Safari Bug: Look-up (dictionary) doesn't work after using Youtube on new 6.1 on mountain lion and the newest version for Mavericks

One of sever glitches that led me to "downgrade" back to mountain lion. However, wasn't thinking and updated safari to 6.1 and I now have the same problem. It took me a while to figure out, but now it is completely reproducible. When I visit youtube and watch a video. Safari's look-up, the three finger tap dictionary shortcut, no longer works. It just highlights the word momentarily but never completes the function.
I'm going to restore my laptop again to factory setting and just not upgrade the software to the new Safari update.
The main issues/bugs I had with Mavericks, even after a clean install were:
- pdf's very freezing while scrolling for a few seconds
- frequent spinning pin wheels
- other small random bugs I can't recall at the moment.
Macbook Air mid 2012 i7 8g ram 256gbHD

Thanks,but the problem seems to show up only after extended use of the computer.Today,for example,I didn't go to work,and turned the PC on in the morning,and by early afternoon,it was getting more and more sluggish.It finally got so bad that it locked up,and even CTL-ALT-DEL wouldn't work.

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