Thursday, April 2, 2009

"The word for word is word" -William S. Burroughs


I need some help from you faceless millions out there reading this; I can't remember or find online the specific word that means the 'guide words' at the top of dictionary pages.

I vaguely remember reading it once, and having to look it up, ironically, in a dictionary, but of course now I can't recall what it was or where I read it.

Anybody able to help me with this lexicographical lament?



1 comment:

Anonymous said...

you have it..."guide word" is the common term for the words at the top of a page in the dictionary. a synonym is "catch word."