The Urban Dictionary is an ever expanding user created dictionary of commonly used colloquial words and terms. Each entry comes with a definition as well as an example of the term in use. Site users are also able to agree or disagree with each definition providing a guide to the realiability of the term.
With over 4 million entries, the dictionary is searchable.
The Urban Dictionary is an ever expanding user created dictionary of commonly used colloquial words and terms. Each entry comes with a definition as well as an example of the term in use. Site users are also able to agree or disagree with each definition providing a guide to the realiability of the term.
With over 4 million entries, the dictionary is searchable.
The world's most comprehensive dictionary: languages, Medical, Legal, and Financial Dictionaries, Thesaurus, Acronyms and Abbreviations, Idioms, Encyclopedia, a Literature Reference Library, and a Search Engine all in one!
This is a dictionary created specifically for finding definitions to acronyms. Covers: common acronyms, computers, science, technology, government, telecommunications, and military acronyms.
The Bodleian library republishes a rediscovered volume of how the "canting crew" spoke. The cant was the secret language of the rogues, beggars and vagabonds who peopled the underworld of early England. The word 'slang' itself is not recorded by the Oxford English Dictionary until 1756
A webtool from The American Heritage Dictionary. It enables users create a self-portrait using their words. You can link to places where you have already written (Facebook or Twitter) or write something unique specifically for the portrait. The unique image can be shared, saved and printed. It works best in Firefox, Google Chrome, or Safari Internet browsers. Pictures with high contrast generally work better than pictures with similar coloring and low contrast. You can adjust the colors, contrast and font after you have created an image.
Visuwords™ online graphical dictionary - Look up words to find their meanings and associations with other words and concepts. Produce diagrams reminiscent of a neural net. Learn how words associate.
Have you ever really listened to young people conversing and wondered if they were speaking in the same tongue you were used to? If you want to make some sense of the colloquial conversation of many of today's youth then Word Up will give you an in.
This site is basically a living dictionary, drawing on user input to record. In the Resources section is a great pdf looking at the most common of these words along with a neat discussion of how communication is constantly changing.
The ongoing research project is an initiative of McCrindle Research.
Electronic resources represent an increasingly important component of the collection- building activities of libraries. "Electronic resources" refer to those materials that require computer access, whether through a personal computer, mainframe, or handheld mobile device. They may either be accessed remotely via the Internet or locally. Some of the most frequently encountered types are:
E-journals
E-books
Full-text (aggregated) databases
Indexing and abstracting databases
Reference databases (biographies, dictionaries, directories, encyclopaedias, etc.)
Numeric and statistical databases
E-images
E-audio/visual resources
Graphics to represent many words, organized by concept. it can aosl be a visual reference source for finding copyright free sharable images. Also available in Spanish and French.
hosted by Read Write Think is a good complementary resource that students can use to practice identifying and using idioms. Eye on Idioms presents students with an incomplete sentence that they need to complete by selecting the proper idiom from a drop-down menu. To help student select the correct idiom, Eye on Idioms provides a picture hint. After selecting the correct idiom, Eye on Idioms asks students to answer a couple of short questions about the meaning of the idiom.
Sort Fix graphically facilitates search and demonstrates thinking about search refinement. A behind-the- scenes algorithm scans results to identify and present significant keywords. Searchers can grab (or remove) these words from their search baskets to refine their searches and create better queries. A dictionary basket is available to compensate for new vocabulary.
Beyond Google, Wikipedia and other generic reference sites, the Internet boasts a multitude of search engines, dictionaries, reference desks and databases that have organized and archived information for quick and easy searches