As the internet has grown, as sources and pages and material has continued to proliferate, the quality level of the output as dropped (and I don't spare myself with this evaluation, either) and websites that can qualify as being time sucks of the day have become fewer and fewer. In fact, I cannot recall the last time I found a really compelling choice. But now, I give you the word derivation index created by the nice people at Random House and I encourage you to go forth and waste some wonderful time there:
The Maven's Word of the Day Index
My favorites so far: Shiftless and Slob.
Posted by Random Penseur at April 26, 2007 07:57 AM | TrackBackJust what I needed! Some of the questions are really good, offering up soon-to-be-shot-down derivations, like the one for SLOB, and MARMALADE.
Posted by: maggie at April 26, 2007 10:12 AMgreat, more interesting things for me to do other than work :-)
Posted by: caltechgirl at April 26, 2007 01:42 PM