Comments on: Oh, so that's what that thing on my sink is called!

Oh, so that's what that thing on my sink is called!

desjardins — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:58:59 -0800

Visual Dictionary Online - diagrams of everyday objects (and ones not so ordinary) for the visual thinkers among us. (via)

By: Greg Nog

Greg Nog — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:01:46 -0800

Holy shit, what a cool idea. Good on you, Mirriam-Webster!

By: Terminal Verbosity

Terminal Verbosity — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:25:02 -0800

They also have a game of the week where you must match the word with the part. This week's instruments are pretty easy, but the castle kicked my ass.

By: DU

DU — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:33:52 -0800

I hope they've put the female anatomy section on it's own clustered server.

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:37:36 -0800

Neat!

By: Nabubrush

Nabubrush — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:37:41 -0800

Oh man, this is great! I can see already this game is going to suck me right in.

By: kureshii

kureshii — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:46:15 -0800

I had a book with a similar concept... The English Duden, if anyone's heard of it. Glad to see it in web form.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:05:41 -0800

Very nice! (And yes, kureshii, I remember that book, though I never bought a copy.)

By: Turtles all the way down

Turtles all the way down — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:27:26 -0800

That is neato-cool. Thanks!

By: ersatz

ersatz — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:37:44 -0800

The euro is the common currency of the countries that belong to the European Union; it was introduced in January 2002. Hope this is the only mistake cause the visual dictionary's a cool idea. The euro is the currency of the countries that belong to the Eurozone.

By: Alvy Ampersand

Alvy Ampersand — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:50:55 -0800

As any magician can tell you, to know the true name of things is to have power over them. No longer will you escape my grasp, little springy doohickie! No, you are mine now, ball-cock supply valve! MWAHAHAHA! Thanks for the post!

By: cptnrandy

cptnrandy — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:36:46 -0800

Great first step. Now what I really need it the version that lets me hold up something to my web cam and ask, "what the heck is this?" and have the web site show me (and probably have eBay tell me how much it's worth).

By: desjardins

desjardins — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:07:35 -0800

I agree, cptnrandy, especially since I live with cats. I found a 2"x3" metal rectangle under the couch and it took me weeks to figure out that it was one of the weights from the vertical blinds. To cats, of course, everything's a toy.

By: Unicorn on the cob

Unicorn on the cob — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:26:14 -0800

Finally! Now I know not to eat these if a burner offers me one...

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:17:12 -0800

cptnrandy: "Great first step. Now what I really need it the version that lets me hold up something to my web cam and ask, "what the heck is this?" and have the web site show me (and probably have eBay tell me how much it's worth)." It's your penis, and I'll give you a tenner for a taxi to the hospital.

By: iamkimiam

iamkimiam — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 01:19:27 -0800

A former boyfriend bought me a visual dictionary as a gift once. At first I was like "wtf?" but now I realize that these things are PRICELESS COMMODITIES! Oh, the bets I have won!