Land it like Sully

Here’s another online dictionary to check out.

Urban Dictionary is a dictionary of slang, and is very up-to-the –minute. It could be helpful for those writing contemporary fiction (especially YA).

Check out this example:

Land It In The Hudson
An expression used to encourage yourself or someone else when it appears an endeavour is headed for a disastrous outcome (due mostly to external conditions).
Based on when Sully averted tragedy by successfully landing US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River. See also, "Land it like Sully."
The company is on the brink of failure, so let's Land it in the Hudson.

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The Shack

Have you visited The Shack yet? In the words of it's founder and WITS member Nikesh Murali:

The Shack is a forum, a discussion space, a pool of resources, a portal to share contacts and links that will lead to greater success in the publishing arena for all of us struggling writers!

So till you sign that million dollar book deal and move into that superfluously luxurious chateau on the banks of Lake Como, this is the place to be. So come all ye faithful, let's shack up and do some sharing, writing, bitching and supporting!

dictionary - noun (pl. dictionaries)

One Look is an online dictionary with a difference. It allows you to type in a word and find not just one definition, but multiple definitions. In other words, it shows you the definition in a number of different dictionaries.

For example, a search for the word 'baroque' returns a list of 41 different definitions from both general dictionaries such as the Oxford, Websters etc and specialised art, business, computing and technology dictionaries.

One Look also has a Reverse Dictionary which allows you to search for a concept using a single word, a sentence or a question and receive a list of words and phrases related to that concept.

Powerful and useful stuff.