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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Really! You need that many ads for a dictionary?

Okay, so now I have this wonderful blog. I need to spruce it up right? The first thing I want to do is add the definition of rant. I know you probably know what it means, but it was for nostalgia. You know something to make my blog stand out.  OMGEEE! I find something to RANT about.

I go up to my Google search bar and put in "definition of rant". Of course a full page comes up, but at the top is Merriam-Webster - The Free Dictionary and they have a small blurb of the definition. I click on it to go to the site. I can't stand it from the start. There is advertisements everywhere. Now don't get me wrong. I understand that if your going to give out FREE information you need to monetize the site to pay your bills, but come on. I counted seven yes 7 points of advertising. That is just ridiculous, and to top it off the actual definition is one big pop under ad waiting for you to click on it. That just totally sent me through the roof. Then I smiled and thanked them so I could write my first post, an then went back to Google so I could click on the next link. This was like a breath of fresh air, aahhhh!

The next link was a simple one www.thefreedictionary.com/rant.  


The site had some ads, but was clean and easy to use. I enjoyed this site and I have vowed to use them from now on. 


After all that here is your definition of rant.


rant  (rnt)
v. rant·ed, rant·ing, rants
v.intr.
To speak or write in an angry or violent manner; rave.
v.tr.
To utter or express with violence or extravagance: a dictator who ranted his vitriol onto a captive audience.
n.
1. Violent or extravagant speech or writing.
2. A speech or piece of writing that incites anger or violence: "The vast majority [of teenagers logged onto the Internet] did not encounter recipes for pipe bombs or deranged rants about white supremacy" (Daniel Okrent).
3. Chiefly British Wild or uproarious merriment.

[Probably from obsolete Dutch ranten.]
Definition found at  www.thefreedictionary.com/rant

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