Happy Dictionary Day!

From Oxford University Press:

NEW YORK, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ — On October 16, people everywhere will be
putting decorations on their dictionary trees, hiding dictionaries for
dictionary hunts, proudly flying their dictionary flags, and going
door-to-door reading dictionary entries aloud for candy.

Well, no. October 16 is National Dictionary Day, but the celebrations
aren’t that elaborate or widespread. Yet.

Established to commemorate the birthday (in 1758) of American
lexicographer Noah Webster, Dictionary Day is celebrated mostly in schools,
where teachers use the day to emphasize the importance of dictionary skills,
with activities that include finding the longest word in the dictionary,
creating classroom slang dictionaries, and playing Scrabble(TM).

So, get to it, you pulchritudinous lucubrator!