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- A Collection of Word Oddities and Trivia - Includes book of word records, palindromic words, pangrams, most beautiful and ugly words, Scrabble words, and Bible word trivia.
members.aol.com/gulfhigh2/words.html
- Acronym Finder - Searchable database of primarily computer, technology and military acronyms and abbreviations. Includes the Acronym Finder Random Systematic Buzz Phrase Projector Acronym Generator (AFRSBPPAG).
acronymfinder.com
- Apostrophe's Rule - A site on Apostrophes and how to use them properly.
members.bigvalley.net/dleite/postrophesrule.html
- AwayMessages.com - Funny and cool away messages for you to use on such services as AOL, AIM, and ICQ.
www.awaymessages.com
- Database of American Proprietary Eponyms - List of American brand names which have fallen into general use.
www.prairienet.org/~rkrause/brands.html
- Dislexicon Word Generator - Contains Dislexicon generates new made up words and definitions for the words.
www.robobunny.com/cgi-bin/dislexicon/dlc
- Fun-with-words.com - Dedicated to amusing quirks, peculiarities, and oddities of the English language.
www.fun-with-words.com
- Granadon.com - A campaign to put the invented word "granadon" into various dictionaries, and spread it in popular usage.
www.granadon.com
- How to translate "Oh my God! There's an axe in my head." - How to say the phrase in dozens of languages from Ape to Welch.
www.yamara.com/junk/xl970512.html
- Humour Articles - Humor collection of many years compiled from magazines, newspapers, emails and the web. Why Ask Why, Computers' Daft Definitions and Deft Definitions Collection included.
www.geocities.com/vasudevanvrv/articles.htm
- Janet's Wordplay Site - Articles, puzzles, and quizzes. Dozens of features about having fun with words.
www.jy-muggeridge.freeserve.co.uk
- Jim Kalb's Palindrome Connection - A collection of palindromes, phrases that spell the same forwards as backwards, with links to relevant resources on the web and elsewhere.
bfn.org/~cd431/pal_connection.html
- Lost in Translation - Uses the Systran translation software to transfer a given sentence from English to five different languages and back.
www.tashian.com/multibabel
- Mockok.com - A large collection of palindromes, focusing on palindromic single sentences. Currently over 2,000 archived.
www.mockok.com
- Phobias - Article lists some of the more amusing phobias, like arachibutyrophobia-- fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.
www.geocities.com/nallen20/FunnyPhobias.txt
- Piece of Pi MadLibs - Site featuring a collection of madlibs.
madlibs.freeservers.com
- SadMan Software: Wordplay - Software for the word-puzzle enthusiast.
www.simes.clara.co.uk/programs/wordplay.htm
- Sedition.com: The Devil's Dictionary 2000 - Humorous and satirical word definitions with an up-to-date spin.
www.sedition.com/DD2K
- Smurf the Web - The WebSmurfer will translate any web page into Smurf jargon.
websmurfer.devnull.net
- Spelling and Anagram Text Dictionary - List of English words in plain text, with one web page for each initial letter. Includes complete list of anagrams.
staring-at-the-sound.net/dictionary
- Stink Pink - Questions have answers with two rhyming words.
highhopes.com/rhymetime.html
- Teach the stupid sausage - Here you can teach a little cute sausage definitions of words.
srrk.org/sausage
- The Atlantic Online: Lost in Translation - Article explores the then currently available online translation programs, their strengths and shortcomings. Some humorous examples of mistranslated phrases.
www.theatlantic.com/issues/98dec/computer.htm
- The Collective Noun Page - Entertaining and annotated listing of collective nouns such as 'a murder of crows' and 'a pomposity of professors'.
www.ojohaven.com/collectives
- The Devil's Dictionary Random Definitions - Quotes from Ambrose Bierce's satirical definition selected at random. Complete text also available.
www.boondocksnet.com/quotes/devdict_random.html
- The Nautical Origins for Some Common Expressions - Explaining the marine origins of some common words, figures of speech, and everyday expressions.
www.fortogden.com/nauticalterms.html
- The Palindromist Magazine - An offline journal for people who write and enjoy palindromes.
www.realchange.org/pal
- The Pangram Page - Contains definition and lists of pangrams. Includes some in French and Latin as well as English pangrams.
www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/home/ajcd/type/pangram.html
- The Pangram Page - Contains an introduction to pangrams including why they are needed and examples, which are highlighed in purple.
www.fpipes.freeserve.co.uk/pangram.html
- The Unjumbler - Word jumble puzzle solver, and anagram finder.
www.unjumbler.com
- Unwords.com - A collection of made-up words and definitons created by everyday people, out of necessity or for humor.
www.unwords.com
- Verbisms - Features words with double meanings, like "Egg Rolls".
www.skeeter.freeserve.co.uk/verbisms.html
- Wireless Power Word Game - Challenging word jumbles posted every week.
www.wirelesspower.com
- Wordage: The Game of Words - Has three levels of difficulty to challenge the average player as well as any lurking wordsmiths.
www.cmcom.com/wordage
- Wordies on the Web - Translate these arrangements of letters, numbers and/or symbols into a familiar phrase, saying or cliché.
www.cyg.net/~ddoctor/index.html
- Words and Stuff - A occasional column on words and word play.
www.kith.org/logos/words/words.html
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