Libraries Law Libraries Medical Libraries National Libraries Pres. The words we use to communication with one another change all the time, making the English language both fascinating and frustrating. The Web offers dozens of sites that explore words and how we use them. Some are educational, and many are just plain fun.
Visitors can ask questions about the origin of words and read interesting feature articles.
Another resource for word origins is Jesse's Word of the Day. The Literary Dictionary is a more informal catalogue listing words that first made an appearance in books, plays, poems, comic strips and mythology. Head to OneLook Dictionary , which simulataneously searches hundred of online dictionaries. Absolute Trivia has a Words and Numbers section filled with useless facts that you will want to send to your friends. Another fun site is Travlang's Word of the Day, where you can view a word of the day in more than 50 languages.