Wordplay (Recreation/Humor/Wordplay)
up WordplayAnagrams, ambigrams, word trivia, puns, ambigrams, and palindromes to name a few. Often humorous but may also satisfy obsessive-compulsive cravings.EntriesFun-with-words.com http://www.fun-with-words.com/ Dedicated to oddities of the English language plus various types of wordplay. Corsinet.com http://corsinet.com/ Offers collections of word play, insults, riddles and jokes. Unscramble.net http://www.unscramble.net/ Unscramble, find, rhyme or define various words online. The Word Spy http://wordspy.com/ Explains new words and phrases with new entries added regularly, plus archives of previous entries. Fun With Words http://rinkworks.com/words Heteronyms, contronyms, eponyms, word/letter frequencies and other trivia. Scorpio Tales http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/gswithenbank Collection of anagrams, pangrams, eponyms, heteronyms, contronyms, homophones and mangled English. Keepers of Lists http://www.keepersoflists.org/ A large archive of amusing lists. Lists can be created, added to and voted on by the public. The Mother of All Excuses Place http://madtbone.tripod.com/ Over 900 excuses to not go to work or school, police and accidents, breaking dates, doctor, missing church, diet, and taxes. Funnyname.com http://www.funnyname.com/ A collection of amusing, interesting, strange, and occasionally rude names from the phone book. The Collective Noun Page http://www.ojohaven.com/collectives/ Entertaining and annotated listing of collective nouns such as 'a murder of crows' and 'a pomposity of professors'. Vocab Vitamins http://www.vocabvitamins.com/ A new word each day, plus the tools to enable you to use it. Text Messages http://www.txt2nite.com/smiley.html A collection of symbolic "smiley" messages. Lost in Translation http://tashian.com/multibabel See what happens when an English phrase is translated by computer back and forth between 5 different languages. Confusion results. Word Skit http://www.wordskit.com/ Linguistic contortions, weird and wonderful words, plus quotations. Gadzillion Things to Think About http://www.gadzillionthings.net/ 10,000+ rhetorical questions. Accepts submissions. Untruisms and One-Trick Words http://richard.tangle-wood.co.uk/ Phrases that are only used when they are untrue, and words that can only be used within a cliche'. Opundo http://www.opundo.com/ Includes wordplay and oddities, mathematica, theologica, computica, scientifica, and other humour. Dislexicon Word Generator http://www.robobunny.com/cgi-bin/dislexicon/dlc Contains Dislexicon, which generates new made-up words and definitions for them. Funny Names Site http://users.breathe.com/ionabigyot/ Contains names like Justin Credible and Mandy Lifeboats. Dave's Fun Words http://uark.edu/~dbruce/list.html Categorized list of words which are fun to say. SubcategoriesAmbigrams Anagrams Anagrams are made by taking letters from names, phrases or sayings and juggling them around to say Oxymora An oxymoron is two words commonly put together which have opposite meaning. Some examples are "true lies", "love hurts" and "final draft". Palindromes Words, phrases and sentences which are spelled identically forward and backwards. The results need not make sense, but it helps. Personalities and Commentaries Views on the world of wordplay, puns, palindromes, anagrams and related subjects by people noted in the field. Puns Wordies The object is for the the reader to determine the meanings of phrases and words depicted in unusual ways. Related categoriesDutch Anagrammen, woordspelingen, malapropismen en andere taalhumor. German Wortspiele sind kurze Sprüche in Form eines Limericks, Zungenbrecher oder Schüttelreime. Acronyms Lists of abbreviations constructed mostly from the initial letters of the words of a phrase, with their meanings. Brain Teasers Brain Teasers are mentally challenging puzzles (often in the form of a question or story) that can Crosswords This category contains sites about crossword puzzles in general or puzzles to be played with pen and paper. This includes software for game creation, contests between players, Cryptograms A piece of writing that has been encrypted or encoded. Typically, it is your job to decode the writing. Games Humorous Poetry Humorous Quotations This category is only for sites that offer a selection of humorous and funny quotations. Sites that offer general quotations should find a more appropriate category. If you are unsure where to Insults Language Absurdities in languages and languistics around the world. Magnetic Word Kits Neologisms Neologisms are words that have been recently created, and may sometimes find their way into general use. Some arise because of new circumstances or inventions for which no word previously existed, Online Games This is where to find word games of all kinds including original word games, crosswords, anagrams, word search, hangman, and all the rest. Play Languages Listing sites that concern themselves with made-up playful languages and jargons occurring in all parts of the world. These will often -- but by no means exclusively -- be used by children as a form Quotations Riddles Rhyming Brain Teasers Self-Referential Sentences By self-referential, we mean that it talks about itself. By self-documenting we mean that it makes a (true) statement about its own contents. For example, it may make a true statement about the number Tips and Word Lists This category includes sites which contain tips, hints, and word-study lists for Scrabble® players. Video Games Word Game video games are games played on consoles or computers which deal words and letters. Most of these games are Web Filters Online filters that allow web pages to be viewed in new ways. Word Search List of links to pages with original puzzles where you look for the words hidden in columns of letters; called various Neigbour categoriesAdvice For parodies, satires, and deliberately incorrect advice. Sites in this category may be stupid and crass. Remember, "You can never smoke too much, drink too much or be too Animals Archives Sites that compile many types of humor including collected jokes, pictures, stories and articles. Audio and Video Clips Bizarre A category for all the strange, weird, off kilter and generally bizarre sites out there. You won't find Cartoons Do NOT submit to this category! Sites chiefly devoted to a single comic strip or panel title should be submitted to Arts: Comics: Comic Strips and Panels. Sites featuring animated cartoons found Celebrities The celebrity humor category contains sendups and spoofs of famous people, living or dead. Computer Directories Directories offer links to other humor sites, usually arranged by category and/or rated for quality. Education Jokes, gags, funny stories, and parodies about education. This category contains everything Food and Drink Gardening Gender and Sexuality Humor pertaining to gender issues and sexual orientation, but not for "Adult" content. Interactive Interactive humor is still in its infancy, as the web design tools get more sophisticated, web site developers will be able to produce some real funny and interactive media, to keep us smiling. Job-Related Hate your job? Join the club. These people are no longer just muttering under their breath but are letting Jokes The Jokes category is for sites that mostly contain original material not published elsewhere. If your site is purely a collection of jokes, or is a small collection only, please consider listing in Laws Magazines and E-zines Mailing Lists Humor Mailing Lists provide users with daily/weekly humor in their mailbox. This category lists Medical Sites related to Medical Humor. Musical For music-related humor, as long as it is music that "makes fun" of something, contains funny lyrics, and generally does not sell Parenting Parodies This category is for parody sites - sites that poke fun at actual businesses, products etc by pretending to be them. If you're unsure which sub category to submit your site Personal Pages For personal pages that have a good degree of humorous content. Pranks Regional Regional humor - jokes told either by, or about, denizens of a particular area of the globe. Contents will mostly be symlinks to other categories, though if there are websites of regional humor about Relationships The battle of the genders! What a great topic for jokes, humor and fun. Sites in Recreation:Humor:Relationships helps us laugh at ourselves. Anti-men and women sites can be Satire Though everyone has their own definition of "satire," all the sites in this section should fit this one: Keeness and severity of remark; Science Sites in this category contain jokes, essays, songs, students' test answers and other humorous content Sports Stories Subcultures Humor about groups of people bound together by a common interest, from pets to railroads. Sometimes this humor comes from members of the groups themselves, when the group itself can "take a joke", Useless Pages Basically, pages with no purpose other than to be funny, odd, strange or stupid. Visual Sites that feature original funny photos, photo cartoons and Photoshop composites. Weird Graphics For unusual visual humor, primarily original in content. Psychology Humor about the field of psychology. (This section is quite beta and buggy, have patience. Thanks) Thumbnails powered by Thumbshots |