Dictionaries, Thesauri, & Word Lists

A person can never have too many places to search for the perfect word!

The Bookshelf Muse - Blog Post - The ultimate thesaurus for settings, feeling, colors, and other undefinable things.

19th Century Slang Dictionary - Blog Post - Colloquialisms and slang from the Civil War era.

Merriam-Webster: Top Ten Favorite British Words (Vol. 2) - Blog Post - Ten words you may or may not be familiar with.

25 Everyday Things You Never Knew Had Names - Blog Post - Ferrule?  Tittle?  How about skeuomorph?  There are 22 more where those came from.

Top 10 Words Inspired by Filmmakers - Blog Post - This post is neither Hitchcockian nor Spielbergian.  Useful, nonetheless!

Top 10 Simple but Intelligent Words (Vol. 2) - Through dichotomies and paradigms, the nuances of this post will be discovered.  (Perhaps they should have included the word prevaricate as well... )

150 Words for Fart - Answer the call of the wild burrito, or, butt yodeling - it's all in how you say it!

19 Old Timey Slang Terms - I'm having cluck and grunt, drinking high-wine and yelling at the dog robbers.