When speaking of the OED in 1950, you could reasonably speak of "the dictionary." But when applied to whatever ad-supported site a web search turns up in 2020, that's decidedly not the case.
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The phrase "the dictionary" is a signal that the person using it believes that dictionaries are prescriptive rather than descriptive, and (depending on which dictionary it is) possibly not that accurate.
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"The dictionary" you found in a web search could just be the opinion of a random 26 year old whose qualification for the job is to have been an English major in college.
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Also a sign that the person is not smart enough to understand context
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I predict this tweet attracting weak Python jokes
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I don't think the Python jokes will be weakly typed
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Great essay on this topic https://web.ics.purdue.edu/~drkelly/DFWAuthorityAndAmericanUsage2005.pdf …
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A person who says... “going to the mall” signals the person believes internet shopping is a scam. “The city” signals there is only one true metro area. “What’s the time?” signals a refusal to acknowledge the space-time continuum. Sometimes colloquialisms are just colloquialisms.
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pronouns in bio = ignore.
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I have a search bar macro 'ud' for looking up words on http://urbandictionary.com , one of my most oft used dictionaries in the current mileau
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Also "The Bible"
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