25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee movie - My Friend, The Dictionary lyrics

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MR. PANCH (spoken)

Miss Ostrovsky, your word is boanthropy.

OLIVE (spoken)

Oh, wait. One second. Please ma’am, could you not sit in that seat?

OLIVE

I saved a chair for my dad

In the fourth row on the aisle

And it may take him a while

But when he gets here

That’s his chair

‘Cause my mother’s in an ashram

In India

I saved a chair for her too

But it’s merely symbolic

As daily she washes herself in the Ganges

And I live in a house

Where there’s an oversized dictionary

That I read

As a girl

On the toilet

I love my dictionary

And I love the indented border

Every word’s in alphabetical order

Ergo, lost things

Always can be found

And I wrap my head around

The fact that in one book

Is the entire language of our species

Which is a favorite term of Nietsche’s

Who’s the great-grandfather of Christina Ricci’s

(Laughs)

Yes I joke, but the words in the dictionary

Are the friends that I’ll have forever

More than the friends I have made in school

BOY SPELLERS

She’s such a lovely girl

With a lovely little voice

LOGAINNE

And I heard that she’s pro-choice

Though still a virgin

MS. PERETTI

And she talks into her hand

An often used technique

OLIVE

What you do not understand

Is once I say it then I’ve said it

MS. PERETTI

And so much to her credit

She talks into her hand

And turns aside

OLIVE

So I will not make a mistake

And be disqualified

(spoken) Boanthropy. B-o-a-n-t-h-r-o-p-y? Boanthropy?

MR. PANCH (spoken)

That is correct.

OLIVE, MS. PERETTI

My friend the dictionary

Is a very reliable friend

OLIVE, MS. PERETTI, GIRLS

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