» Cyber-Neologoliferation Article by James Gleick in "The New York Times" explains how new words are added to the Oxford English Dictionary. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/magazine/05cyber.html
» Lexicopoeia Provides a definition, and examples created by Professor Mikhail Epstein. http://www.emory.edu/INTELNET/lexicopoeia.html
» Neologism Competition A long-running monthly competition for readers, by Bob Levey of "The Washington Post". Includes links to past results. http://www.fun-with-words.com/neologisms_competition.html
» Neologisms Features the results of one round of "The Washington Post's Style Invitational", where readers are asked to alter a dictionary word by one letter, and then supply a new definition. http://www-personal.umich.edu/~shameem/neolog.html
» New Words In English An alphabetical collection created by students at Rice University in Texas. http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~ling215/NewWords/
» New words reflect changing culture. ABC News Opinion article discusses whether some of the latest word creations enhance or detract from the language. http://www.abc.net.au/news/opinion/items/200701/s1827723.htm
» Sniglets An alphabetical and phonetic dictionary of made-up words. http://bertc.com/sniglets.htm
» The Meaning of Liff Alphabetical list of placenames and new meanings. Transcript of the book by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd. http://folk.uio.no/alied/TMoL.html
» What the Hell is Liff? Provides new definitions for names of real towns and cities, with a search feature and a forum. Users are invited to submit their own items for inclusion. http://liff.comegetsome.at/
» Wiktionary: List of Protologisms A collection of newly invented, but not widely accepted words or phrases, arranged by topic. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:List_of_protologisms_by_topic
» Word Spy: Neologisms A personal collection of newly-coined words and phrases. http://www.wordspy.com/diversions/neologisms.asp
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