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w00t

or is that properly w00t! ?

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While new words may be in the making the Oxford English Dictionary has been trimmed

Want to play a role in the evolution of the English language? Merriam-Webster has an online open dictionary where you can submit your own words and definitions. Add your name and be recognized for your brilliant contribution.

The lost language of Pitmatic, that peculiar tongue spoken by the coal miners of yore, has been studied and compiled into its own dictionary in order to preserve it. This must have been quite an undertaking, since very few of that generation are still living.

Now here’s something neat…a dictionary of slang. It’s British slang, but the links take you to other edifying sites such as prison slang, drug related slang, even Aussie slang. :) No Newfie slang, though. Maybe I should write one…My kripers skoat, who knit ya, b’y? Coupie down an ‘ave a quat!