Printed dictionaries had one advantage that hasn't been superseded by the web: They didn't try to deliberately give false information. I've noticed that some di

Printed dictionaries had one advantage that hasn't been superseded by the web: They didn't try to deliberately give false information. I've noticed that some dictionary sites give entries for words that are spelt incorrectly. And I don't mean British vs American spelling or words whose spelling is in flux. I mean flat out wrong. I presume they do this to get more hits from people searching for the wrong word. And no, they don't always tell you it's wrong. (I'll see if I can find an example and update my message.) Another irritation is that you can find support for any possible meaning of a word or phrase if look around -- with sites like urbandictionary.com all it takes is 1 person to invent a meaning and if you're not careful, you'd think that it's an accepted usage. It takes way more work now to be sure of any result.