Pickles by Brian Crane for April 22, 2009

I think it means “you’re dead!”, Nelson!

Gramma, what’s “insufferable” mean?

You think that Earl would have learned not to make negative comments about others in front of Nelson.

Nelson, do you know what “go play in traffic” means?

So much for an interpreter.

Earl, don’t eat her cooking today.

Interesting way to learn big words.

At least Nelson’s getting a vocabulary lesson.

Wonder how many googled persnickety and scurrilous. And your mother told you reading the funnies was a waste of time We are all getting a vocabulary lesson.

well, the only reason I DIDN’T google ‘scurrilous’ is because I thought SOMEbody would define it in comments– so if anybody else is lazy AND uneducated, (hey, that would be described as ‘scurrilous’!) scurrilous |ˈskərələs| adjective making or spreading scandalous claims about someone with the intention of damaging their reputation

Nelson, next time you better look up in the dictionary for the words that you don’t know what it means. I always use the dictionary to look up for the words.

Northwoodser says: So much for an interpreter. What do you mean about an interpreter? :-)

No guarantee that anyone has a dictionary anymore!

Sorry nighthawks, looks like everyone else already knew what it meant. Or asked their interpreter.

scur·ri·lous

adjective Definition:

abusive or defamatory: containing abusive language or defamatory allegations

foul-mouthed or vulgar: using or containing coarse, vulgar, or obscene language

wicked: behaving in ways thought to be evil or immoral