Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Visuwords

Via Marginal Revolution, a fun site to get a visual representation of a dictionary word.

Sally generated bubbles based on "sortie, sally: a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position," "sally: a venture off the beaten path," and "wisecrack, crack, sally, quip: witty remark."

I did not realize that "empirical" was related in any way to "quackery" (in the medical sense).

"Psychology" yielded a very pretty flower-like shape, though the words shown were a kind of odd mix.

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