Here are ten words to stock your conversational arsenal that will make you sound like you spent six years in a PhD program reading Derrida and Joyce and drinking absinthe. Warning: With the wrong audience, you might end up punched in the face or wearing your underwear outside your pants involuntarily. Use at your discretion. picked by suebe 5 months ago

Like Flickr, but without the photos

Wordie is for people who love words. Start by making word lists: words you love, words you hate, words on a given topic, whatever. picked by melgesevad 2 years ago

Have you ever blurted out, "Wow, that guy is just so...so..." and then were left floundering with nothing to say? Well, it's not always your fault. English doesn't have words for every situation, or even the ones that happen every damned day. picked by kakana 8 months ago

These incredible drawings are proof that some pictures really are worth a thousand words. Keira Rathbone 'drew' the works of art using just a humble typewriter. She has spent up to 90 hours hammering away at each picture using a variety of letters and punctuation marks thousands and thousands of times. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Capitol Words gives you an at-a-glance view into the daily proceedings of the United States Congress through the simplest lens available-a single word. For every day that Congress is in session, Capitol Words displays the most frequently used word in the Congressional Record. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

This is the Pompous Ass Words site, a place dedicated to identifying words that shouldn't be used on the grounds that doing so makes you sound like a pompous ass. picked by Bornbad 3 years ago

Some of the oldest words in English have been identified, scientists say.

*My guesses are 'tubular, gnarly, and plime. What are yours? picked by bingo 9 months ago

Last words I found on the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Web site. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

And you thought your vocabulary was good? Try these words on for size. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

I don't mean to be an aretaloger here, but as an lithophilous ergophile I found this site rather... neat.
It's a compilation of rarely or never used English words.
Save the lost words! picked by tundramonkey 3 years ago

This is a very strange collection of drawings that have been made up of the words of the objects they represent.

The effect is amazing!

Obsessive compulsive anyone? picked by Boomshank 3 years ago

Some funny parting words from the dearly departed. picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

You get 12 minutes. I got 60/100. I missed some really obvious ones. picked by yoornotme 10 months ago

In an effort to dumb down the language certain words that are of Latin origin are being requested to be banned. Words such as "per", "via", "vice versa", "et cetera" "ad lib" and others are "confusing" to some. Via (I mean by way of) picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Great site that provides the humble beginnings of some of the words we know, love, and use today. I'm a bit skeptical about a few of these though. picked by Mershaullk 3 years ago

Lake Superior State University proposes an exit strategy for 2006: the 32nd annual List of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-Use, Over-Use and General Uselessness. So gitmo chipotle-flavored eggnog, curl up with an undocumented alien, and cut-and-run to the 2007 list. It won't be coming to a theater near you. picked by Bornbad 3 years ago

One of the resources mentioned in an earlier post (Strange and Unusual Reference Books): Fictional (but witty) words that can help create colourful (if incorrect) language. picked by rambler 3 years ago

And while you may not be able to upgrade your actual I.Q., you can at least create the illusion of intelligence by practicing the correct pronunciation of these common words and phrases. Fool your friends! Impress your family! Master your native tongue!

Or, at the very least, avoiding speaking like a fool. picked by Neiako 3 years ago

English as it is spoken today will have disappeared in 100 years and could be replaced by a global language called Panglish, researchers claim. New words will form and meanings will change with the most dramatic changes being made by people learning English as a second language. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

I know not everyone is a fan of top ten lists, but this one is rather awesome. picked by gammerus 1 year ago