Online Dictionaries
There exist a number of websites which operate as online dictionaries, usually with a specialized focus. Some of them have exclusively user driven content, often consisting of neologisms. Some of the more notable examples include:
- Double-Tongued Dictionary (user generated content)
- Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
- LEO (website)
- Logos Dictionary
- Pictual (website)
- Pseudodictionary (exclusively user-defined neologisms, with humorous intent)
- Reference.com
- Urban Dictionary (much of the content ephemeral slang terminology, some with sources)
- Wiktionary (multilingual dictionary, a Wikipedia project)
- WordNet
- WWWJDIC (online Japanese dictionary)
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