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bookworm

(n): a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit

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9 months ago reesetee said:

Yes--I always hear it as "book larnin'" in my head.

9 months ago yarb said:

The phrase book learning always makes me laugh. It strikes me as a real old-time hillbilly expression.

9 months ago reesetee said:

It's just...weird.

9 months ago uselessness said:

Next thing you know, they'll be telling us that poindexter is meant to have a negative connotation too.

9 months ago reesetee said:

What the...what's up with that WeirdNet definition up there? Eesh.

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