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Free OED

Through Febuary 5th, you can access the Oxford English Dictionary online for free by using trynewoed/trynewoed as a login.

By Jason Kottke  •  Jan 10, 2011  •  books   dictionaries   OED

Short review of New Partridge Dictionary of

Short review of New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. "'I like the cut of his jib' resonates a lot differently than 'shizzle my mizzle fizzle dizzle!'"

By Jason Kottke  •  Oct 30, 2006  •  books   dictionaries   language

The folks who do the Oxford Dictionaries

The folks who do the Oxford Dictionaries have a list of frequently asked questions about language, grammar, and usage. Nice resource.

By Jason Kottke  •  Mar 16, 2006  •  dictionaries   language   lists

To protect against wholesale theft of words (

To protect against wholesale theft of words (theft of words? I feel silly just writing that...), dictionaries insert fake words in their listings. The article says that the New Oxford American Dictionary's fake word showed up on dictionary.com, but as of today, it's gone.

By Jason Kottke  •  Aug 26, 2005  •  copyright   dictionaries   language   theft

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