Great Sites About Words

If you're a book lover who is also a word lover, you'll enjoy this round-up of the best word-related websites.

Learn 320 other words for 'cool' in the Online Slang Dictionary. Laugh at misheard song lyrics on KissThisGuy.com, (although it turns out Hendrix really did sing those lyrics after all), and misheard expressions on The Eggcorn Database. (I'll admit it, I say 'mute point.' I know it's wrong, but I think it's fine. And it certainly would be tough to hoe a road, so that's fine too.)

More serious folks can find out where words come from in the Online Etymology Dictionary or ponder how pop culture impacts language with The New York Times' Words of the Year list and the Oxford English Dictionary's New Words site - First used in 1968, Cryonaut has finally made the cut!

Speaking of the OED, book lovers who are also word lovers should be sure to check out The Professor and The Madman: a Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary, available from the library in print or as an eBook.