Dictionary
Proper noun
Nickname for a swot or studious person, or one who uses needlessly complicated words.
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His friends called him "Dictionary." There were other names they called him that were far worse.
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He won a scholarship to a prestigious British inspired secondary school, Government College in Umuahia, and also gained a reputation for knowledge in his home village, where they called him Dictionary.
Hillis Brown turned toward Simon and whispered, "Hey, DICtionary^([sic]), don't worry, just because you sing like Johnny doesn't mean you gotta be a faggot."
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Meanwhile, he applied himself so diligently to his formal education that schoolmates called him “Dictionary.” This effort won him admission to a British-run boarding school with an excellent library.