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Yes, "chortle" is probably pretty widely known, especially among English readers, since it's etymology is straight out of Alice in Wonderland.
It just occurred to me that the subject of this thread might be a bit insulting.
Was the presumption that the OP can't fathom how a reader could be so dim as to not know a word in his native language?
Or was it merely that he could not understand why a reader would pause in reading to look up a word?
If the latter, oh, heck yeah, I find reading far more enjoyable if I don't have to guess at meaning from context or try to remember a new word for later. I had always kept a paper dictionary in my bedside table for use when reading at night.
The dictionary in the Kindle has been a huge gift.
If the former....well, I'm not as wound up as I was the past couple days, so I'll let it slide.
ApK
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