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Merriam-Webster Launches Open Dictionary
sweganeer writes "Merriam-Webster just released Open Dictionary to better take and share the pulse of language through the Web. Of course, Webster's has long celebrated and conveyed language's evolution - unlike linguistic prescriptivists who fail to grasp that's just what language does; and - where I've compared entries - they've certainly done so in a more consistent, professional fashion than online amateurs have in recent years: might Open Dictionary - in conjunction with Webster's standard Online Dictionary - yield the best of authoritative (top-down) and organic (bottom-up), online lexicography?"
After seeing this I added it. (Really: go and look!)
Ha. Wikipedia is a piece of crap. If you trust it, you'd better get your head examined. Marginally useful if you're already an expert in an area, otherwise, steer clear to avoid the misleading and inaccurate articles therein.