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 == Entry Construction Tools ==
+== Example Sentence Craft ==
+=== Sentence Mining Communities ===
+* [https://www.reddit.com/r/SentenceMiners/ r/SentenceMiners] (Reddit)
+* [https://lemmy.world/c/SentenceMiners c/SentenceMiners] (Lemmy)
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+== Neologism Design ==
+=== Neologism Communities ===
+* '''Reddit''' — [https://www.reddit.com/r/NeologismsHelp/ r/NeologismsHelp]
+* '''Lemmy''' — [https://lemmy.world/c/NeologismHelp c/NeologismHelp]
+* Linguistics forums and word-creation discussion groups
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+== Communities Pairing Dictionary Entries with Music ==
+* '''Reddit''' — [https://www.reddit.com/r/LexicalSoundtrack/ r/LexicalSoundtrack]
+== Recommended Dictionaries & Glossaries ==
+=== General Dictionaries ===
+* '''Oxford English Dictionary (OED)''' — [https://www.oed.com/ oed.com]
+* '''Merriam-Webster''' — [https://www.merriam-webster.com/ merriam-webster.com]
+* '''Wiktionary''' — [https://www.wiktionary.org/ wiktionary.org]
+* '''Wordnik''' — [https://www.wordnik.com/ wordnik.com]
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+=== Specialized & Historical ===
+* '''Green’s Dictionary of Slang''' — [https://greensdictofslang.com/ greensdictofslang.com]
+* '''Webster’s 1828 Dictionary''' — [https://webstersdictionary1828.com/ webstersdictionary1828.com]
+* '''Phrontistery''' — [https://phrontistery.info/ phrontistery.info] — Obscure and rare vocabulary collections
+* '''The Grandiloquent Dictionary''' — [https://www.islandnet.com/~egbird/dict/words.pdf PDF edition] — Unusual and sesquipedalian words
+* '''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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 === Corpus & Usage Research ===
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-== Example Sentence Craft ==
+== Collaborative Lexicography Philosophy ==
-=== Sentence Mining Communities ===
-* [https://www.reddit.com/r/SentenceMiners/ r/SentenceMiners] (Reddit)
-* [https://lemmy.world/c/SentenceMiners c/SentenceMiners] (Lemmy)
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-== 🧠 Neologism Design ==
-Coining new words requires discipline, not whimsy.
-=== Neologism Communities ===
-* Reddit neologismhelp
-* Lemmy neologismhelp
-* Linguistics forums
-=== Principles of Sound Coinage ===
-* Morphological consistency
-* Transparent affix use
-* Etymological plausibility
-* Phonetic elegance
-* Semantic necessity
-A good neologism fills a gap.
-A great neologism feels inevitable.
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-== 📚 Recommended Dictionaries & Glossaries ==
-MorDictionary respects tradition while refusing to be boring.
-=== General Dictionaries ===
-* 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 ==
-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.