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== Entry Construction Tools ==
== Entry Construction Tools ==


=== Corpus & Usage Research ===
== Example Sentence Craft ==


* '''Google Books Ngram Viewer''' — [https://books.google.com/ngrams Google Ngram Viewer] 
=== Sentence Mining Communities ===
  Track historical frequency of words.


* '''COCA (Corpus of Contemporary American English)''' — [https://www.english-corpora.org/coca/ english-corpora.org/coca]
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/SentenceMiners/ r/SentenceMiners] (Reddit)
  Modern American English usage patterns.
* [https://lemmy.world/c/SentenceMiners c/SentenceMiners] (Lemmy)
 
* '''British National Corpus''' — [https://www.english-corpora.org/bnc/ english-corpora.org/bnc] 
  British English usage data.
 
* '''Sketch Engine''' — [https://www.sketchengine.eu/ sketchengine.eu]
  Advanced corpus querying (professional tool).


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=== Etymology Research ===
== Neologism Design ==


* '''Online Etymology Dictionary''' — [https://www.etymonline.com/ etymonline.com] 
=== Neologism Communities ===
  Quick-reference etymology.


* '''Wiktionary''' — [https://www.wiktionary.org/ wiktionary.org] 
* '''Reddit''' — [https://www.reddit.com/r/NeologismsHelp/ r/NeologismsHelp]
  Collaborative etymology chains and multilingual entries.
* '''Lemmy''' — [https://lemmy.world/c/NeologismHelp c/NeologismHelp]
 
* Linguistics forums and word-creation discussion groups
* '''Perseus Digital Library''' — [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/ perseus.tufts.edu]
  Classical Greek and Latin texts.
 
* '''Oxford English Dictionary (OED)''' — [https://www.oed.com/ oed.com] 
  Historical English dictionary (subscription required).
 
* '''Webster’s 1828 Dictionary''' — [https://webstersdictionary1828.com/ webstersdictionary1828.com]
  Early American English reference.


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== Communities Pairing Dictionary Entries with Music ==
* '''Reddit''' — [https://www.reddit.com/r/LexicalSoundtrack/ r/LexicalSoundtrack]


=== Pronunciation Tools ===
== Recommended Dictionaries & Glossaries ==


* '''IPA Chart (International Phonetic Alphabet)''' — [https://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/content/full-ipa-chart ipa chart] 
=== General Dictionaries ===


* '''Forvo''' — [https://forvo.com/ forvo.com]
* '''Oxford English Dictionary (OED)''' — [https://www.oed.com/ oed.com]
  Crowdsourced pronunciation recordings.
* '''Merriam-Webster''' — [https://www.merriam-webster.com/ merriam-webster.com]
 
* '''Wiktionary''' — [https://www.wiktionary.org/ wiktionary.org]
* '''Wiktionary Audio Archives''' — [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pronunciation commons pronunciation category]
* '''Wordnik''' — [https://www.wordnik.com/ wordnik.com]
  Community-recorded pronunciation files.


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=== Frequency & Register Checking ===
=== Specialized & Historical ===
 
* '''Word Frequency Lists''' — [https://www.wordfrequency.info/ wordfrequency.info] 


* '''Google Scholar''' — [https://scholar.google.com/ scholar.google.com]
* '''Green’s Dictionary of Slang''' — [https://greensdictofslang.com/ greensdictofslang.com]
  Academic register reference.
* '''Webster’s 1828 Dictionary''' — [https://webstersdictionary1828.com/ webstersdictionary1828.com]
 
* '''Phrontistery''' — [https://phrontistery.info/ phrontistery.info] — Obscure and rare vocabulary collections
* '''Project Gutenberg''' — [https://www.gutenberg.org/ gutenberg.org]
* '''The Grandiloquent Dictionary''' — [https://www.islandnet.com/~egbird/dict/words.pdf PDF edition] — Unusual and sesquipedalian words
  Literary corpora for historical usage.
* '''Oxford Reference''' — [https://www.oxfordreference.com/ oxfordreference.com] — Subject glossaries (legal, theological, technical, etc.)
* '''A Bunch of Public Domain Dictionaries''' - [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Public_domain_sources Approved Public Domain Sources for Wiktionary]


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== Example Sentence Craft ==
=== Corpus & Usage Research ===


=== Sentence Mining Communities ===
* '''Google Books Ngram Viewer''' — [https://books.google.com/ngrams Google Ngram Viewer] — Track historical frequency of words.
 
* '''COCA (Corpus of Contemporary American English)''' — [https://www.english-corpora.org/coca/ english-corpora.org/coca] — Modern American English usage patterns.
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/SentenceMiners/ r/SentenceMiners] (Reddit)
* '''British National Corpus''' — [https://www.english-corpora.org/bnc/ english-corpora.org/bnc] — British English usage data.
* [https://lemmy.world/c/SentenceMiners c/SentenceMiners] (Lemmy)
* '''Sketch Engine''' — [https://www.sketchengine.eu/ sketchengine.eu] — Advanced corpus querying tool.


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== 🧠 Neologism Design ==
=== Etymology Research ===


Coining new words requires discipline, not whimsy.
* '''Online Etymology Dictionary''' — [https://www.etymonline.com/ etymonline.com] — Quick-reference etymology.
* '''Wiktionary''' — [https://www.wiktionary.org/ wiktionary.org] — Collaborative etymology chains.
* '''Perseus Digital Library''' — [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/ perseus.tufts.edu] — Classical Greek and Latin texts.
* '''Oxford English Dictionary (OED)''' — [https://www.oed.com/ oed.com] — Historical English dictionary (subscription required).
* '''Webster’s 1828 Dictionary''' — [https://webstersdictionary1828.com/ webstersdictionary1828.com] — Early American English reference.


=== Neologism Communities ===
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* Reddit neologismhelp
* Lemmy neologismhelp
* Linguistics forums


=== Principles of Sound Coinage ===
=== Pronunciation Tools ===
* Morphological consistency
* Transparent affix use
* Etymological plausibility
* Phonetic elegance
* Semantic necessity


A good neologism fills a gap.
* '''IPA Chart''' — [https://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/content/full-ipa-chart ipa chart]
A great neologism feels inevitable.
* '''Forvo''' — [https://forvo.com/ forvo.com] — Crowdsourced pronunciation recordings.
* '''Wiktionary Audio Archives''' — [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pronunciation commons pronunciation files]


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== 📚 Recommended Dictionaries & Glossaries ==
=== Frequency & Register Checking ===


MorDictionary respects tradition while refusing to be boring.
* '''Word Frequency Lists''' — [https://www.wordfrequency.info/ wordfrequency.info]
 
* '''Google Scholar''' — [https://scholar.google.com/ scholar.google.com] — Academic register reference.
=== General Dictionaries ===
* '''Project Gutenberg''' — [https://www.gutenberg.org/ gutenberg.org] — Literary corpora for historical usage.
* Oxford English Dictionary
* Merriam-Webster
* Wiktionary
* Wordnik
 
=== Specialized & Historical ===
* Green’s Dictionary of Slang
* Webster’s 1828
* Regional glossaries
* Field-specific glossaries (legal, nautical, theological, technical)
 
Each dictionary has a temperament.
Study their strengths.
Observe their weaknesses.
Avoid their dullness.


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== 🏛 Collaborative Lexicography ==
== Collaborative Lexicography Philosophy ==
 
Dictionary-making is no longer confined to ivory towers.
 
It is communal.


* Wiktionary (open lexicography)
Dictionary-making is no longer confined to ivory towers, but maybe we should try to minimize the slop a smidge. I mean, I love [https://www.urbandictionary.com/ Urban Dictionary], but sometimes it’s a bit much.
* Community glossaries
* Language preservation projects
* Personal lexicographic blogs


MorDictionary encourages participation, experimentation, and preservation.
Let’s have fun, but let’s try to make a functional dictionary at the same time.


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== 📜 Philosophy ==
== Philosophy ==


We oppose boring dictionaries.
We oppose boring dictionaries.
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