Saturday, May 13, 2017
Library definitions
Yesterday I put forward a little lexicon of updated political terms, a la The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce. Today it occurred to me that library terms have updated to new meanings every bit as much as political ones, so why not take a stab at those. But before I do I thought it might be nice to start off with a real Devil's Dictionary definition by Ambrose Bierce himself:
Plagiarize:
To take the thought or style of another writer one has never, never read.
And with that thought, we're off!
Library:
A community center for the purpose of building up one's immunity to diseases.
Library Card:
A disposable reminder of the number one needs to access various online services.
Librarian:
The person one uses to google things when one is too tired to type.
Study room:
A private room in which to eat crunchy snacks.
Book renewal:
An attempt to prolong the illusion that one will read a book.
Request:
A way to get in line for a popular book one will have lost all interest in reading by the time it arrives.
Book:
An item recently voted as one of the top 500 things to get at a library.
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