The Hello Kitty Dictionary is supposed to be for kids, but one of their definitions didn't seem very child-friendly. The Hello Kitty dictionary's definition of the word "necklace" has been horrifying parents.

According to British Newspaper The Mirror, a mother bought a Hello Kitty Dictionary as a fun and educational gift for her daughter.

The Hello Kitty Dictionary contains the meanings to 7,000 words that it puts into simple terms that children can understand.

The word necklace has two definitions in the Hello Kitty dictionary. The first definition reads "a piece of jewelry which a woman wears her neck." Every kid should get that.

The second entry defined necklace a different way, reading "In South Africa, a name for a tyre filled with petrol which is placed round a person's neck and set on fire in order to kill that person."

The publisher of the Hello Kitty Dictionary, Harper Collins, announced that it was aware of the "inappropriate content" and that all the copies of the children's book have now been removed from sale and destroyed.

Samantha Rawlins, 27, told the Mirror she expected the Hello Kitty dictionary to be cute. Until she was going through it with her nine-year old daughter, Casey, and her daughter's friend Demi Reed.

Rawlins told The Mirror, "I couldn't believe it. The book is full of cute little pictures of kittens, mice, love hearts and flowers. Then you come across this awful description of murder. What sort of thing is that for little girls to read? I'm glad I spotted it before they did, how would I explain that to a child?"

"Hello Kitty is aimed at little girls with all the cute, cuddly animals and things. I didn't think for a moment there would be anything like this in there," she told the paper. "I know technically the description for necklace is right, but detailing horrific ways to kill people really isn't appropriate, especially not for little children. Kids may need to learn about the world, but not at that age and not in a Hello Kitty book that is clearly targeted at little ones. Something has gone seriously wrong here. Fancy putting something that vile into a children's book."

Yes. Fancy that.

A Harper Collins rep told the Mirror as saying: "As soon as we realised there was inappropriate content, it was withdrawn for sale. It was available in three forms and all have been pulped. It is no longer available from Harper Collins. If any are still around they are old copies being resold."