Double-Tongued Dictionary

{{short description|Online catalog of words on the fringes of English, focusing on slang, jargon, and new words}}

The Double-Tongued Dictionary is an online dictionary. It catalogs a growing lexicon of undocumented or under-documented words on the fringes of English, focusing on slang, jargon, and new words.{{cite web|url=http://www.wmitchell.edu/lawReview/documents/3.Davidson.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-10-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722002752/http://www.wmitchell.edu/lawReview/documents/3.Davidson.pdf |archivedate=2011-07-22 }}

Formerly known as the Double-Tongued Word {{not a typo|Wrester}},{{Cite journal|url=http://americanspeech.dukejournals.org/cgi/reprint/83/1/99.pdf|doi = 10.1215/00031283-2008-005|title = NEGOTIATING MEDICAL COMMUNICATION: The Discourse of Hospital Communication: Tracing Complexities in Contemporary Health Organizations|year = 2008|last1 = Tamasi|first1 = S.|journal = American Speech|volume = 83|pages = 99–107}} the dictionary strives to record terms and expressions that are omitted, or are poorly covered, in mainstream dictionaries. It also features definitions and citations of strange and unusual words or phrases such as "parergon," "epigenetics," and "bleeding deacon."

In July 2012 the "Double-Tongued Dictionary" website became part of "A Way with Words" website.

The information on this site is compiled, written and edited by lexicographer Grant Barrett.{{Cite book | last1 = Keats | first1 = Jonathon. | title = Virtual words : language on the edge of science and technology | year = 2010 | publisher = Oxford University Press | location = New York | isbn = 978-0-19-539854-0 | pages = 121 }}