- 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
- Words: Woe and Wonder
Forum where you can comment on writing at the CBC
www.cbc.ca/news/indepth/words
- 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
- Non-escalating Verbal Self-Defense
Daily real world advice and repartee from taxi1010.com.
www.taxi1010.com
- Word Lab
Inverting the English language by providing word ideas from puns to buzzwords to slogans.
www.wordlab.com
- Word Police
Find out if you have what it takes to issue grammar citations by taking the entrance exam.
www.theatlantic.com/unbound/wordpolice
- Words and Stuff
Archive of weekly columns on words and wordplay by Jed Hartman.
www.kith.org/logos/words/words.html
- Antagonyms
Words that have opposite meanings (e.g., "bad" can mean bad or good depending on usage).
www-personal.umich.edu/~cellis/antagonym.html
- Words of the Year
Selected annually by the American Dialect Society.
www.americandialect.org/woty.html
- Martha Barnette's Funwords
Offering linguistic fun featuring an archive and Wacky Word of the Week.
www.funwords.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
- 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
- Institution of Silly & Meaningless Sayings (ISMS)
The world's foremost authority on malapropisms, mixed metaphors, spoonerisms, attempts at using foreign phrases, but mostly just downright nonsense that sounds correct (if said with conviction).
www.isms.org.uk
- Discouraging Word, The
Defends the English language from its abusers and misusers.
www.thediscouragingword.com
- Dave's List Of Words That Are Fun To Say
Heebee jeebees, Zamboni, Lilliputian, chimichanga...
www.uark.edu/~dbruce/list.html
- Rinkworks.com: Fun With Words
Celebration of the English language including contronyms, autograms, unusual word forms, and commonly misspelled and confused words.
www.rinkworks.com/words
- Words, Words, and More Words
Essays, information, and links about words.
www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/words
- Wikipedia: Double Entendre
Article on the meaning of double entendre and its entertaining history.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_entendre
- 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
- Rude Place Names
Find out what happens when bored morons get hold of a geographical database.
www.i-r-genius.com/rudeplaces.html
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