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Word for Word From Terry O Connor is Word for Word, here you'll find the origins of unusual words and phrases, plus intelligent and spirited discussion on words and their meanings. As well as other site offerings, see below... Key Site Features
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Take Our Word For It Etymology maniacs everywhere will want to check out this great site. Created by Melanie Jeanes and Mike Crowley, it has been featured in Yahoo! Internet Life and other magazines. Each week they focus on words and their origins, as well as taking requests from visitors. A great site, check it out. Key Site Features
The Maven's Word of The Day Ever come across a word that doesn't mean what you thought it did? Or just wonder what a "deipnosophist" is? Now you can find the origins of many of the words and phrases that have perplexed you. You can even submit a request if you cannot find what your looking for from his archives, they will research and answer with the information. Maven's Word of the Day updates with a new word daily, this is a great site and lots of information. One of my personal favorites. Note: this site was formerly known as Jesse's Word of The Day Key Site Features
Word Wizard Enter the realm of the Word Wizard, if you like to learn about words and phrases and the study of word origins you will want to check this site out. Loaded with information discussion, and organized to special sections. Word Wizard is a gathering of ideas and studies, join the Word Wizard Club which is FREE and opens the site up to even more information. Key Site Features
Dillon's Online Vocabulary Tests An excellent site, check out Dillon's Online Vocabulary Tests, it is designed to increase your vocabulary skills through interactive quizzes with definitions and etymologies. Perfect for students, word lovers, and people new to the English language. This site requires a javascript enabled web browser
A Word With You Enjoy language and word play? Check out A Word With You a daily on-line column, featuring little known facts about well known words and phrases. If you’re looking for a particular word or phrase, look it up alphabetically. There’s a whole etymological library at your fingertips. Key Site Features
Wilton's Etymology Page Dave Wilton has compiled a great archive for those interested in etymology. Etymology is the study of word origins. From the legends and folklore revolving around the words in the english language. Wilton's site is loaded with tons of great information and tidbits on expressions came from. Origins of expressions like "The Whole Nine Yards" and "Happy as a Clam" and many other popular expressions used daily have been researched and answered here.
The Word Detective Simply one of the very best resources online for word lovers. With a regular updated column. The Word Detective written by Evan Morris is a newspaper column, which is now online. It answers readers' questions about words and language. You can even sumbit words and phrases for research. A great site with lots of good resources and information. Key Site Features
interesting search for words ending in gry, don't be angry at the outcome
Origin of Phrases Dead ringer, Red letter day, The horse's mouth, the little mysteries in life with face us daily. You'll use one of these phrases and many others and shortly after saying it, you'll wonder "Where the hell did that come from?" The Origin of Phrases site does a great job of cataloging these popular phrases for those with curious minds. Key Site Features
Roots of English: An Etymological Dictionary An etymological hypertext dictionary of Greek and Latin words and their roots. Created by the Chair of the Classics Department at Seton Hall University, Prof. Eugene Cotter, has published this online downloadable etymological dictionary.
Richard Lederer's Verbivore No, it's not some new species that nature has unearthed from the depths of the jungle. It's heaven for wordaholics, Verbivore is an online version of a newspaper column and a resource from syndicated columnist Richard Lederer. There are plenty of tools and lots of information for hunting down the sources and origins of words. Word lovers and logolepts will want to check this one out. Key Site Features
Wordwatch Cobuilder's Wordwatch uncovers some interesting details about words and their meanings. From the Bank of English which is a huge database of the english language, Wordwatch which takes the time to unearth the words and sources and compiles them for your reference. Check out the current features, as well as features of the past. Also you can submit suggestions and sign up for their newsletter. Key Site Features
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