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1. Make etymologies more accessable

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   AdminWordnik (Admin, Wordnik) responded

   This is a really good point — most etymologies right now are written for conciseness, not narrative flow. We’ll see what we can do!

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   tmoenk commented  ·  June 08, 2009  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…

   The best etymologies are the ones told as stories. Even the most boring words can have an exciting etymology if they're told the right way. ;)

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   tmoenk supported this idea  ·  June 08, 2009

2. link to urban dictionary

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   AdminWordnik (Admin, Wordnik) responded

   Thanks! We love Aaron at Urban Dictionary …

   tmoenk supported this idea  ·  June 08, 2009

3. open up an api

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   AdminWordnik (Admin, Wordnik) responded

   We would like to do this as soon as possible. If you have suggestions for what you would like to see in an API, please email us (feedback AT wordnik DOT com). Thanks!

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4. add a Wordnik toolbar for the various browsers

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   AdminWordnik (Admin, Wordnik) responded

   I believe we have one for Firefox but we haven’t put a link to it anywhere! We’ll fix that asap. Thanks!

   UPDATE: here you go: http://mycroft.mozdev.org/search-engines.html?name=Wordnik

   tmoenk supported this idea  ·  June 08, 2009