The Alternative Dictionaries slang, profanities, insults and vulgarisms from all the world
American Dialect Society scholarly association dedicated to the study of the English language in North America and of other languages, or dialects of other languages, influencing it or influenced by it
American Dialect Links some good sources, some not so good
American Slanguages
Ariga: A Glossary of Yiddish Expressions
Bartlett's Quotations
British Navy Slang
Cambridge Dictionaries Online direct from Cambridge University Press
Canadianisms
Chiasmus.com devoted to the literary and rhetorical device known as chiasmus
The Chinook Jargon trading pidgin of Northwest Indians and pioneers
Chronology of English how it came to be what it is and when
Circus Lingo
Cliche Finder for when you just can't hit the nail on the... uhm...
ClichSite.com a list of clichs with definitions and explanations
Cockney Rhyming Slang complete with translator
Collect Britain English accents and dialects from the British Library
Dialect Maps where in America do they say "pee-CAN" and where do they say "pee-KAHN" ... fascinating stuff
Dictionary of American Regional English visit for the free newsletters
Dictionary of Newfoundland English
Dictionary of Slang English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
Double Tongued Dictionary records undocumented or under-documented words from the fringes of English, with a focus on slang, jargon, and new words
Drug Related Street Terms/Slang Words from Addictions.org
Elizabethan Accents the proper way to pronounce "yoiks"
English Accents and Dialects listen to the changing voice of England
English-Yiddish Online Dictionary
Ethnologue the separate languages, probable languages and dialects of the world
The European Bureau for Lesser Used Languages of Europe's 370 million citizens, nearly 50 million speak a language other than the official language of the State in which they live
Evolution of Alphabets this is a lovely site, with animated depictions of the change in letters and alphabets
Food and Cooking Terminology: British to American
Forvo All the words in all the languages pronounced by native speakers
Free Translation machine translation in six languages
Glossarist searchable and categorised directory of glossaries and topical dictionaries
Hieroglyphic Directory
Historical Dictionary of American Slang
Hobo Slang
The Human Languages Page this great resource returns after a brief delay
Interactive Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger of Disappearing
International Dialects of English Archive downloadable files of English language dialects and English spoken in the accents of other languages
The Japanese Slang Jisho
Jazz Age Slang words used in the 1920s
Language Tools online dictionary, thesaurus and translator
Languages of the World
The Linguistic Atlas Projects collection of projects that quantitatively describe American speech patterns
Linguistic Geography of the Mainland United States
Mercator overviews of territorial minority languages in the European Union and the media in those languages
More Words find dictionary words for crossword puzzles, code words and word games
Naval Terminology, Jargon and Slang
New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy "forms the touchstone of what it means to be not only just a literate American but an active citizen in our multicultural democracy"
New Zealand English to U.S. English Dictionary
Nonverbal Dictionary of Gestures and Signs
Online Dictionary of Playground Slang mostly British and quite enlightening
Online Etymology Dictionary
Online Rhyming Dictionary put in a word, get a rhyme
Origins and Common Usage of British Swear-words an informative and hopefully educational entry on a potentially controversial topic - bad language, from the BBC
The Oxford Text Archive several thousand electronic texts in a variety of languages
The Oxford English Dictionary now online
Phonological Atlas of North America sound samples of regional dialect "shifts"
Phrase Origins this site is a piece of cake
Pronounce Names audio cues for worldwide name pronunciation
Research-It dictionary, thesaurus, translator and more, all on one page
Reverse Dictionary type in the definition, you get the word
Riptionary surf lingo glossary
Roget's Internet Thesaurus
Selected Vocabulary Differences Between British and American English
Sioux Heritage: Lakota Sioux language dictionary and audio
Slim Gaillard Vout-O-Reenee Dictionary The Oroony Oreeney O'Routee Mellow MacVouty Groovy Site in Vout
Speech Accent Archive samples of accented speech from many 362 different language backgrounds reading the same sample paragraph
Swearasaurus how to swear in 108 languages
Trivia About the English Language and Word Origins
United Kingdom English for the American Novice British (pardon the expression) colloquialisms
Variety Slanguage Dictionary
The Vocabula Review on language and words
World War I Slang
Word for Word origins of unusual words and phrases
Word Reference free online translation dictionaries - Spanish/French/Italian to English
Word Spy recently coined words, existing words that have enjoyed a recent renaissance, and older words that are now being used in new ways
World Wide Words the history, quirks, curiosities and evolution of the English language
Your Dictionary index of language dictionaries