# Is there a dictionary of terms?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-dictionary-of-terms/19659>\
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**Created:** [May 16, 2000, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-dictionary-of-terms/19659 "2000-05-16T13:38:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Heloise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e36b37/32.png) [@Heloise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heloise)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2000, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-dictionary-of-terms/19659/1 "2000-05-16T13:38:28Z")

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Is there a place to look for all the terminology used? I have tried to find out what a sock puppet is, but there are over 200 posts that use the word without necessarily defining it. That is the one I can think of off the top of my head, but it would really simplify matters if there were a specific place to look, instead of just interrupting a thread with, “What is that? What does that mean?”

Can anyone help?

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**Author:** ![SockPuppet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@SockPuppet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SockPuppet)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2000, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-dictionary-of-terms/19659/2 "2000-05-16T14:40:07Z")

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Here’s the dictionary thread:  
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