Still yet more online dictionaries

Photo: "1907 webster dictionary" by jbrownell

In my latest wordy quest through and across teh Interwebs, I have found an abundance of online dictionaries. As I'm still involved in much non-blog writing, I'll quickly post these and dash off to additional wordiness elsewhere online. More link posts will follow soon — I've been finding some very interesting writing, tech and media resources.

In alphabetical order:

1. Cambridge Dictionaries Online — From Cambridge University Press; a portal to five of their dictionaries: Advanced Learner's, American English, idioms, phrasal verbs, and French/English.

2. Double-Tongued Dictionary — It bills itself as "a lexicon of fringe English, focusing on slang, jargon, and new words."

3. Word Spy — An ambitious site which is "devoted to lexpionage, the sleuthing of new words and phrases. These aren't 'stunt words' or 'sniglets,' but new terms that have appeared multiple times in newspapers, magazines, books, Web sites, and other recorded sources."

If you know of any helpful word resources, drop a comment and I'll post the links.

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° Dictionary in there somewhere
° Dictionary.com makeover
° Help finding the right words

Comments

[WordPorn]

Oh, there's so many good ones, especially if you're looking for interesting, odd or downright delicious new language. The International House of Logorrhea (http://phrontistery.info/ihlstart.html) is a free online dictionary of weird words. Luciferous Logolepsy (http://www.kokogiak.com/logolepsy/) drags obscure words into the light of day. World Wide Words (http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/)is a ongoing source for the weirdest and wondrous.

Then there's a few blogs that bring it. Dutch’s English Language Oddity Clearing House looks at phrases we use but don't necessarily understand or know the origins. Everything You Know About English Is Wrong is terrific commentary on the language and our mangling of it.

Finally, I'll humbly submit my own blog, that exposes and plays with some freaky fun specimens of the language: Word Porn (www.wordporn.net). Enjoy.

[KG]

Hey WordPorn — Wow! Those are amazing resources. Thanks so much for taking the time to comment, and I will gladly add your own blog to the list as well.