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Wordnik: Notes from an Online Dictionary Project
Published on Dec 02, 20115150 Views
Wordnik.com, which launched in 2009, is a very large, semi-crowdsourced, mostly-datamined dictionary of English. As we have worked to biuld the site, create and find new lexical information, engage us
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wordnik00:00
What’s Wordnik?00:08
need - tool - capability00:49
read - write - make01:05
Users prefer published imperfection to unpublished perfection.02:30
graph03:16
52% of words are undocumented in English dictionaries03:49
Obligatory Wittgenstein Reference05:30
Not-So-Obligatory Trench Reference05:49
brodeo06:33
détournement08:09
wagpastie09:23
tapioca11:12
bison12:14
Stats14:39
Recently favorited - Recent pronunciations15:44
guggle16:25
Words to Try to Use ...18:45
gossypiboma19:53
Hateful Business Words21:28
Ulysses22:14
Visuals22:42
Tweets24:06
What Have We Learned? (1)25:02
What Have We Learned? (2)25:15
What Have We Learned? (3)26:40
Panel Discussions at WordieniKon27:01
sleightgeist29:31
madeupical30:08
malamanteau (1)30:36
malamanteau (2)31:34
What’s Real?32:08
All Rights Reserved33:28
"few people"36:20
problems - opportunities37:43
wordnik37:58
"dont waste the pretty"39:12
"Need to become invisible."39:28
Etymology39:42
glasnost40:32
What’s Next?41:33
"cheap but not easy"41:55
Assemblage42:43
Contacts43:51