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* ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'': In season 3, Poison Ivy is reluctantly thrust into the position of delivering a mission briefing to the gang. She starts her presentation with, "The dictionary defines the word..." before getting interrupted.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' episode "Catalysts" opens with Spidey narrating the dictionary definition of defenestration, "the act of throwing a person or thing out a window," before himself being thrown through a window.
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--> '''Wannabite:''' ''Noun. slang. (Also “wanna bite”) Pejorative for an individual belonging to a prey species who demonstrates predatory characteristics, or who desires to be a predator.\\

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--> '''Wannabite:''' ''Noun. slang. (Also “wanna bite”) Pejorative for an individual belonging to a prey species who [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy demonstrates predatory characteristics, characteristics]], or who desires to be a predator.\\
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* ''Fanfic/PackStreet'': The very first line of the fic.
--> '''Wannabite:''' ''Noun. slang. (Also “wanna bite”) Pejorative for an individual belonging to a prey species who demonstrates predatory characteristics, or who desires to be a predator.\\
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* In ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'', Charlie's attempt to make an appeal to the authorities of Heaven has her begin by citing the dictionary definition of "redemption". [[{{Jerkass}} Adam]] immediately interrupts her with an objection that it's [[JerkassHasAPoint lame]] [[LampshadeHanging and unoriginal]], and the [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure head Seraphim]] sustains that and [[EveryoneHasStandards insists on no more dictionary definitions]]. Charlie is then left scrambling, as ''all'' her note cards were definitions for similar words.
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* ''Film/{{Buffaloed}}'' begins with multiple definitions of "buffalo" — the animal, the city in New York, and a verb that means to intimidate someone.
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* Season 2 of ''Series/SeaQuestDSV'' opens with the dictionary entry for "dagger", as that word has gained a new meaning by the time the show takes place:
-->1. a short, pointed, sharp-edged weapon used for stabbing. 2. a reference mark used in printing. 3. [[ArtificialHuman a genetically engineered life form manufactured in the early 21st century]]. ''see dark age of genetics.''
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* The teaser trailer for Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' has the word "anthropomorphic" appear in large Courier typeface, which the red fox character pushes away. The narrator defines it as "a big, fancy word that means they walk around on two feet, they do not go to work nude ..." as key words from the definition appear on screen in the same type face. The definition never appears in its entirety as an actual dictionary entry though.

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* The teaser trailer for Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' has the word "anthropomorphic" appear in large Courier typeface, which the Nick (the red fox character character) pushes away. The narrator defines it as "a big, fancy word that means they walk around on two feet, they do not go to work nude ..." as key words from the definition appear on screen in the same type face. The definition never appears in its entirety as an actual dictionary entry though.
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* Each chapter of ''VideoGame/AstralChain'' is given a one-word title. Accompanying each title is a definition for the word used on the title card.

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* ''VideoGame/AstralChain'': Each chapter of ''VideoGame/AstralChain'' is given a one-word title. Accompanying each title is a definition for the word used on the title card.
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* PlayedForLaughs with the intro to ''Film/BubbaHoTep''. The film starts with a definition of the Ancient Egyptian word "Hotep"... then defines the word "Bubba".

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