#words (7 links)
- WORDOID - Creative Naming Service wordoid.com
Wordoids are words that are made-up, but sound right. They follow the rules of phonetics, and if done properly, roll off the tongue. The need to have an online presence has increased the need for unique product and company names and has led to these wordoids. Yet, even with a made-up name, it’s important for the name to convey something about what the product or business actually is.
"Mattel said there would be no hard and fast rule over whether a proper noun was correct or not." Had to double-check the date on this. April 6th.
- Steven Poole: Thesaurosis stevenpoole.net
What differentiates this thesaurus from any other is that it is, as the title announces, historical: combining the data of the Oxford English Dictionary and the Thesaurus of Old English, it presents meanings in chronological order, noting when terms first appeared, often when they disappeared, or whether they were one-shots, lovely doomed coinages such as “moonling”.
- The Observer | Magazine | What's the word observer.guardian.co.uk
5, 4, 3, 2, 1... Emergency Dance Party!