Dear Dictionary,

We Need to Talk

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A poetic, playful breakup with words — and a love letter to language itself.

What if words had feelings? And what if you were the one misusing them?

This is not your average dictionary. It’s a poetic intervention — a humorous confrontation. A love letter to language and a gentle roast of how we sometimes… get it wrong.

In Dear Dictionary, We Need to Talk, every word steps forward to say: “You think you know me? Try again.” From overused clichés to misunderstood gems, each entry is reimagined with wit, honesty, and a dose of poetic rebellion.

Some words are tired. Some are misquoted. Some just need therapy. This book gives them the mic.

A delightful read for language lovers, overthinkers, writers, and anyone who's ever said, “Wait, what do I really mean?”

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Why This Book Matters

  • It reclaims language with personal, emotional meaning

  • It’s a creative nonfiction experiment — equal parts heart and wit

  • It’s for readers who love words and question them

  • It opens space to unlearn, reinterpret, and reconnect with our inner voice

Core Themes

  • Language as identity and memory

  • Redefining meaning through lived experience

  • Humor as healing

  • Wordplay, grief, love, rage — alphabetically organized

  • Voice reclamation for the emotionally literate

Quirky, lyrical nonfiction that blends emotion and intellect, as The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, by John Koenig; Devotions by Mary Oliver; No One Belongs Here More Than You, by Miranda July.

For Fans Of

Some words don’t mean what they used to.
Some never meant what we hoped they did.
And some just deserve a second chance.

This book is part dictionary, part diary, part emotional time capsule.
Each word gets a spotlight, a reflection, and a redefinition — from the point of view of someone who's lived through them.

It’s tender. It’s ironic. It’s funny. It’s furious.
And above all, it’s honest.

Notes to the Readers

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  • "A poetic rebellion against definitions that never asked how we felt."

    Dear Dictionary, We Need To Talk

  • "I ask questions like they’re friends. I listen to silences like they’re poems."

    Dear Dictionary, We Need To Talk

  • “'Stay in the present,' they said. So I did. I wrapped myself in paper. Sat very still."

    Dear Dictionary, We Need To Talk

  • "I thought a deadline was dangerous."

    Dear Dictionary, We Need To Talk

  • "I used to think every word had one meaning."

    Dear Dictionary, We Need To Talk

  • "Some definitions are funny. Some are fragile. All of them are true — in the way only lived words can be."

    Dear Dictionary, We Need To Talk

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