Webster's New World College Dictionary (4th edition)

One of the enjoyments of reviewing dictionaries is all the new words you discover, like “fribble” (a trifle), “neodymium” (a rare earth element), “dingus” (a thingumabob) and “rah rah” (uncritically enthusiastic). I am in danger of being a touch rah rah about this dingus though, as the dust cover blurb overwhelms me with hype: “The most useful and authoritative dictionary you can own – for your desk and computer”; “Selected by the Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and other leading newspapers as their official dictionary of choice”; “The best dictionary in print”; “The hardest...