I’m SO glad I read blogs like Feministing,** because even the off-topic postings are cool. Today, I learn a spectacularly funny new word … Sardoodledom.* This sweet video features the word flexing all its alphabetical musculature in a spelling bee, and the clever little speller will put a smile on your face. (I’d embed the vid here, but YouTube is being hinky for me today. Phooey.)

* Hint: If you just want to know what the word means, you can skip the video and just peek here.

** Correction: Oh, the shame of getting a source wrong. It’s at GIGGLESUGAR where I spotted this video, and it’s smack-dab on topic for that madcap site of the web’s funniest snippets. Sorry, Gigglesugar!

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If you love to look up words, here are a few cool online resources for you:

• OneLook.com - Dictionary site that lets you do wildcard searches, a perfect tool if you’re stumped on a crossword
• UrbanDictionary.com - Sound cool past your coolness prime
• The Devil’s Dictionary - Snarky definitions to warm the cockles of your heart
• The Phrontistery - You might call this “Weird Word Central”

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Word nerd alert: The word lovers’ radio program & podcast, ‘A Way with Words,’ starts its season this weekend with a new one-hour show. Check out their website for details:

http://www.waywordradio.org/

Strap on your dictionaries, and be there or be square. (Oh heck - do both. I know I will!)

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