Resources

Chrysti the Wordsmith admires and appreciates these resources. So will you.

Online Resources

A Way With Words

waywordradio.org

Dr. Mardy Grothe’s Chiasmus

drmardy.com

Eponyms

alphadictionary.com/articles/eponyms

Loanwords in English

ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Words/loanwords.html

Stack Exchange: English Language and Usage

english.stackexchange.com

The Online Slang Dictionary

onlineslangdictionary.com

The Phrase Finder

phrases.org.uk

The Word Detective

http://www.word-detective.com/

Wordnik

https://wordnik.com/

World Wide Words

worldwidewords.org

Favorite Reads

Ammer, Christine

   The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Houghton Mifflin, New York

Ayto, John

   Dictionary of Word Origins, Arcade Publishing, New York

Ayto, John

   20th Century Words, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK

Barnhart, Robert K., Ed.

   The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology, The H.W. Wilson Co.

Byrne, Josefa Heifetz

   Mrs. Byrne’s Dictionary, University Books, Inc., Secaucus, NJ

Crystal, David

   The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, Cambridge Univ. Press

Hanks and Hodges

   A Dictionary of Surnames, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK

Hendrickson, Robert

   The Facts on File Word and Phrase Origins, Facts on File, Inc., New York

Manser, Martin H.

   Dictionary of Classical and Biblical Allusions, Checkmark Books

Mills, Jane

   Womanwords: A Dictionary of Words About Women, The Free Press, NY

Rawson, Hugh

   Wicked Words, Crown Publishers, New York

Rosten, Leo

   The New Joys of Yiddish, Three Rivers Press, New York

Tuleja, Tad

   Marvelous Monikers, Harmony Books, New York

White, Robert

   An Avalanche of Anoraks, Crown Trade Paperbacks, New York

Webber, Elizabeth and Mike Feinsilber

   Dictionary of Allusions, Merriam-Webster, Inc., Springfield, MA

Wentworth and S.B. Flexner, Eds.

   Dictionary of American Slang, Thomas Y. Crowell, New York