How to have fun with a dictionary

Do you have a dictionary, some paper, and pencils?

You can play Fictionary!

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Pick out a weird word nobody knows.

Have your friends write a definition of the word.

Collect the definitions and read them out loud, including the correct definition.

You get a point each time someone doesn’t pick the right definition.

Your friends get a point for every vote cast for their definitions.

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Let’s play.

What is the definition of “remplissage?”

Nope. The correct definition of remplissage is:

“verbiage used to fill up space” (used in literary criticism).

What is the definition of “laaba?”

Nope.

Try again.

Nope.

A “laaba” is a high shelf.

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In my family, Fictionary is the perfect place to provide ridiculous answers.

Exhibit A:

In reality, a “quab” is something immature or unfinished.

But if you think about it, the above answer is immature, so it might just work.

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Whenever my husband is the one reading definitions, I love to put words into his mouth:

“Spavin” isn’t husbandly adoration but a disease that occurs in a horse’s hock.

(I like my definition better.)

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My family plays “Fictionary” whenever we get together.

For a more detailed description of the rules, click here.

Now go have fun with your dictionary!