January 02, 2006
Merriam-Webster Offering Open Dictionary
Merriam-Webster announced the "Open Dictionary," which they describe as "a real-time chronicle of new words and senses based entirely on contributions from its users."
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Posted on January 2, 2006 06:58 PM
Hmm, some competition for Wiktionary and the Urban Dictionary. I wonder which site this one will be more like... it's supposed to be a serious dictionary, but I don't see any way for the community to edit or otherwise clean up poor quality entries, leaving this task to the M-W staff who may become overwhelmed.
In my opinion, the most interesting aspect of this project is its association with M-W, because that means it could serve as a source of words/definitions for the M-W print dictionaries.