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Dictionary.com laid off all its lexicographers this month.

Presumably to replace them with AI. (My opinion.)

Sadly, thesaurus.com and dictionary.com are two of my most important resources when writing. I will look for alternatives now, because they basically decided to stop being a good service.

Enshittification is spreading at an ever increasing rate. It makes me sad. I thought we were headed towards a good future. Instead, it's turning... brown. 😬

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in reply to Hannah Steenbock

Mira 🤞🇧🇬🇭🇺
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Camebridge dictionary, the Webster one, wictionary maybe? As someone who's studying translation and linguistics, sad news to hear, but thanks for sharing. that's one place I'll avoid.
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Erm, cambridge* Woops, I can't spell, apparently, and can't edit the post so hwave to write a new one.
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Hannah Steenbock
Hannah Steenbock
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@tardis

Thank you! ❤️

I even have a Webster's in hard copy... and forgot all about it, since I write on the PC, and dictionary/thesaurus sites are just a click away.

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in reply to Hannah Steenbock

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Ah, I see, something like Shaarly can help you save bookmarks, it's really cool, but, selfhosted, if you have a friend you trust and you do stuff together, I strongly recommend it, also MCMillan's dictionary, although, I couldn't find a lot of things there. Also has synonyms and stuff, since I can't spell the proper word, I am so bad at writing today. LOL
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Mira 🤞🇧🇬🇭🇺
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I imagine a hardcopy of like, the biggest English dictionary or corpus, in braille. Wonder how many shelves the volumes would take up. Haha. Although, that'll be my guilty pleasure, but I am tied to a computer as well, so I know the feeling.
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