There is something peacefully satisfying about looking words up in a real print-and-paper dictionary. Hardcover is even better. A part of me always feels slightly vindicated when finding a specific word within what is, essentially, one huge list of words. Even when I don't find the word I want, I find joy in the distractions along the way. Discovering which words the publisher has decided to illustrate has also never ceased to intrigue me.
I have a dictionary at work that I found in a pile of used supplies. For a short time it was kept in one of the overhead cabinets in my cubicle, but I've learned to simply never put it away.
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