Wordnik, the dictionary that I really should be using*, just launched a side-by-side word comparison feature to help you distinguish between similar words while browsing their thesaurus. It takes the window arranging, tab switching, or (god forbid) page flipping out of the equation.
* I typically just use Apple’s built in Cmd+Ctrl+D shortcut, which changed my life.
Words by Radiolab
It’s almost impossible to imagine a world without words. But in this hour of Radiolab, we try to do just that. We speak to a woman who taught a 27-year-old man the first words of his life, and we hear a firsthand account of what it feels like to have the language center of your brain wiped out by a stroke. Plus: a group of children invent an entirely new language in Nicaragua in the 1970s.
Don’t miss the companion film, either.
This story sounded suspiciously wiki.” The obvious colloquial analogue would be “the story seemed fishy.” But note the distinction. A “fishy” story, like a “fish story,” is a farfetched story that is probably a lie or exaggeration that in some way redounds to the teller’s benefit. A “wiki” story, on the other hand, is a story, perhaps farfetched, that is probably backed up by no authority other than a Wikipedia article, or perhaps just a random web site. The only advantage it yields to the user is that one appears knowledgeable while having done only the absolute minimum amount of research.
I dunno… seems a little “wiki” « Snarkmarket
Sometimes I love new words.