- Merriam-Webster's Word Central
Offers kids a student dictionary, Word of the Day, and interactive word games. Includes homework help and lesson plans for parents and teachers.
www.wordcentral.com
- World Wide Words
Investigates international English from a British perspective. Includes articles, newsworthy words, and usage notes.
www.worldwidewords.org
- Word Detective, The
Online version of Words, Wit and Wisdom, a newspaper column that answers readers' questions about words and language.
www.word-detective.com
- Double-Tongued Word Wrester
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Online dictionary of slang, jargon, and rare or unusual words from English-speaking areas around the world. Includes niche categories such as foreign, portmanteau, hybrid, archaic, and obsolete terms.
www.doubletongued.org
- Wordcount
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Interactive presentation of the 86,800 most frequently used English words.
www.wordcount.org
- Says-It.com
Makers of word generator sites such as Church Sign, Vinyl Record, and Concert Ticket generators. Also includes photos of politicians with word bubbles that you can add text to, including George Bush, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Dick Cheney.
www.says-it.com
- 100 Most Often Mispronounced Words and Phrases in English
Includes several common errors that are the result of rapid speech, and advice to take your time speaking, correctly enunciating each word.
www.yourdictionary.com/library/mispron.html
- Confusing Words
Collection of 3,210 words that are troublesome to readers and writers, grouped according to the way they are most often confused or misused.
www.confusingwords.com
- Focusing on Words
Experience the wonder of words and the English language. Focuses on English words as presented by a variety of linguists and specialists in etymology.
www.wordfocus.com
- Web Directory: Word Play
Sites that feature fun with words.
www.wolinskyweb.net/word.htm
- Word Lab
Inverting the English language by providing word ideas from puns to buzzwords to slogans.
www.wordlab.com
- Conversational Terrorism
Humorous review of: ad hominem variants, sleight of mind fallacies, delay tactics, question as opportunity, verbal grenades, cheap shots, mental magic, and ploys.
www.vandruff.com/art_converse.html
- Wikipedia: Double Entendre
Article on the meaning of double entendre and its entertaining history.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_entendre
- Forthright's Phrontistery
Offers a dictionary of obscure and rare words, the International House of Logorrhea, topical word lists, and other English language resources.
phrontistery.info
- WordCounter
Ranks the most frequently used words in any given body of text.
www.wordcounter.com
- My Favorite Word
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Everyone has a favorite word. What's yours? Submit your favorite word with a brief explanation of why it's your favorite or browse others' favorites.
www.myfavoriteword.com
- Banished Words List
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Lake Superior State University presents annual lists of "Words Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-Use, Over-Use or General Uselessness." From the edgy to the totally unique.
www.lssu.edu/banished
- Antagonyms
Words that have opposite meanings (e.g., "bad" can mean bad or good depending on usage).
www-personal.umich.edu/~cellis/antagonym.html
- Prognosticate
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Supply key missing words for headlines taken from current news articles.
www.prognosticate.com
- Heteronyms
Words that are spelled identically but have different meanings when pronounced differently (e.g., wind or lead).
www-personal.umich.edu/~cellis/heteronym.html
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