Lyrics That Send You to the Dictionary

by Corny O'Connell | 09/18/2017 | 7:07am

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Today's Google doodle marks the birth date of lexicographer Samuel Johnson who wrote the English language's most comprehensive dictionary in the 1750's. Has a word in a lyric ever had you searching your brain or the dictionary for its meaning? Let us know and we'll spin a set of those songs after 9am.

Here's what we played:

Carly Simon "You're So Vain" gavotte

The Decemberists "The Hazards of Love 1" taiga

The Police "Synchronicity II" synchronicity

Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody" bismillah

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