MorDictionary Bear Blog

Editorial publication platform of MorDictionary, hosted on Bear Blog.

The MorDictionary Bear Blog is the long-form editorial and commentary wing of the MorDictionary project. It operates as a lightweight publishing platform for essays, reflections on lexicography, highlighted entries, and project philosophy.

Unlike the structured MediaWiki dictionary, the Bear Blog serves as a more narrative and occasionally self-referential space.

Purpose

The Bear Blog exists to:

Publish essays on lexicography and language culture
Provide commentary on notable MorDictionary entries
Document MorDictionary's aesthetic and technical experiments
Articulate our philosophy behind collaborative dictionary-building
Provide a lightweight, distraction-free reading experience

Design Philosophy

A lo-fi dark academia animation of floating hardcover books in a grainy void.

The blog adopts a minimal structure powered by Bear Blog software, while intentionally preserving elements of the retro-website atmosphere seen on the MorDictionary Neocities site.

While the publishing engine is clean and minimal, the broader MorDictionary design language embraces expressive, atmospheric aesthetics. This includes lo-fi textures, compressed looping GIFs, and subtle visual noise that evoke early-web craft and “dark academia” study aesthetics.

The Bear Blog itself remains intentionally readable and restrained, but it exists within a larger design ecosystem that values handcrafted weirdness over sterile optimization.

MorDictionary BearBlog logo, a cosmic dark academia illustration of a woman illuminated by an electric cyan book glow, symbolizing language, knowledge, and the magic of lexicography.

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Example Content

Notable posts include:

* Retro Web Aesthetics and the Future of Lexicography (22 February 2026)

Posts typically explore the cultural, technical, and aesthetic dimensions of dictionary-making.

Role Within the Moribund Institute

MorDictionary operates under the umbrella of the Moribund Institute.

Within this structure:

Moribund Institute → umbrella organization
MorDictionary → the primary lexicographical engine and central dictionary project
The MorDictionary Bear Blog → acts as the editorial and philosophical publication layer of the MorDictionary project

Think of it as the reflective journal of the workshop.