankster, “The Amazing Jonathan”, as he presents it in his boo, “Every Trick in the Book” (though I suspect this was first done about ten minutes after the word “gullible” was defined.
haha, nice try. amazed to see someone has already fallen for it
I admit it, I fell for it :)
You should have saved this one for April 1st =)
I guess it’s too late for me to tell you to look in a New Zealand dictionary, where it’s listed with a three L spelling.