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[Berlin_Freeper]

inferno

n 1: any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits"; [syn: hell, hell on earth, hellhole, snake pit, the pits]

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=inferno

[Berlin_Freeper]

I am not sure exactly how big dictionary.com is though it's my impression that it's used by many people, including myself until I saw the totally outrageous and completely unacceptable definition given for "inferno". Below is the letter that I sent to them. Dictionary.com actually gets their material from other sources, in this case Princeton University who I sent this complaint letter to as well heaping even extra shame on them.

I hope everyone will join me in complaining to them until they change it to something other than a spiteful attack on the Christian Faith.

The contact information for dictionary.com can be easily found on their website, the people at Princeton seem to like to hide (in typical liberal fashion) but i found an email address that can be used for such purposes: suggest@princeton.edu

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I looked up the word "inferno" on dictionary.com. An entry I see is giving an example of "inferno" defining it as "when you're alone Christmas is the pits". The source you are providing for this entry is "Wordnet" by Princeton University.

With all the hundreds of examples and possible definitions anyone could have given for "inferno", the writers had to bend over backwards to come up with a "Christmas" sentence. Shame on you for using this entry, what you and they are effectively doing by providing this example is taking the birth of Christ (Christmas) and shoving it into the definition of hell. You know what you are doing is wrong, now fix it asap and remove the inexcusable Princeton University definition as well as review all your other Princeton reference materials.

In addition, I for one have actually spent one Christmas alone and it was nowhere near an "inferno". There is more to Christmas than being with people, there is also spirituality involved, and this is very insulting to religious people. It is extremely spiteful and Anti-Christian.

I will be forwarding this to the freerepublic.com message boards and advise all my friends and family against using your website until the entry is changed to a definition that is not so outrageously insulting to any segment of the world community.

[groanup]

Do I have to boycott their daily crossword puzzle too?

[SittinYonder]

I usually go to m-w.com, but I haven't looked up "inferno."

[TheBigB]

Hmmmm. Well, this may not be THE dumbest thread ever started on FR, but it's up there.

[DuckFan4ever]

n. pl. in·fer·nos
A place or condition suggestive of hell, especially with respect to human suffering or death: the inferno of battle.
A place of fiery heat or destruction.

You've survived FR almost a year. Goodbye troll.

[holymoly]

Try Merriam-Webster instead.

inferno

One entry found for inferno.

Main Entry: in·fer·no
Pronunciation: in-'f&r-(")nO
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -nos
Etymology: Italian, hell, from Late Latin infernus
: a place or a state that resembles or suggests hell ; also : intense heat

[SpaceBar]

Maybe you should just buy a nice dead-tree Webster's, and switch to decaf. It will add years to your life. Fighting everything you find offensive on the internet is like tilting at windmills.

[SittinYonder]

m-w.com:

Main Entry: in·fer·no
Pronunciation: in-'f&r-(")nO
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -nos
Etymology: Italian, hell, from Late Latin infernus
: a place or a state that resembles or suggests hell (the inferno of war); also : intense heat (the roaring inferno of the blast furnace)

No birth of Christ mentioned.

[BullDog108]

Is it possible to boycott something you've never heard of or use or care about?

[dighton]

... a spiteful attack on the Christian Faith.

A bit of a stretch, IMHO.

[jdm]

If you scroll down farther, you'll see where it mentions
"Christmas." I almost missed it too.

[Berlin_Freeper]

"Hmmmm. Well, this may not be THE dumbest thread ever started on FR, but it's up there."

You're obviously so dumbstruck that you fail to extrapolate.

How dumb is that?

[lesser_satan]

While the Christmas reference seems irrelevant to the word in question, I would imagine being alone on Christmas really is the pitts. You really seem to be grasping for something to bitch about.

[GottaLuvAkitas1]

I've spent a Christmas alone before, and let me tell you it was the worse day ever in my life. So if it true that that was hell then I may start going to church on Sunday.

I don't see the outrage, but I guess I could be missing the zinger.

[socal_parrot]

And Christmas IS the pits when you are alone.

[Howlin]

I don't know what I'd do without this little baby:


http://www.m-w.com/button/

[HardStarboard]

Much to do about nothing?

[TheBigB]

Whatever, scooter.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Dictionary.com.
"inferno

n 1: any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits"; [syn: hell, hell on earth, hellhole, snake pit, the pits] 2: a very intense and uncontrolled fire [syn: conflagration] 3: (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit" [syn: Hell, perdition, I"
That is rather odd!

[SittinYonder]

It's there, you just have to scroll down:


inferno

n 1: any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits"; [syn: hell, hell on earth, hellhole, snake pit, the pits] 2: a very intense and uncontrolled fire [syn: conflagration] 3: (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit" [syn: Hell, perdition, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, the pit] [ant: Heaven]