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(probably the most comprehensive collection of general dictionaries) (collections gathered and organized from various perspectives of word-pair relationships--synonyms, antonyms, antagonyms, homonyms, hypernyms; there's a good bit of stuff here it would be hard to find elsewhere) (specialized glossaries, a dictionary "of obscure and rare words" and other resources) (dictionary and thesauri search engines and some other neat tools, including a word unscrambler) (different; type in words as subject, find more general and more narrow variations; hard to explain; one really has to see it) (idiomatic English verb phrases, like "get by" or "round off";the most scholarly of the three) ". . . old and new words from the fringes of English") (I'm sure "get a life" is in here somewhere, but some of the contributers might should ponder that expression) (dictionary of "buzzwords" used--mainly--in business) (American slang from Brit perspective; many entries wouldn't even be considered slang to most Americans; from the BBC) (dirty words) PARENTAL DISCRETION (some people have way too much time on their hands) PARENTAL DISCRETION (recently coined words and phrases) (including definitions & synonyms) (kinds of rhymes) (classic American writer Ambrose Bierce using the Dictionary format for satire) |
 (still taking a look at it, but one good thing about it--and this is how it came to my attention in the first place--is info & statistics on geographical entries like cities, counties, etc.) (includes abbreviations as well) ("English words . . . dreived from Latin and Greek elements) (a good take on English words "borrowed" from other languages) (many common expressions actually have maritime origins) Old and Middle English (haven't entirely figured out this one yet; looks like an Old English dictionary) (I put this here as a replacement for The Old English Thesarus whose link stopped working) Other Special Focus (the "Rhetorical Terms" and "Linguistic Phenomena" links above complement each other nicely--with surprisingly little overlap) (from Fun-With-Words.com) (from AskOxford.com) (enter words or phrases in search box, pull up related cliches) ("phrases to say in times of trouble" ;lists of cliches categorized by occasion) (brand names used as generic words like "Kleenex" and "Coke") According to Wikipedia, ". . . an eggcorn is idiosyncratic substitution of word or phrase for a word or words that sound identical, at least in the dialect the person uses. . .")
All links verified 5/26/08 |
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