The Dictionary According to Chacha

by Chacha Jaramillo Ongoing

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Comedy
Contemporary
Slice of Life
Short Story

Synopsis

Words have meanings.
Life has its own dictionary.

Every family invents words.

Some are born around the dinner table.
Others appear during long drives, grocery trips, garden conversations, or those strange moments when someone walks through the room, says one unforgettable sentence, and disappears again.

This isn’t a dictionary that explains English.

It’s a dictionary that explains life.

Inside you’ll find invented expressions, family sayings, observations, tiny moments, accidental philosophy, neighborhood legends, domestic mysteries, bee reports, husband sightings, and definitions that somehow became memories.

Some entries are funny.

Some are nostalgic.

Some may quietly remind you of your own family.

Because sometimes the best words were never printed in any dictionary.

They were simply lived.